Yankees choke in clutch, lose series to Tigers

TIGERS 3
YANKEES 2

Yankees Lose! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Yankees Lose!

Yes, Yankee fans, the season is now over, after the Bronx Bombers chocked up on their baseball bats in a 3-2 defeat to the Detroit Tigers, as Detroit moves on the American League Championship Series, and the Yankees head home for the holidays.

The Yankees completely choked in this, a crucial game five with a trip to the ALCS on the line, as they left the bases loaded twice, and even the Mr. Postseason Derek Jeter came up snake eyes in the eighth inning.

Many people felt that this game was so much in favor of the Yankees that it was only a matter of time before they play the Texas Rangers in the ALCS. That's why they play the games.

The Tigers jumped all over Ivan Nova in the first inning shocking the Yankee crowd with back-to-back homers by Don Kelly and Delmon Young. Young had an incredible series with three homers.

After that it was a battle between the Tigers pitchers and the Yankees offense. Doug Fister was money; five solid innings, giving up only a Robinson Cano solo homerun, and four strikeouts. He had the Yankee hitter baffled all night as they chased his fastball and slider in and out of the strike zone.

In the fourth inning, the Bombers had a great shot to get back into the game. With the bases loaded and one out, Russell Martin popped up to to shallow right for the second out, and for some reason, Brett Gardner put the ball into the air, only to fly out to kill the Yankee threat.

Joe Girardi did everything he could to keep the Yankees in this game. He removed Nova after two innings for Phil Hughes, then removed him for Boone Logan, before bringing in CC Sabathia for two innings. Desperate times called for desperate measures.

Meanwhile, Alex Rodriguez, who supposedly exercised his post-season daemons in 2009, saw the goblins return as he completely blew it in this series. In the seventh inning after three straight hits by Jeter, Curtis Granderson and Cano, Rodriguez promptly struck out swinging for the second out. Rodriguez really struggled in this series hitting .111. Mark Teixeria who also stunk it up in this series hitting .167, walked to drive in Jeter, before Nick Swisher was caught looking for strike three.

Finally in the eighth with Gardner on base, Derek Jeter cracked a pitch to the warning track in right. It was a typical Jeter blast, one that usually cleared the fences, but this time the ball ended up in the glove of Magglio Ordonez to end the inning and kill any hopes that Mr. Postseason would win the game for the Bronx Bombers.

In the ninth, Jose Velverde took care of business, getting Granderson and Cano to pop out, before striking out Rodriguez to end the Yankees season. Look for the A-Rod sucks phone calls to heat up talk radio in the coming days.

The Yankees will push the panic button this off-season, and will likely shop for one or two big time pitchers and throw ridiculous money around. They may even make a play for Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, for no reason in particular, other than to throw away more money. That's what the Yankees do best you know --- buy a World Series; certainly worked in 2011 didn't it?