I guess I forgot to log in before I hit save.
Here is a screen cap of the pentultimate moment:
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WOW WOW WOW
Everytime I think I have seen it all from Ichiro, everytime I think he can no longer do something to amaze me, HE DOES IT AGAIN!
Video Evidence of Ichiro's Awesomeness!
Hall of famer hitter vs. Hall of fame Closer... HITTER WINS!
Icing on the Cake is that Ichiro may have just won Felix the Cy Young :) :) :)
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Alright...don't drool and make a mess on your keyboard OBF. :)
And yes...I actually just wrote an e-mail to my father proclaiming that Ichiro probably just won Felix the Cy Young. That was a big home run for Felix' career and for Mariner morale. Despite the 3-5 record, the Mariners have played the Yankees very tough this season...they've hung with the good teams surprisingly well, including going 10-9 against the Angels, 3-5 (and a lot of close games) against the Yankees, 4-2 against the Red Sox, 6-3 against the Rays, 5-3 against the White Sox, 4-5 against the Tigers etc. It's not like they got to .500+ by beating the crap out of bad teams and playing poorly against good ones. In fact they play everyone about the same...low scoring offense...if the defense is good that night, they can win...if not, they won't.
My goodness, that was surprising. I was down by the Yankees bullpen watching Rivera warm up, and there was a minor Yankees vs. Red Sox thing going on among the onlookers, then to see Rivera blow by Hannahan and Carp, Mariner fans leaving, Yankee fans in their Jeter, A-Rod etc. jerseys standing, getting ready to celebrate another Rivera save. . . and then the deed is done.
Lets not forget that Sweeney continuing his HOT HOT HOT Septemeber hitting stroked a double to make this all possible!
Nice job SWEENEY!
Nice job ICHIOR
WAY TO GO M'S!!!!!!!!