Twenty, Ten, Forty-Four

So the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians to advance to the American League Championship Series.

Interestingly 20 years ago the Indians beat the Yankees to do the same.

As noted elsewhere we weren't watching then, we were banning baseball over the disastrous strike of 1994.

Not till the next spring would we come back.

This current Yankees team is kind of interesting. They've been rebuilding these last few years and are actually ahead of schedule. They're loaded with young players and a few others acquired via trades and free agency. The Yankees also have a few holdovers from the old era.

It was about ten years ago that we became bored with the Yankees.

Interestingly 10 years ago the Cleveland Indians beat the Yankees to advance to the American League Championship Series.

That Yankees team, as all Yankees teams of that era, was loaded with expensive free agents. The Yankees fielded an allstar team, no joke. Every position player 1-8 was an all star.

It just wasn't very much fun anymore. Who cares about finding a gem in the minors or resurrecting a player whose career was over when you have Robby Cano bating 9th?

The current Yankees are fun.

Do we have any thoughts about last night's game? Not really.

Twenty years ago we were 24 years old. A few years later during the great championship run we stayed up till midnight and one AM watching the games.

Last night we fell asleep at 10.

So no.