Savoring the Moment

With the inflated expecatations and the inevitability of the Yankees clinching of the AL East title, its obvious to turn to what comes next. However, its been a regular season that I'm going to remember for a long time regardless of what this team does in October. So lets stop for a minute and appreciate what we saw.

Obviously, the highlights stick out in my mind. The emergence of Hughes in the bullpen, A-Rod hitting a home run on his first at bat back, Pettitte's almost perfect game, Gardner's inside the park home run, Melky hitting for the cycle, the three straight walk wins, Nick Swisher's amazing April, Sabathia's dominance since the All Star Break, the four game set to bury the Sox, clinching against the Sox, seeing the new ballpark for the first time, and everything else that I'm probably forgetting. Its tough to pick a favorite but give it a shot in the comments section.

Their's also the times when it looked like the season would go down the drain. Teixeira's complete ineptitude at the plate in April, the entire team's slow start, Boston's eight straight wins to start off the year, Wang's horrid performance, Joba's inconsistency, Boston's trade for Victor Martinez, the park's early homer happy tendency and empty seats, A-Rod's steroid revelation, Joe Torre's trashing of the team, and A-Rod's injury in March.

All in all though, its been a great season and I've enjoyed writing here for the past few months. Its been great and hopefully we'll see our team baptize the new Stadium with a championship banner this October. For now though, just enjoy the moment.