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10) Well, that was fun. If you like the Yankees, or rectal pain. Otherwise, not so much.9) One of the reasons why baseball will never be football: hitting The Centaur, Alex Rodriguez, with a pitch might make you feel good, but not nearly enough, since it's really not a help for your team. And he's potentially just two games away from having a World Championship. I think I should be drinking more, really.8) Jayson Werth's second inning home run looked downright effortless, and his bomb in the sixth had beverage service. It's been a long slow climb for this guy to be a pretty great player, but that's really what he is; without him, this game would have lacked drama for a lot longer than it did.7) With a 3-0 count and first base open with one out in the second, Chooch Ruiz swung 3-0 and fouled it off, then took the walk. The next hitter, Cole Hamels, bunted to third for a hit. Stunning lapse by the Yankees on an admittedly great bunt, and if you want to notice how A...
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