Go Yankees?

Oh, the perils of routing against the Red Sox in this series! It's like voting against George Bush when the only other option in the election is Pat Buchanan.

The Yankees started out great, calmly and methodically taking apart the Red Sox, all the while maintaining their trademark class.

Then they began to look more like the As or the Giants than the Yankees -- coming within a few outs of eliminating Boston twice before giving up both games.

Then came the very funny Rob Corddry sketch that inspired some level of fondness for the antics (and the silly accents) of at least some Red Sox fans.

Finally, tonight, Alex Rodriguez impersonates Robert Fick, swatting at pitcher Bronson Arroyo's glove as he attempted to tag him out at first base. If you remember, last year Fick was fined $25,000 by Major League Baseball, and an undisclosed amount by the Braves, for grabbing at the glove of Cubs first baseman Eric Karros on a similar play. Probably the cheapest play I have ever seen.

Yankees fans either didn't see the replay or were in a state of denial, and began throwing baseballs and other debris on the field. Eventually, the umpires had to disperse riot police to make sure the situation didn't get any worse. I guess class went out the window tonight in New York.

I think I may now be leaning toward a Houston/Boston matchup, with Carlos Beltran beating the Sox with a walk-off home run in the seventh game. Red Sox beaten by Clemens once again?

And this is the last time I cheer for the Yankees.