I'm not worried

[browntown653]

Why?

- The last 7 Division Series for us = we have won Game 1 three times and lost all those series, and lost Game 1 four times and won all those series.
- We hit Sabathia well. One more hit in a big spot and we have 5 runs in 5 IP off him which is good, plus we definitely wore him down.
- Our important bullpen guys are still fresh.
- Pettitte is going tomorrow...he shoulda gone tonight but Torre is a moron who doesn't realize Wang has a 4.91 on the road and 2.75 at home.

[nyjunc]

Game 2 always seems to be the most important in our LDS history, obviously tonigh's game is critical. If we win we'll be in good shape.

[Veovis]

Encouraging, yeah, but we can't use history as a crutch and think we've got the Indians right where we want them. Different teams. The Yanks just need to go out there and get a win tonight behind Andy. That is always the goal. Split on the road and back at home.

[perforatededge54]

I'm concerned. This will sound like heresy, but Mike Francesa made a good point today. Torre is babying the players on our team. In 1996 he benched Boggs, Martinez and O'Neill for Charlie Hayes, Cecil Fielder and Darryl Strawberry respectively.

Hideki Matsui is obviously not 100% and, consequently, is hurting the team. The Ghost of Melky Cabrera™ forgot how to hit sometime in August. Here's the line I'd like to see tonight:

LF Johnny Damon
SS Jeter
RF Abreu
3B AGod
C Posada
DH Jason Giambi
2B Robinson Cano
1B Shelley Duncan
CF Melky Cabrera

I wouldn't be against throwing Damon in center and playing Shelley in left and Mienkiewicz at first. At this point I think Mienkiewicz is more likely to get a hit than Cabrera.

[BuckFoston]

Are you still sure about that even after Melky has an OF assist and a solo HR?