Oct
26

CC Sabathia named ALCS MVP

By Benjamin Kabak

The Big Man is taking home some hardware. CC Sabathia, 2-0 in the ALCS, has earned himself the MVP award for the series. In his two starts against the Angels — one on three days’ rest — Sabathia was utterly dominant. He threw 16 innings and allowed just two earned runs on nine hits and three walks. He struck out 12, and the Angels hit .161/.203/.232 off of him. CC would have pitched a potential Game 7 tomorrow but will instead go up against former teammate Cliff Lee on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the World Series. A-Rod, who killed the ball and was on base five times tonight, deserves a nod as well. Right now, for the Yanks, it’s not about the personal hardware though; it’s about the trophy that is a tantalizing four wins away.

Posted on Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 12:16 am in Asides, Playoffs.

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TJ says:

Totally earned it.

Let’s carry that over to the WS.

 
e mills says:

A-Rod should’ve got a piece imo

Oh, he will.

He will.

Handtius says:

“hey guys, where’s a-rod? we need to get an interview” (silence falls) “Uh, come back in 25-35 mins”

Handtius says:

maybe. he is tired from a long game.

 
 
 
 
Jersey says:

I believe they call it “Kate Hudson.”

GG2000 says:

Kate Hudson for MVP!

 
 
 
steve (different one) says:

great season.

love this team.

 

Who’s sensing a 7-game series?

I’m sensing a sweep up to 6 games.

 
 

I’m with you, 7 game series. Philly is crazy tough, especially in that building. So are we, so it comes down to home field for me.

 
 
 

Of course ESPN’s title would be ‘Return of the Empire.’

danny says:

i love it, im not ashamed to be the evil empire. its great

 

+1

Come to the dark side, it is your DESTINY!

 
 
Evil Empire says:

Fuck yeah. I love it – that isn’t a diss.

I love it too but ESPN is probably going to say they bought this and shit. But how the hell can you insult someone by calling them an EMPIRE?

 
 
Riddering says:

I take it as a compliment.

 
Jersey says:
 
 
DSFC says:

ARod should’ve been co-MVP, but CC deserves it too. The big man has been a force of nature.

 
Accent Shallow says:

Big Man deserves it.

Of course. Along with A-Rod.
Doesn’t matter as long as they win it all.

 
 
Evil Empire says:

CC is the man. Can’t say enough about him. He’s my favorite Yankee starting pitcher since Roger Clemens (said with all due respect to Moose).

WHAT ABOUT AARON SMALL?!?!??!?!?!??!

Greg G. says:
Handtius says:
 
 
 
 
 
steve (different one) says:

finally got that monkey off their back.

and for all the crap about Girardi (some deserved, some not as much), Sciosca totally screwed up his rotation decisions.

 
Arman Tamzarian says:

Arod’s saving his real play for the world series, and that MVP!

 
 
Drew says:

I thought my boy Melk deserved it.

jk..jk..

Ha I thought Al would get a co-MVP, at least, but whatever, pitching is numero uno.

ALso, I think MLB went with the safe choice, although, Al is a great story. Redemption all over this motherfucker.

 
Mister Delaware says:

Anyone else playing “Enter Sandman” on a continuous loop? I want to move back to the Phila area for the next 2 weeks so I can see them when we’re killing shit.

 
Dela G says:

when i posted there were 27 comments

GO GET SOME SON

 
gxpanos says:

I’m watching YES. Does Girardi have braces?

Mister Delaware says:

I got a text from a friend saying that. I thought they were f’ing around.

 
 

He knew Scoscia couldn’t outmanage him in his dreams, so Joe ducked out of the stadium after the 3rd inning and had some elective dental surgery done. He just got back. Xavier Nady was running the team the past 3 hours.

pete says:

if you were a woman i’d marry you here and now

It’s legal in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachussets, Connecticut, and Iowa. We could meet somewhere…

 
 
 
Handtius says:
 
 
Drew says:

Mo gave Kim Jones bedroom eyes.look for Mo IV in 9 months.

gxpanos says:

1) Mo would never do that.

2) If he wanted to knock her up, why would he give her bedroom eyes? It’s not like he has to have sex with anybody to make her pregnant.

 
Amy says:

+1

+27

Win.

IETC.

Whatever’s appropriate, you know.

Mo was the cutest thing ever in that interview. The look on his face when Kim said “I’m here with the greatest closer of all time!” … it still makes me laugh.

 
 
 
crapulent aka I said good day sir says:

We are the MFY

We are the Evil Empire

And there is not a fucking thing you can do about it.

bahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa

 
Handtius says:

The Big Man delivered against a strong opponent. I’m loving this. Feels like a long time since we were here and for the first time since 2003, I’m confident that we will win it all. If they do a Yankee stadium showing of a game in Phillie, we should have a RAB section.

Bob Stone says:

That would be great!

 
 
Esteban says:

I nominate TSJC for MVP of Yankees Fans.

crapulent aka I said good day sir says:
 
Bob Stone says:

Good idea but will anybody second it?

 
Handtius says:
Bob Stone says:

Sounded like it was unanimous!

Bob Stone says:

Tommie – SPEECH!!!

Esteban says:

SPEECH SPEECH SPEECH

 

Thank you.

I’d like to thank my mom, my dad, and my huge cock.

whozat says:

I just got back from thanking your mom…with MY huge cock.

My mom is in a coma.

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Handtius says:

Award revoked. There are kids out there, who look up to you and now they can’t make in this world without a huge cock. Good job sir. You disgust me.

Take it easy, buddy, don’t be discouraged.

It’s not the size that counts, it’s how you use the big size that counts.

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Riddering says:

I suspect supplements were used.

 
Handtius says:

keep that too yourself. we don’t need to share that kind of info.

 

I suspect supplements were used.

I was walking around town, and my reflection in the windows kept telling me to go to the doctor and ask him to give me some boner pills.

 
Handtius says:

High Five!

/says the delusional man

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I nominate Brazilian Yankee.

Handtius says:
 
Dela G says:

hahahaha i see what you did there

 
Mister Delaware says:

“No matter how bad things looked, I found a way to make them look worse. But we won. No idea how. Almost wish we didn’t. Thanks. For nothing.” – Brazilian Yankee

 
 
 
 

They just showed Mo’s post season stats, which are insane.

0.77 ERA
128 IP
43 saves

In all seriousness, after he retires they should have an award for the best post season pitcher/reliever named ‘The Mariano Rivera Award’

Bob Stone says:

Regular season best reliever award should be named after him too.

 
Accent Shallow says:

K/BB ratio of 104/19.

Not human.

Drew says:

I am not the same I am a martian.

/Weezy’d

 
 
 
Evil Empire says:

They really should. He’s beyond worthy.

 
vin says:

I can see K-Rob winning a “Mo” someday.

 
 
Ivan says:

It could of went to CC or A-Rod, either way, it was well deserve.

Hey Phillies, your standing in the way of the yanks championship, fine, they’ll just run over ya.

 
Handtius says:

We’re still the team of the decade. We’ve been to the most world series since 2000, with a chance to go 2-2 in those series.

We’ve been the team of the decade for every decade since the Calvin Coolidge administration.

Handtius says:

the 80’s don’t count.

That’s debatable.

Handtius says:

We won more games in the 1980’s than any other team in baseball.

Handtius says:

….still not buying. I choose to pretend the baseball strike was the 80s.

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Bob Stone says:

AND . . . we are the team of all time. Think about it. 40 AL Pennants out of approximately 100 years of measuring it. That’s 40% of all the championships over a CENTURY againist all those other teams.

And hopefully 27 out of 40 World Series Wins. That’s a .675 win percentage.

Awesome!

Handtius says:

yeah. that sounds like a dynasty. Not some crappy 2-4 year dynasty. Straight Mongolian Empire style.

Bob Stone says:

Exactly – Not like some pretend, up and coming NATION.

Joe D. says:

You spelled “down and falling” wrong…

 
 
 
 
 
Evil Empire says:

The Battle of the Ex-Indian-Cy-Young-Winners-Who-Got-Traded begins soon. I can’t wait for the bullshit Jerry Crasnick article on espn.com that tries to make that a real story. Fuck me for knowing Jerry Crasnick is going to write that … or maybe Peter Gammons.

Man, Manny Acta is gonna be heartbroken when he gets to Cleveland and finds out those guys aren’t there anymore.

Evil Empire says:

I do not feel confident about the success of the Indians baseball team for the foreseeable future. Like…they’re fucked in a big way, unless their minor league system is a miracle worker.

Mister Delaware says:

Which sucks because Acta is awesome.

Evil Empire says:

Just out of arbitrary nothingness, I’m gonna say I bet Bobby Valentine would’ve been a good fit for the Indians. That’s who I would’ve went with.

Mister Delaware says:

Valentine is more of a foot-up-the-ass guy on an underachiveing team. Acta makes sense with a saber-GM and a team that just needs to be run better (ie: Laporta in the lineup rather than sitting).

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Evil Empire says:

So, on a far off very distant side note, it’ll be interesting to see what the Angels do this off season. Angels are in a precarious position with key pieces of the team hitting the free agency market and the talk being they won’t be able to bring every single one back. I think need to let Vlad walk, as painful as it may be for them, and make sure they keep Abreu.

Its the John Lackey situation that is most interesting though. Without Lackey, the Rangers are right there with the Angels. With Lackey, they’ll be forced to pay a shitload of money which prevents them from committing elsewhere for at least 4 or 5 years and who knows how much value you end up getting on the deal when all is said and done.

 
 
 
 
 
 
GG2000 says:

Or that “Rick Vaughn” is really Charlie Sheen …

 
 
 
TheLastClown says:

2009 Yankees >>>>> 2008 Rays

Who’s your daddy Pedro?

Bob Stone says:

Sheesh – Maybe we get to beat Pedro in the post season again. That will be a lot of fun.

TheLastClown says:

Somewhere Don Zimmer is grinning.

Bob Stone says:

Probably still has his combat helmet on too.

 
scooter says:

Maybe Zim would throw out the first pitch in Game 2 if Pedro is starting.

 
 
 
 
Mister Delaware says:

For those of you that don’t watch much NL baseball, Victorino is going to be a treat. I can’t remember a dumber ballplayer in terms of general baseball smarts. If he doesn’t make atleast two bonehead plays in this series, I’ll move to Brazil.

WARNING: Brazilian Yankee lives in Brazil. You may want to reconsider that bet.

I hear Uruguay is quite lovely.

Drew says:

Naw, I don’t want to live on some island somewhere.

Sincerely,
Tim McCarver

 
Mister Delaware says:

I’d rather be landlocked.

Mister Delaware says:
 
 
 
 
DSFC says:

If I weren’t married, I’d move to Brazil for the women. Must be something in the water down there.

Handtius says:
 
 
 
Ivan says:

Somewhere out there, the Phillies are screaming to their mommies “Mommy, mommy, the yankees are coming to get me”

Shane Victorino AKA Hawaiian will get punch.

Ryan Hwoard AKA CC’s little bitch

Hey Met Fans, remember thant bully that picks on you all the time, don’t worry we’ll take care of them.

 
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