So this is a pretty big series, no? It’s the teams with the two best records in the league and arguably the two best teams in baseball overall, so this should be a measuring stick for both the Rangers and Yankees. Is it really though? Neither club is at full strength, both teams have sizable leads in their respective divisions, and heck, given the playoff schedule you can argue that finishing with the second best record in the league is preferable to finishing with the best. Eh, whatever. Just win the damn game. Here’s the starting nine…
SS Derek Jeter
DH Nick Swisher
2B Robinson Cano
1B Mark Teixeira
3B Eric Chavez
CF Curtis Granderson
C Russell Martin
LF Raul Ibanez
RF Ichiro Suzuki
RHP David Phelps
Tonight’s game is scheduled to start a little after 7pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and ESPN2 nationally. Enjoy.