Media Will Soften Up on Yankees After Game Two

A lot of people were worried after the Yankees dropped game one and were baffled by Cliff Lee. The media and sports writers were hard on the Yankees after the game one loss. They wrote articles with headlines like “Yankees get sucker-punched into a crisis” (By Yahoo’s Tim Brown). A lot of people looked at game one and thought the Yankees were in big trouble. The truth is that Cliff Lee was brilliant and deserves credit for the way he pitched. Lucky for the Yankees, Lee can’t start every game of the series. The Yankees offense is too good to be held down.

The media isn’t going to write pessimistically about the Yankees after game two. AJ Burnett made sure of that with a sensational outing.. In his first career World Series start, Burnett gave up one run in seven innings and struck out nine batters to get the win. It was the first win for Burnett in this postseason.

If the Yankees had lost game two and headed to Philly in an 0-2 hole then panic would be worthy. You can’t panic after one game. Especially with the kind of offense the Yankees have. Again, Cliff Lee deserves a ton of credit and AJ Burnett deserves a ton of credit for the way he pitched in game two. We have seen outstanding starting pitching by all four starters so far in the first two games of this series.