The Yankees lose. THE….YANKEEEEESSSS....LOOOOSE!!!

How much oomph did John Sterling put into that call?
Sterling, the annoying Yankees play-by-play guy, says the reverse of that after every game they win. Shut the bleep up.

It’s Friday night, 11:13.
The Texas Rangers have knocked off New York in 6 games. I wasn’t really rooting for the Texas Rangers, of course, I was rooting for the Yankees to lose. And, thankfully, they did. It’s pretty cool, though, watching the Texas fans enjoying their first-ever American League pennant.

Quick history lesson.
For those too young to know. In 1961 the American League had its first expansion. The Washington Senators, who had gone 36 years without a World Series win and with ten last-place finishes (“Washington: First in war, first in peace, last in the American League”) gave it up and moved to Minneapolis to become the Minnesota Twins. They were immediately replaced by a “new” Washington Senators, managed by Mickey Vernon, who was as nice a guy as you’d ever want to meet. Despite that, the new Senators fared no better than the old ones, and in 1972 they moved to Arlington, Texas and changed their name to the Rangers.

Success continued to be elusive.
Until a week ago they had never won a postseason game at home. The Yankees had knocked them off in Round One three times in the 90’s. Not now. Not this night. (Okay, I stole that from “Titanic.”) Good for them.

So for whom am I rooting in the Series?
It actually doesn’t matter. It won’t be the Yankees who win .