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First off, I would like to offer congratulations to the New York Yankees and their fans for winning the ALCS.

The Yankees won this game, and by extension the series, by taking advantage of perhaps the most heinous mistake of the year by the soon to be ex-manager of the Boston Red Sox, Grady Little.

Going into the bottom of the eight inning, Pedro was gassed. I knew it after Johnson popped out. I knew it after Jeter doubled. There is no way to defend sending Pedro out for the eighth. There is no way to defend him facing Williams, or Matsui, or Posada.

Grady managed this game like he managed the regular season. Unfortunately, it was game seven of the ALCS against the best team in the American League (talent wise). You need a healthy amount of guile, and luck to beat them in their park. Tonight, the Yankees took advantage of that huge hole that Grady Little gave them.

As a message to Red Sox fans: We are winning in 2004.

To Grady Little: You can kiss the fattest part of my ass.

To readers who stumble upon me in cyberspace accidentally looking for porn: I will be writing all offseason, going from the World Series, to the Hot Stove Season, to Spring Training. I’ll probably write 4-5 times a week.

The Yankees deserved to win this game. They won because they don’t do stupid things like leave their gassed ace on the mound because he doesn’t want to come out. The Yankees won because their manager was more willing to win a ball game then make a friend.