No Sleep 'til Cleveland

Actually get all the sleep you can, because you know how late those playoff games run. Once again, anyone who would like to smash Dane Cook's unfunny head in, be my guest. His hiring to do promos for MLB is only the 2nd most inexplicable thing concerning him - the 1st is people thinking he's funny.

But lets get back to the important stuff. It's October, post-season baseball. There's a chill in the air and excitement that is unmatched. Here is how the ALDS schedule pans out:

Thursday, 6:30: Chien-Ming Wang (19-7, 3.70) vs. C.C. Sabathia (19-7, 3.21)

Friday, 5:00: Andy Pettitte (15-9, 4.05) vs. Fausto Carmona (19-8, 3.06)

Sunday, 6:30: Jake Westbrook (6-9, 4.32) vs. Roger Clemens (6-6, 4.18)

Monday, 6:00 (if necessary)
Wednesday, 5:00 (if necessary)

All games are on TBS, and as you can see NO games are in prime time. Is this a slap in the face to the Yankees. Um, yeah...actually probably more to the Indians, but a slap nonetheless.

The Yankees and Indians have met in the post-season in 1997 and 1998. The former being the last time the Yankees served as the Wild Card rep. It was also the year that made Mariano Rivera tougher. He served up the game tying HR to Sandy Alomar Jr. in game 4 and the Yankees were eliminated in 5 games.

The Yankees trailed the Indians 2 games to 1 in the 1998 ALCS (thanks in part to Chuck Knoblauch's brain cramp), but a poised rookie, who goes by the name of El Duque, beat the Tribe in Cleveland and the Yankees went on to capture the series, and eventually, their 24th world championship.

The teams met 6 times this year and the Yankees took a clean sweep. There was the incredible comeback in April, when A-Rod capped off a wild 9th inning rally with a walk-off home run. The Yankees have always had great success at The Jake (which soon will have corporate sponsorship). This past August they took the 3 games by a 22-6 combined score.