Angels Win!

Game five of the ALDS was darn exciting. A little too exciting for this Angels fan. I didn't think to put my heart rate monitor on until after the game so I can't give you the exact figure but I'd say the old ticker was running along pretty fast in the ninth inning tonight.

There were a couple quotes in the postgame interviews that caught my attention. The first was Ervin Santana, the Angels rookie who came in to relieve Angels starter Bartolo Colon early in the game. He was was asked if he was nervous, and he replied:

"I don't have to be nervous. It's a baseball game."

This really cracked me up. I don't know if he was being cocky or what but he has a good sense of perspective.

The second quote is from Yankees manager Joe Torre and is a little different perspective. I am no Yankee fan but I really like Joe Torre - he strikes me as a classy guy and a great competitor. This is from his post-game comments to the media:

"I don't remember being this disappointed, because I wanted this very badly - I guess that's why you're in the game. It's tough. It's tough - the emotions of the game and the reason you play it, I think were evident in this series. You just want to win badly, like a bunch of little boys out there playing a game - and when you have to go home, it's tough to take."

I know what kind of intensity my little boy (and the little boy in me, for that matter) brings to things he wants to do well at, so I have a pretty good idea what he means by that. I'd say I was sorry for him but that would be disingenuous. But I will say that I know where he's coming from. Good series, Joe.

(Do you think Steinbrenner is going to freak out or what? I guess $200 million doesn't buy what it used to...)