The Cleveland Indians won their opening match against the New York Yankees in convincing style last night, it seems. I only watched the first 4 innings, but that was impressive stuff. Their starter C.C. Sabathia wasn't sharp in the 1st, but then got better over the next innings, while the Yankees starter Wang was struggling. It's still very interesting to see how things change in the audience once their team goes into the playoffs. I was really surprised by the noise the fans made when Philadelphia clinched the division title and they were just a noisy when they were playing the first match against Colorada, but what happened in Cleveland was just amazing. Every Yankee player who was an out was greeted with a huge roar by the crowd. What's lacking of course are the chants you can hear in European football stadiums, but the atmosphere seems to be impressive nonetheless.I bet it has died down a little in Philadelphia though, since the Phillies lost their 2nd match to the Rockies 5-10. Rockies 2nd baseman Kazuo Matsui was the man of the match, hitting a grand slam homerun, a double and a triple driiving in 5 runs and only falling shy of the circle by a single.
Elsewhere in the NL Arizona took a 2-0 lead over the Cubs by winning Game 2 8-4. Today will see the Red Sox take action again with Daisuke Matsuzaka taking the mound against the Angels in his first postseason appearance in the States.
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