Re-Building Bombers One Win Over Houston from World Series: An ALCS Game 5 Retrospective

These Damn Yankees, supposedly in re-build mode, can't stop won't stop. To-day beating the Houston Astros 5-zilch to move one win away from this year's edition of the World Serious.

Game-five saw Masahiro Tanaka out-Keucheling Dallas Keuchel en-route to hurling seven-stanzas of softly-hit grounders. In scoreless fashion. Offensively, it was all about the unprecedented speed of said re-build, with pin-striped youngsters Greg Bird, "Dirty" Sanchez, and Aaron "Dave Kingman" Judge leading the way. Meanwhiles and as-to Keuchel, he failed to get through a full five-frames. This on the heels a' having held 'em bomber-less for 13 innings.

If the wild-card Damn Yankees are to attend their first Series since 2009, they'll have to next beat Justin Verlander in Houston -- away from a raucously-rocking home-field wherest they are six-for-six this post-season. Lest we go the full seven games -- and man, covering this is tiring me out. Who's gonna lay cash, though, on this squad dropping two in-a-row? Yankees hater I am, Dodgers-Yankees: Please?

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