When postseason games are on, I usually pay little attention to the computer. While I do keep social networking sites like facebook and twitter up, I don’t pay close attention but at the moments I am looking in between innings, the gamut of reactions make me chuckle, especially on a night where the Yankees fall behind early.

Last night the Yankees fell behind by three runs and pulled off a 6-4 win over the Twins.

During last year’s postseason, seven of the 11 victories occurred in games where the Yankees trailed at some point. One of those wins was in Game Three of the World Series when the Yankees came from three runs down and were 8-5 winners.

So here are some of the samplings of social networking reactions:

First from facebook:

Status on having Nick Swisher bunt: Girardi just destroyed a promising inning by trying to have Swisher bunt. This ain't the National League. Can't wait until he’s managing the Cubs.

Status on the Yankees fall behind: is going to go ahead and declare the Yanks done. There. I said it.

Status after the comeback: spoke too soon. Oh me of little faith!!

That’s a small sampling but what you see on twitter is even better:

I hate to say this ... but so far the October Yanks resemble the September Yanks way too much. – As the Twins take the early lead.

This has ugly potential. – As David Robertson walks Delmon Young bringing up Jim Thome

Classic September inning for the Yanks. – As the Yankees strand two on in the second or third inning.

If Jim Thome goes deep ... everything that is not bolted to the floor will be in the air. – said after umpires blew a call and bringing Thome up as the tying run against Mariano Rivera.

Another two-out rally for the Twins and now the tying run is on base. Time to open the liquor cabinet. – As CC Sabathia issues two-out walks to Jason Kubel and Danny Valencia.

I'm starting to think that I'd prefer Joba in a tight spot over Wood. His command is really scaring me lately. – As Joe Girardi brings in Kerry Wood for the eighth.

Maybe this is narrative-driven, but I feel like the 2009 #Yankees almost always struck back after being scored upon in the postseason – As the Yankees fall behind

You get the idea.

About four hours after the first pitch, the postings are much more positive. But if the Yankee players saw all the tweets, would their reaction be to appreciate the intensity of the fans or to chuckle at some of the negativity.

This much is likely. If Mark Teixeira was ever into posting his status on facebook or twitter which I know he's not based on his disdain for answering questions about John Henry's tweet last June, it might read like this:

"Our lineup is so deep there is never a reason to give up. There are some teams where maybe two or three guys carry the team, and if you’re in a big hole, it’s just tough to get out of. But with our lineup, we can be down four, five, six runs and we have a chance to score seven or eight."

 And he's right and though it will not happen every night (there's this thing called reality), the possibility exists on a nightly basis for the Yankees.

From a baseball standpoint this was a tremendous postseason game to watch. It was a game that was compelling, especially in the final four innings that you don’t care how long it takes to finish.

 Random Postseason Musings:

It was neat to see Jim Thome going up against Mariano Rivera for the final out even if the umpires blew the previous play.Nothing better than two future Hall of Famers with the game on the line, though Yankee fans would not have enjoyed it if ended like September 18, 2009 when Ichiro hit a game-winning home run off Rivera.

It was amazing to watch Roy Halladay pitch that no-hitter by throwing three quarters of his pitches for strikes.

It also goes to show that when you have a chance to get someone of that caliber you get him. To obtain him, the Phillies gave up Michael Taylor, Travis d’Arnaud and Kyle Drabek.

Considering how Halladay’s first postseason start went is anyone associated (fans, front office types) concerned about giving up Drabek right now?

Until Halladay was traded last December, other teams tried to get him. Here’s a flashback to some of the names in rumored Halladay deals at the July 2009 trade deadline:

Angels – Joe Saunders, Brandon Wood and Erick Aybar

Red Sox – Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Michael Bowden, Junichi Tazawa and Casey Kelly

Yankees – Phil Hughes, Austin Jackson, Jesus Montero

Mets – Fernando Martinez, Jon Niese, Ruben Tejada and Bobby Parnell

At the time, the Met package appeared the worst of any of those rumors and it still is. Though you could hardly blame good teams like the Red Sox for dealing Buchholz and Bard and the Yankees for dealing Hughes for Halladay, it is an indictment on the Mets’ for not pulling the trigger.

It is also further proof that in some cases when a premier pitcher is on the market and it is an area of need a team should not mess around and just get the deal done.

Speaking of Halladay, I have never seen a no-hitter in person. The closest was in 2006 when Daniel Cabrera was two outs away but when I had the chance to see Halladay in person on August 14 against the Mets, I thought he was going to do it. Instead he disappointed me by allowing four hits in eight innings of a 4-0 victory.

And finally when the Yankees made the Javier Vazquez trade, raise your hands if you thought Boone Logan would be on the roster and Vazquez would not. That’s the beauty of baseball, the unpredictability that often occurs in the face of opportunity, which is exactly what Logan has done, turning from an unknown quantity to a key component.