The Yankees obviously needed a game like this. Down three games to one, staring golf courses and early vacation directly in their faces. Let's face it, this is the first game the Bombers dominated from first pitch until the final out, and two factors were front and center. One was CC Sabathia, and the other was the offense finally coming to life.

One of the best offenses in the league this year, eighth in average, first in homers, and RBIs, was put into a medically induced coma by Texas Rangers pitching. Can you believe I just typed that? Texas Rangers pitching has dominated the Yankees offense in a postseason series. This is not your older brother's Texas Rangers. For the test of time in baseball, the only thing worth celebrating with a Texas Ranger name attatched to it was Chuck Norris' popular show and character, Walker, Texas Ranger.

Well Mr. Norris, the spotlight is no longer on you, Cliff Lee wears the badge now.

The Yankees' "O" has been as offensive as someone taking long drags off of unfiltered Chesterfields and blowing the smoke directly into your face until the pack runs out. (Did I mention you were tied to a chair and couldn't turn your face?) Case in point, through Games 2, 3 and 4 the Yankees scored a total of five runs. In Game 5, the Yankees outscored that three-game stretch by the fifth inning with their sixth run.

The bad anaolgies continue. Besides Game 5 you can liken the Yankees offense to extras from the movie "Awakenings," the one with Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams, loosely based on a true story involving a doctor who came across a drug (L-Dopa) that awakened patients stricken with encephalitis lethargica. Sadly, it didn't last, but in the Yankees' case all they needed was a glimmer of hope. A dose of good old fashioned confidence. A game like this to remember they are indeed the Yankees and the defending World Series Champions.

Now the series shifts back to Texas, and all that stands between the Yankees and extending this series to a Game 7 is Colby Lewis. Yes, he is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA this postseason, but if you are a numbers person and that scares you, he does have an ERA near 7.00 against the Yankees in his career. Near seven you say? Game 7 perhaps? Will the Yankees get another shot at Cliff Lee, Texas Ranger? Only time will tell. Don't call it a comeback just yet. Don't count the Yankees out just yet, either.  

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