This game should have been started at 400 ET

) If you give an average team multiple chances to beat you, they will. This was a really good game that ended at 1:15 AM ET.Casual fans, and more importantly, young kids, on the east coast aren’t staying up to watch the end of these games. It’s absolutely absurd that on a Saturday night, you would start a game at 8:00 at night.This game should have been started at 4:00 ET. Do you ever see an NFL Conference Championship game end at one in the morning No, you don’t.The NFL makes sure that in their most important games, everyone can see the end. There is probably a nine-year-old kid living in NYC who has never seen the end of a Yankees playoff game.Way to alienate your fan base, Bud. Keep up the good work!!!Now let’s get to the actual game itself This was a great game.

Was it the best game I have ever seen No, but it was really good.A lot can happen in 13 innings of play, so here were the most important things I noticed last night:Does Joe Girardi get paid by the pitching change I have never seen a manager overmanage like Girardi does. He is so high-strung and uptight that the Yankees win despite him. Can we finally stop talking about Bobby Abreu’s patience at the plate You can be patient all you want, but at some point you have to hit the ball. The Angels found out that Brian Fuentes isn’t an October closer You could see that HR to Alex Rodriguez coming a mile away. You can’t throw the ball right over the plate on an 0-2 count Terrible pitch.

Thankfully, Jerry Layne’s atrocious call didn’t hurt the Angels. Apparently the neighborhood play applies to every neighborhood except the Bronx I thought that was going to be the Angels' Joe Mauer moment Vladimir Guerrero is toast Vlad killed the Angels last night Every big spot he came up in–he failed. We are definitely seeing Vlad’s last AB’s as an Angel. How great is Mariano Rivera He has moved into the Albert Pujols category of guys that are so good we don’t appreciate them enough Greg Maddux was in that category as well I was really impressed with Joe Saunders last night Two runs, one walk, and five K’s in seven innings I didn’t think he had that type of game in him Why was Gary Mattews Jr. hitting for Mike Napoli Is Matthews really a better hitter at this point than Napoli I don’t think so The Angels’ defense has been horrible in two games Five errors in two games and it should be six.