Posted by Joe Hamrahi on Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:19 pm

Mark Levy joins the BDD team to give us the fan perspective as his New York Yankees travel through the 2009 postseason!

Game  2
Being there. To be in Yankee Stadium for Game 2 was electric.  A.J. Burnett earned his pinstripes. He was fantastic, not allowing the Philly bats do any damage. Burnett sure got it together since the ALCS. Pedro Martinez pitched a great game as well, but he couldn’t outduel A.J.  All it took were solo shots by Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui. The Yankees are winning in team fashion with different guys making plays in each game. I enjoyed watching all the Philly fans leave the Stadium during the ninth inning. They knew the game was over.

Game 3
Halloween was always my favorite holiday. The only treat I needed was for the Yanks to win the first game in Philadelphia. I got what I wanted.

Nick Swisher was back in the starting lineup. That made me very happy. I have been defending this guy the entire season. He LOVES being a Yankee. Swish was the glue that kept the team together this year. On Saturday he made his presence known, delivering a double and a homerun.

Andy Pettitte gave up three runs early, but I felt he would stop the bleeding. He has the post season experience to keep it together. Pettitte hung in there, and Alex Rodriguez got things going with a two run shot. Johnny Damon, Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada all delivered key hits as well.

The Yankees are playing with heart, and I love it. This post season has been great, and New York needs just two more wins to make 2009 another season to remember. 

I overheard people in a local deli say that they hope the Yanks lose one in Philly so the series has to come back to NYC. To that I say NO. If the Yanks can end it in Philadelphia, they should. The ticker tape parade will eventually be in Manhattan anyway. We can see the champions again there.

Game 4
Another great battle took place on Sunday between the Yankees and Phillies. Thanks to C.C. Sabathia and a resilient offense, New York took a 3 games to 1 series lead. But the World Series is still far from over. Great comebacks can happen anywhere and at any time.

Throughout the post season, different Yankee players have done great things to put the team in a position to win. In game 4, Johnny Damon was that player. Damon faced Brad Lidge with 2 outs and put up a tenacious at bat. After fighting off pitch after pitch, Damon hit a single keeping the Yanks alive. Seeing Johnny then steal second and third on the same play was all I needed. I just knew someone would find a way to get him home, and Arod did just that.

Mariano Rivera earned another save by throwing just 8 pitches, leaving him strong for his next appearance.

Game 5 means Cliff Lee. We all know New York had trouble with him in Game 1. That means nothing to me this time around. Let’s get it done…now!