Finish them off!!

With a 3-1 lead in a seven-game series, the Texas Rangers have the defending World Series Champion New York Yankees right where they want them. The Texas Rangers, which have never won a World Series title, have a chance to knock the defending champs right onto the couch. The Rangers go into game 5 at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, coming off of a 10-3 crushing on Tuesday, when the Rangers hit four home runs to spank the Yanks. The Rangers were led by a three run homer from catcher Bengie Molina and a pair of solo shots from All-Star Josh Hamilton.

The momentum looks to be on the side of the Rangers after going into Yankee Stadium and taking the first two games of a set of three games. The Rangers had won pretty handily on Monday when they won 8-0. Cliff Lee had a dominating performance and held the Yankees to only two hits and 13 strikeouts.

The Rangers look to make quick work and finish off the Yankees on Wednesday. Even if the Yankees can take game five and take the series back to Texas down 3-2, they still have to win game six. Even if they win game six, they will have to face Cliff Lee once again in game seven in Texas with the Rangers ace on the mound. It will be a very daunting task and the Yankees look like they are on their way out of the playoffs.

The Yanks already lost Mark Teixeira when he pulled his hamstring running out a ground ball. Whether they come back and win the series against the Rangers or not, the Yanks have not been scoring runs. New York has been completely shut down by the Rangers pitching stuff. With the exception of coming back from being down five runs in game one they have done nothing offensively since the five-run 8th inning.

You can never count the Yankees out of any series; they are just too good of a team. As a Red Sox fan, I cannot believe I just said that, but it's the truth. With a lineup that consists of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Nick Swisher and Jorge Posada, and CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett and Phil Hughes on the mound, this series is not over until it's over. As we learned--for good in 2004--anything can happen. At this moment, I can confidently say the way the Yankees have been shut down this series, I don' think they have a chance and they certainly are not the 2004 Boston Red Sox. I for one can simply say to the Texas Rangers, "Finish them off!"