Sunday, October 24, 2010

Rangers Overpower Yankees to Gain Series Berth

The Rangers celebrated after winning the American League Championship Series on Friday. 
By BEN SHPIGEL

ARLINGTON, Tex. — The Yankees lavished $243.5 million on starting pitching two winters ago, and the splurge returned them to glory. It restored that fall ritual in New York, the championship parade, but it might have had an expiration date. The rotation started to splinter in the second half this year, and it toppled an overmatched playoff opponent in the first round, but it was no match for the Texas Rangers, who outpitched, outhit and outplayed the Yankees all the way to the World Series.

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