A little late to the game with commenting on the end of the Yankees' season, but...

I think everyone knew that the Yankees were a longshot this year, and it was for reasons that were fully evident in the series against the Angels. The turning point, in my view, was early in Game 2, when the Yankees left the bases loaded. That's precisely the kind of situation the Angels mastered this year, and it's what distinguishes the 1998 Yankees from this year's team.

Of course, the Angels ran into a better team, and I think the White Sox truly deserve to be in the World Series. They started hot, then lost some momentum late in the season; still, when they played the Yankees in September, you could see that their game was so fundamentally sound, it was hard to imagine anything better.

Tonight, Andy Pettitte is pitching while the Yankees are on vacation. It ain't 1998 anymore.