The Fight Before The Beat Down

Everyone on the planet knows the Yankees destroyed the great Johan Santana on Sunday afternoon… They scored nine runs off of him in 3+ innings. AJ Burnett was great… in a start he had to be great, after that debacle in Boston.

Before the Yankees beat down the Mets in the final game of the Subway series there was a confrontation between K-Rod and Brian Bruney…

Everyone knows Bruney, for some unknown reason, called out K-Rod for his on the field antics when he closes out games. I don’t care what the man does when he gets a save… I like seeing emotion. Hell I love when Joba pumps his fist, so I wonder why Bruney would call out K-Rod.

K-Rod of course took exception to Bruney and initially said “who is Bruney?”

So I ask, if you don’t know who the guy is, and you don’t care what he says… Why do you act like an idiot in high school kid looking to meet someone in the parking lot?

Here is the video…

Bruney did the right thing… he stood there. He didn’t back down, and he didn’t do the stupid thing… throw a punch, though it would have made the video much better.

Bruney has acknowledged he was wrong, and has apologized… Both players say they have moved on… I’d like to believe that, but ball players tend to have long memories, and the series should be interesting when they get together in Queens.

How do you all think Bruney and K-Rod handled the situation?

Off day today… Nationals come into town tomorrow… Time for the Yankees to get fat.

That’s all for now…

GO YANKEES!

Yankee Player of The Game

Luis Castillo can't handle the late game fly ball

“This has to be the worst loss in the Mets regular season history…” -Howie Rose, the voice of the Mets on WFAN.

Yes it was a lucky win, and I don’t care, a win is a win, no matter how ridiculous it may be… Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. The Yankees will take the “W” and get ready for tomorrow.

I tried to go to sleep a little while ago, but every time I started to drift off I started laughing… I really shouldn’t be laughing. The Yankees were terrible. This can’t continue, because gift wins like this are very rare. In fact I have never seen anything like that. I don’t think anybody has…

I should mention that the error wasn’t the only reason the game ended in the bottom of the ninth. The game could have continued into extra innings if it wasn’t for the flat out hustle on a routine pop-up that Mark Teixeira showed. He ran from first to home and scored the winning run. That kind of hustle from a legitimate super-star is great to see. Hell now a days you don’t see rookies hustle like that… Just ask Met fans about their rookie left fielder. Teixeira is showing Yankee fans, all of us, every day why he signed a contract worth $180 million. The man is worth every penny…

UPDATE: Here is the video… I know MLB will eventually force Youtube to take it down, but for now… ENJOY!

Anyway, that’s all for now… I’m gonna try and get some sleep.

GO YANKEES!

Eight Is Enough!

The Yankees lost again. Yup, that’s eight games in a row to the Sox. Last night was a heart-breaker. The Yankees scored three runs in the seventh inning… they were winning 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning. CC was still on the mound. Then the wheels fell off and the Yankee train left the track. I don’t need to re-cap what happened. Every Yankee fan knows what happened next.

The Yankees are now two games back. They are back home tonight to start inter-league play vs. the red headed step child of New York… The Mets. This would be a good time for the Yankees to get the train back on the tracks. The Mets have also struggled, and also lost a heart-breaker last night. Losing in extra innings to their division rivals. It prompted my cousin, a Met fan to say “The Mets should offer themselves as a weight loss product, because THEY’RE GUTLESS!” Normally I might take joy in that, but after the way things went for the Yankees against the Sox, I can only commiserate.

It will be a shit storm if one of these teams drops all three of these games. I hope that storm hits Queens.

The Yankees are sending Joba Chamberlain (3-1, 3.79 ERA) to the mound tonight. He will face Livan Hernandez (5-1, 3.88 ERA). Yes, I double checked, that is really Livan Hernandez’s ERA… Either he found the Fountain of Youth, or the National League is really weak… Don’t get me wrong, I actually like Livan, but he has posted ERA’s of 8.03 and 6.05 in his last two seasons… He has always known how to pitch, but to cut your ERA by so much makes me wonder what kind of hitting the NL has.

Anyway, I look forward to this series, it should be a rocking time at the new Stadium (how long do I call it that?). I think the Yankees will take 2-3… Of course who knows, I’m just hoping they take 2-3…

That’s all for now…

GO YANKEES!

WTF 0-6?

He sucked last night... He sucked BIG TIME

This just doesn’t make sense to me. How the hell is this team 0-6 vs the Red Sox? I get the 0-5… no A-Rod, no Posada for two of those games, no Bruney, etc… However, last night was PATHETIC. A.J. Burnett was supposed to be good wasn’t he? This is a guy who before he put on pinstripes had never lost to the Sox. Now with the Yankees, he sucks against the Sox.

 In his two starts vs the Sox this year he has gone a grand total of 7.2 innings. He has given up 13 hits,and 11 earned runs. That’s a 12.91 ERA. In other words, he has SUCKED!

I guess I should give some credit to Josh Beckett, who had great stuff last night. The Yankees may not have won that game, even if A.J. didn’t pitch like he had a wet noodle for an arm. Beckett made the Yankee hitters look silly… but maybe it would have been different if A.J. hadn’t put them in an early hole.

The Yankees are still in first place, tied with the Red Sox. That is something we as fans should feel very good about. Even though the Yankees have lost six straight games to the Sox they are still tied. That would concern me as a Sox fan. Sure they have the Yankees number, at least up to now, but they are still tied in the standings… If the Yankees can turn things around against the Sox they could win the east walking away… However, that is a big if at this point.

 Wang is going tonight, and I really have no idea what to expect. Hopefully the Yankee offense can hit Wakefield tonight and give Wang a cushion to work with. If Wang gets lit up early I expect to see Phil Hughes out of the pen.

That’s all for now…

GO YANKEES!

Since Last They Met…

Both teams have played 30 games.

The Yankees have gone 20-10, the Sox 16-14. The Yankees have posted an ERA of 4.00, the Sox 3.96. The Yankees have scored 172 runs, the Sox 146… That’s an average of 5.7 runs per game for the Yankees, and 4.9 for the Sox. The Yankees are hitting .279 with an OBP of .356 and they are slugging .495. The Sox are hitting .266 with an OBP of .342 while slugging .440. What I think surprises me most is the Yankees have only commited 11 errors to the Sox 18.

The Yankees have a lot to prove starting tonight. The numbers over the last 30 games favor the Yankees in every aspect except team pitching, which the Sox have a .04 advantage… that may as well be even. I expect we will see some fun baseball over the next three days.

That’s all for now…

GO YANKEES!

If This Was A-Rod

Everybody on the planet would be talking about it…

I’m happy with the Alex the NY Yankees have…

Yankees Win Series

The Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 8-6 with some late inning heroics from Melky Cabrera. Once again when the Yankees needed a big hit Melky came through, with the game tied in the bottom of the eighth. With Robinson Cano on first base, Melky jacked a ball to left field giving the Yankees the lead. Mariano came in to pitch the ninth. He made things interesting with runners on first and third and only one out, but he once again gets out of his mess and picks up his 12th save.

Wang started the game. He looked very good the first two innings, but ran into trouble in the third. Wang went 4.2 innings, giving up five runs on seven hits. He walked one and struck out five. It isn’t a pretty line, but it was encouraging, because it wasn’t as bad as his April starts. He also hasn’t pitched in a while and probably got tired. I’m not trying to make excuses for him, I just think with time he will be OK. His ball had good velocity and sink. He will be starting on Tuesday in Boston.

The other big hero of the game is Mark Teixeira. He went 2-4 with three runs batted in and a run scored. In the fifth inning with the bases loaded Teixeira hit a bases clearing double down the third base line. That got the Yankees within one. A-Rod then hit a single driving in Teixeira to tie the game.

The much criticized Yankee pen did a good job today as well, not allowing any runs. Aceves pitched 1.2 innings, Coke pitched 1.1 innings, and Robertson finished off the eighth and picked up the win. The way MLB decides who gets the win drives me nuts, but what are ya gonna do?

The Red Sox beat the Tigers, so they remain tied for first place with the Yankees.

The Tampa Bay Rays come to town for a four game series starting tomorrow night. The Yankees will be throwing CC Sabathia tomorrow night.

That’s all for now…

GO YANKEES!

Jesus Takes Trenton…

As most Yankee fans know 19 year old Jesus Montero was promoted to AA Trenton. Tonight was his first game in AA… Here is his first hit.

If you don’t know who Jesus Montero is, get to know him. This guy will be mashing for the Yankees one day, and man does he have a great stick. He is a catching prospect right now… For more information on Jesus, click here.