Another walkoff win, another cream pie

AJ Burnett has introduced as new tradition at Yankee Stadium, and it would be great to see it happen another hundred times this year.

As the Yankee who drove in the winning run gets interviewed, AJ comes up and hits him in the face with a cream pie.



Johnny Damon who homered in the bottom of the 10th was the latest "victim."

The third straight come from behind walkoff win, and 5th straight win overall, has thrust the Yanks right in the middle of the race.

And nothing but good news from down on the farm as Wang pitched well at Scranton, going 7 innings and getting mostly ground ball outs (the sinker is working well) and Bruney is on track to be back in a few days, also.

Monday, the Yanks finish up the 4 game series with the Twins as Pettitte takes the mound.

Go Yankees

Yankees win in 11

A-Rod hits a walk off 2 run bomb in the bottom of the 11th to win it 6-4.

The fans went crazy, and it was nice to see the dugout empty and everyone greet him at home. He got a whipped cream pie in the face to celebrate.

Go Yankees

Yankees are on now

Usually I do a wrapup, but since I've been a slacker lately, thought I'd blog while watching the Twins- Yankees game.
It's currently 3-2 as the Yankees have the lead based on a Teixeira 3 run bomb.

Joba is looking pretty good, although his pitch count is getting up there. It's around 80 in the 5th.

He strikes out a lot of batters, and many, if not most of the other outs are on fly balls.

Yankee batters are going down without taking a lot of pitches. They need to go deeper in the count.

Go Yankees

Yankees win using the long ball

Teixeira, Cano, and Damon all belted home runs yesterday to beat the O's and finally win a series taking 2 out of 3 in Baltimore.

For the second start in a row, Joba got roughed up in the first inning, climaxed by Huff's 3 run homer, and then he settled down, shutting out the Birds until turning the ball over to the 'pen in the seventh.

Considering his fired up attitude, one can only presume he is so excited to start that he just loses concentration. It sure isn't his lack of ability, as once he gets over the first inning problem, he is almost unhittable.

Rookie catcher Cervelli continues to impress with his enthusiasm and his ablity. He may become part of the long line of great Yankee catchers. It's funny how some teams have so many outstanding players at one position, and the Yankees certainly have a long line of catchers who were All-Stars, and some who were Hall of Famers.

Bill Dickey and Yogi (does he even need a last name?) both shared number 8, and are enshrined at Cooperstown. Elston Howard, Thurman Munson (my favorite Yankee ever,) and Jorge Posada were all perennial All Stars. Will Cervelli be next? He seems to have the zest for playing. Only time will tell.

Today is a travel day, and a series against Toronto starts on Tuesday.


Go Yankees

A-Rod is back!!! Yanks win

The first pitch A Rod saw in the first inning in Baltimore promptly got deposited in the stands for a 3 run home run.
That is something that has been missing from the Yanks offense.

And CC Sabathia made it stand up as he pitched a complete game shutout, scattering 4 hits and striking out 8. CC finished strong, striking out the side in the ninth.

This was just what we needed, with Alex banging the ball, and CC going deep in the game.

Phil Hughes looks to make it 2 in a row tomorrow night.

One bright spot is that the Yankees have struggled, yet have managed to hang around .500, while no one has run away with the division. They are only about 5 games out, which they can make up in a good week or so.

Go Yankees

Damn Yankees

If Teixiera comes up again tonight with a runner on third and less than 2 outs and fails (again) I'm going to be really pissed.

Last night, he hit a weak grounder back to the pitcher. The night before , a little popup.

Well, at least A-Rod is back, so that should help. And they are playing the Orioles, so that should help, too.

Go Yankees

Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games

Just reported on Francesa:

Ok, it wasn't steroids, but it was a drug used for women. It is reported that sometimes it is used by someone who took seroids as they come off 'roids.

Ok, Manny is the only Sox player I didn't hate, so I'm kind of a fan and want to give hime every benefit of the doubt.

But it doesn't look good.

As a Yankees fan, I'm pretty happy that it isn't about A-Rod for once.

Yanks play tonight at 7, weather permitting. Yeah, it's raining again. But the Yankee bats have been quiet. Last night, Teixeira got one key hit. Big deal. In the 10th, with one out and Damon on 3rd, he hit a weak popup. He needs to step up and earn some of that big money.

Go Yankees