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Angels in the Outfield
It was definitely a hell of a series when the Yanks played the Angels earlier this week in Anaheim! Pure insanity. It was so intense; I literally couldn’t breathe after the first two games. Not good. I mean, I get all worked up with Red Sox series (watch tonight at 7:10pm on Fox!) but this series had me WORKED UP, ya know what I’m sayin’? Alright, ima keep this one short and sweet people, so pay attention!
Monday we started the series 
with a loss…plain and simple: LAA 5 – NYY 2. Pettite was already feeling better, so he started that night. He was definitely a sight for sore eyes! Unfortunately, Andy gave up 3 runs in the 6 innings he pitched. Afterwards, Bruney (as always) and Albaladejo gave up a run each, giving the Angels a 3-run lead and the win. This was a very painful game to watch, although Matsui and Alex each homered to tack two runs on the board.
Tuesday had a much better outcome: NYY 6 – LAA 5. That night, the Yanks were also the first to claim a spot in the playoffs. Gaudin was the starting pitcher; gave up 2 runs in the 4.2 innings he was on the mound. Ace Hood was brought in after Gaudin and surprisingly gave up 2 runs as well. The real shocker was when Phil Hughes gave up a run! That was definitely not expected. On the bright side, Alex and Matsui provided an encore for those who missed their homers on Monday. Posie also joined in the fun! We were in the lead until the 8th inning, where the game became tied. Mr. Speedy Gonzalez (Brett Gardner) broke that 
tie in the 9th when he hit a line-drive to CF and made it to first base. He then stole second base & Jeter walked. With men on first and third, Johnny Damon bunted and got the job done.
Wednesday was just as stressful as the first two games, but again, the Yanks came out of that one with another win: NYY 3 – LAA 2. Burnett, which many fans weren’t sure of, did very well that night and convinced us he was ready for the postseason. He gave up the only 2 runs that the Angels produced in the 5.2 innings he pitched. No homeruns this game, but the Dominican Duo© (Smiley and Melk) came up with some powerful hits for the ribbies!
-That’s all guys! Red Sox/Yanks game starting NOW!
“Let’s do it! Baseball in the Bronx.” Michael Kay
The Rookie
Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot! This is probably one of the many ways you’ll hear me describe Francisco Cervelli. As one of the newest additions to the New York Yankees, he’s been working really hard to make his teammates proud. He’s been a part of the team since 2008, but has really made an impact this year. Cervelli covered for Molina when he was hurt earlier in the season. He has proved to be an amazing catcher and personally, I love the way he sets up behind home plate. It was a sad moment for all when he was sent back down to the minors in June. His absence wouldn’t last long, though. He was called back up in September again when the rosters expanded for all MLB teams.
This would greatly benefit the Yanks, as they found out this past Wednesday. Lately, I find myself talking to dedicated fans who have suddenly given up on the Comeback Kids and expect them to lose if they don’t take the lead right away.
Gaudin was the starter that night and he did pretty good, but he gave up three runs. At least he wasn’t as bad as my good ol’ friend Brian. Bruney hadn’t even gotten to the mound yet and had already given up a run (*not being literal, but you get me). By the bottom of the 8th, the score was TOR 4 – NYY 2. My Twitter friends were already getting ready to shut the tv off and hit the hay or had already done so.
Then, Matsui came up to the plate and decided it wasn’t over for the Yanks. So with Alex on base, he hit the game-tying homerun. This is when I made my walk-off prediction/wish. Bottom of the 9th now and Brett’s already gotten to first base, stolen second and proceeded to third with a little help from Jete. Cervelli was up next. Just the man I was waiting for…
BAM! Where had the ball gone? Past a diving Aaron Hill and 
onto the grass in LF. Gardner scores. There’s the 14th walk-off win for the Yanks! The most in MLB this season. Cervelli rounded first and kept running as he was chased down by Cano, Melk, Edwar, and the rest of the gang. He looked like a little boy running from his teammates. It was one of the cutest things I had ever seen, next to the Phillies fan giving his daughter the foul ball he had caught.
Cervelli just has this innocence about him <3 and when he was interviewed by Kim Jones afterwards, you can see how truly grateful he is to be wearing pinstripes. I love it. So after a stressful night for us fans, Gardner and Cervelli both made sure we had a sigh of relief and that I was screaming at the top of my lungs.
-’Til later on tonight bloggers!
With a game on his bat & a smile on his face
Fantastic game in the Bronx last night. I hope y’all got to see it! It was only game 3 of the Rays series. The question is: will it get any better than Nick Swisher’s walk-off victory tonight? We can only hope!
Monday the Yanks had double duty: they played a double-header against the Rays to start off the series. Mr. Z.Z. was set to play the day game, while A.J. had the night game. Both did a splendiferous job! Sabathia ended the day with 10 Ks, while Burnett ended the night with 8. At the end of a long baseball-filled day, they came out with two wins. Game 1: (4-1) Game 2: (11-1) ouch.
I would tell you that last night’s win was just another notch on the Yankees’ belt, but it simply wasn’t.
I’ll tell you why:
-Now they’re 40 games over .500, they’re the first team to make it to 90 wins in the majors this season, and they now have 13 walk-off wins.
Those are some pretty interesting numbers. Talking about numbers, let me give you some 9-9-09 humor…as of right now, our Yankees are 9 games ahead of the Red Sox in the AL standings. I know Beebz is loving this. haha I mentioned this earlier on Twitter and a friend pointed out to me that Boston fans probably wouldn’t find this too amusing. aw damn…*cough*
Last night’s starting pitcher, Chad Gaudin, really surprised me. He had some really good stuff! I forgot which YES announcer says that a lot. I’m pretty sure its David Cone. Anyhow, he was almost, ALMOST as good as Z.Z. and A.J. were the night before. He came through with 6 Ks. Kudos Gaudin!
In case you guys haven’t noticed (which I’d find hard to believe if you haven’t) I’m so in love with Nick Swisher. On Monday night, I was saying how cool it would be to have a walk-off in one of the two games they were playing that day. It didn’t happen, but I was still hoping for one soon! So last night when I was on Twitter with all my fellow Yankee fans I mentioned how it would be nice to get that walk-off now with someone who had one yet…maybe even Swish!
Well, I should’ve played the lottery because about 2 minutes after I said that, Swish was slapping the crap out of a ball into RF. I leapt off the couch and started jumping up and down and screaming, ironically, as if I had actually won the lottery. Ha.
It was his second solo shot of the night; the first one was hit in the 2nd inning towards LF. Swish has hit homeruns from both sides of the plate 10 times each, tying with Mickey Mantle’s record. All he needs is two more homers from each side of the plate to break the record and make MLB history. (Please do correct me if I am wrong on this)
While we’re on the subject of Yankee greats and tying records…Jeter is 0-12 throughout this Rays series so far. The last time he got a hit was on September 6th (this past Sunday) against the Toronto Blue Jays. In fact, he had 3 hits that night.
**Jeter did indeed tie Lou Gehrig’s record in tonight’s series finale! See what happens when you don’t finish an entry before the next game? There’ll be more about Jete and his record in the following entry.
-Goodnight bloggers!
We can’t win ‘em all, but damn!
The Yankees have given me lots of material to work with this weekend. Unfortunately, not much of it is good for them.
But first, I want to talk about what I did this past Friday (Sept 4). lol There is some relevance, I promise. I went to Borders with the intent of buying Jane Heller’s Confessions of a She-Fan. (http://janeheller.mlblogs.com/) To my dismay, it wasn’t in-stock! Booooo. I still wanted to buy a book, so I bought A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez by Selena Roberts. It looks pretty good. Can’t wait to start reading it! I guess when I’m done with that one I’ll go looking for Jane’s book again. There’s always online shopping…
Anyway, back to our beloved Yankees. I adore our boys, but they sucked the big one this weekend, especially Sunday, but we’ll get to that game later…
Thursday. Hmmm…my memory isn’t that great, but I know we won 10-5. Aceves pitched in relief of Gaudin and did very well. Posie also made history as the seventh player of the Yankees to reach 20 homers this season. All we need is for Jete to hit three out of the park so we can make MLB history, but time’s a-tickin’ for el Capitán. Obviously, Thursday isn’t part of the weekend, but this game is part of the series, so I thought I’d at least mention it. A win is always worth mentioning anyway =]
Friday night was a first for me. Why? It was the first time I chose to go out with friends and not watch the game. I, of course, TiVo-ed it, but never got around to actually watching it. Maybe I’ll do that this upcoming Thursday when they’re on break.
I do know that they lost 0-6. Joba gave up 3 runs, Dunn 2, and Melacon 1. I also know that Roy Halladay probably wanted to ring Ramiro Peña’s neck for ending his no-hitter. Poor Roy. At least he got the Jays a win that night.
Saturday, the Yanks came up with their eighty-seventh win of the season in game three vs. the Blue Jays. The final score was 6-4. Andy pitched for the Bombers that day and gave up 4 runs, but the defense kept him alive and got him the W. They didn’t do so bad offensively either. Cano got his 23rd homer of the season, while Teix got his 33rd. Posie, Alex, and Melk brought some runs in too. Then, in the 8th inning we brought in the closer. No, not Mo. Remember he had tightness in in left groin since Tuesday? Well, Hughes or Hughesy, as Girardi likes to refer to him, was set to close out the game. He got his 3rd career save that night and did it with class. Way to go Phil! According to Bryan Hoch (http://bombersbeat.mlblogs.com/), Mo was feeling much better that day, which was a huge plus! All in all, game three was a good one for the Yankees. But I guess they used up all their energy that day, because it got plain ugly for them in Toronto on Sunday afternoon.
I was wondering if anyone really wants me to elaborate on the ***-kicking we got yesterday. No? Well, I’ll try not to get way too detailed. They switched A.J. to Monday night’s second game, so Mitre started for this game. He was actually pretty good, but guess who wasn’t. Ahhh…where was the D!? I don’t know if they were just standing there staring up at the sun or what! Well, the stats say there were only four fielding errors (Hairston, Cano, Teixeira, Peña), but in my opinion that’s not the correct number. There were so many mistakes in this game! Then there was this: (insert Damon/Melky collision picture here) I can’t find the picture, but when I do I’ll put it up.
We were doing good until the 5th inning…that’s when it all went to hell. The Jays scored 8 runs that inning. It was then a 5-12 ballgame. ugggghhhh. I knew better than to give up because that’s usually when the Comeback Kids show up and they actually did! It was in the 7th, but 3 runs wasn’t enough. Oh and then Girardi brought Josh Towers to the mound. He had just been called up from triple AAA.
Randy Ruiz came up to bat. Little did he know that Towers would pop him in the mouth with the ball. I felt so bad for Ruiz. I felt so bad for Towers. It was just…awful. What a way to make your Yankees debut. eek! I then went on to watch the postgame. They interview Sergio and Damon. Let’s just say Mitre looked like he wanted to go meet these guys in an alley. He was trying really hard not to be upset, but you can tell. And as for Damon? He kind of came off a little rude, but I don’t know.
-See ya later bloggers!
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