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End of the Regular Season
I need to make an apology to my readers…I lied. I promised I would give you guys two entries; one on the Red Sox sweep and another on the Royals series. Well, it seems kind of dumb to write two full entries about it now. I can tell you that we whooped up on the Red Sox (typical) and took 2 out of 3 from the Royals.
We ended up clinching the division title at the end of the Boston series. It was their 100th win and the tying game –> 9 wins for us, 9 wins for the Sox. Ahh, The Comeback Kids. They never cease to impress me. Something I almost failed to mention (shame on me!) was that Joba did AMAZING that game. I don’t think I had ever seen him pitch that well, even in the beginning of the season! Needless to say, there was lots of bottle poppin’ that night. Even Kimmie (Keeping Up With The Jones) got in on the action…involuntarily, of course. lol There were goggles, champagne, and beers all over the clubhouse. One of my favorite moments was when the latin locos were surround Alex Rodriguez and chanting “la princesa, la princesa, la princesa!” which means “the princess.” It was hilarious. Another favorite moment of mine occured when Kimmie was interviewing A.J. and Andy. Kim asked the newcomer what he had learned from the veteran. His response? “You‘re never too old to be dirty.” That sure came out of left-field. Oh, A.J. lol
Fast foward to this weekend. We lost 2 out of 3 games against the Tampa Bay Rays. Seems like the Yanks had gone into a deep slumber up until the 6th inning yesterday and boyyy did they wake UP! Many of the boys contributed 
that inning, but no more than our wonderful Alex Rodriguez. He has certainly risen from the ashes this year. He brought in a record setting 7 runs with a 3-run homer and a granny! Alex also helped set a new franchise record of 244 home runs in one season. All of this was absolutely impressive, but the best part of it all had to be the slap in the face the Rays received.
In the previous series we had with the Rays, Z.Z. ended up pitching wayyy too inside to their star player, Carlos Peña, and broke 2 of his fingers. That was the end of the season for him. I don’t think Z.Z. did it on purpose, but it seems the Rays do. So this past Saturday they decided to plunk Teixeira and yesterday they walked him purposely so he wouldn’t have a chance at breaking the record for most home runs this season (he was tied at 39 with Peña). It was pretty stupid to walk Mark, because Alex was up right behind him. Poor Rays.
Alex delivered a hell of a slap in the face when he got that grand slam right then. He tried not to smile as he was rounding the bases. When he reached the dugout everyone was congratulating him; Teixeira was the last one. They hugged and laughed. It was a great moment for the Yankees and their fans alike. Alex ended the season with 30 HRs and 100 RBIs. Oh, and the Yankees won their last game of the season with a score of 10-2. Haha
-See ya in the postseason!
“Now batting…for the Yankees…number two…Derek Jeter”
It was definitely a day I’ll never forget. September 9th: the final game in a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. There was a crowd of over forty-six thousand people on their feet with cameras and cell phones ready in hand. A legend walked over from the on-deck circle over to the batter’s box at his new home. The excited fans started to get louder, but the batter probably just heard silence. It was Jeff Niemann’s job to get this last man out to move on to the next inning. Jeff deals. The first pitch is sent deep down to right field. Base hit.
The crowd, as expected, is going insane. The batter finally reaches the base and proceeds to remove his shin guard. As he stands up to hand his gear over to Mick Kelleher he lays his eyes on the roaring crowd. He continues to looks around, seeing that both teams have stood up in their dugouts. Everyone at Yankee stadium is giving this incredible man a standing ovation. Clearly uncomfortable with the attention, he makes his attempt at trying to enjoy this moment. He takes off his helmet to the crowd, then puts it back on. He’s ready to continue with the game, but the fans aren’t. He takes his helmet off again, and in a moment where everyone should’ve had their Kleenex ready, points at his family up in the box.
This was the moment Derek Jeter, our beloved Yankee captain, tied Henry Lous Gehrig’s hitting record.
It was a very emotional night for many, including myself. I am so happy for Jete & I hope he continues to be very successful!
The beginning of the game wasn’t an indication of where the game was eventually headed, though.
Joba started the night by giving away a homerun to Jason Bartlett in the first inning. He also allowed Pat Burrell to score a run in the first. YAY…*cough* -.- Well, let’s just say Joba didn’t last more than 3 innings. Before he was taken out, el Capitán made his way to the mound and exchanged some words with the young pitcher. He appeared to be really serious and apparently straightened Jobs out. We then went through 4 more pitchers (although they didn’t give up any hits/runs): Ace Hood, Albaladejo, Bruney, and Cokie.
On the offensive side, Jeter said “ENOUGH!” by bunting in his first at-bat and ending his hitting slump. After that, he hit every time he came up to the plate. Then in his last at-bat, he got walked by Grant Balfour. That was Jete’s last chance to break the record that night. I seriously thought the Yankee fans were going to wait outside for him after the game. I was praying for his life, even though I wanted to beat up on him myself. Nick got to work late in the game. After 7 scoreless innings, he decided to unleash the Comeback Kids. Alex was already on base, so he scored. Posie came to bat right after Swisher. I guess Posie had been training to be a magician…because he sure made that ball disappear! It was a 3-run homer for the Captain’s best bud. He made it a 4-2 ballgame. Bruney and Cokie made sure it stayed that way. So in the end, we swept the Rays and Jeter tied his record.
Is everyone ready for Jete to break the record tonight!? I can’t wait ’til this rain delay is over.
-Buh bye til after the game!
**re-live Jeter’s tying hit all over again!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJ1wvJDVf4
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!
My First Entry. So original.
It’s clear to see I am new to the mlblogging world! Unfortunately, this entry won’t be solely based on Yankees, but on how lost I am with this site. If anyone has any pointers, tips, tricks, etc. I would greatly appreciate the help. I’m trying to snazz my profile up because it is very sad at the moment. I’m usually the expert at tweaking these kinds of things, but I don’t even know how to change the font on this! =((
On to the last game of the ChiSox series…
I’m usually glued to the television from the beginning of every Yankees game to the end of the post game, but today I was chitchatting with my parents so I didn’t catch every detail. Apparently Joba only lasted three innings and allowed two runs. The pitcher I want to applaud today, though, is Aceves. I usually find him okay, but he was on fire this afternoon. Talking about fire, did you see the bombs Damon and Teix sent to the crowd in right field? Nice souvenirs for the lucky fans that got ahold of those baseballs!
**I started writing this on the 30th, but didn’t continue until today so i can’t remember what happened lol
-Until next time fans!
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