YANKS GET SPLIT

THE YANKS CAME BACK FROM DOWN 5-0 TO LACKEY TO TOP THE ANGELS 14-9. IT WAS A SEE-SAW BATTLE GOING UP 8-5 DOWN 9- 8 THEN PUTTING UP A 6 SPOT FOR THE FINAL SCORE. NADY KNOCKED IN 6 RUNS AS YANKS GET THE SPLIT AND SHOW NO MATTER WHO IS PITCHING AND WHAT THE SCORE IS WE CAN COME BACK.

YANKS TOP ANGELS 8-2

MIKE MUSSINA DOMINATED THE ANGELS ON SATURDAY RETIRING THE FINAL 17 HITTERS HE FACED LEADING THE YANKS TO A MUCH NEEDED 8-2 VICTORY. YANKS BLASTED 4 HR'S AND NEED TO WIN SUNDAY TO GET A SPLIT OF 4 GAME SET VS ANGELS.

WELCOME HOME WILLIE

THE YANKEES HELD THE 62ND AND LAST OLD TIMER'S GAME ON SATURDAY AT THE CURRENT YANKEE STADIUM. WITH 72 OLD-TIMERS ON HAND IT WAS THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF FORMER YANKEES EVER. THERE WAS SOMEONE FROM EVERY WORLD SERIES WINNING TEAM (16) SINCE 1947. EVERY ERA WAS REPRESENTED. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF WILLIE RANDOLPH, THE FANS WENT NUTS FOR WILLIE WELCOMING HIM HOME LIKE A CONQUERING HERO.

OH,MO

THE YANKS LOST A HEART BREAKER ON FRIDAY NIGHT 1-0. SIDNEY PONSON 2-HIT THE ANGELS THROUGH 7 INNINGS. WITH THE SCORE TIED 0-0 RIVERA, WHO HAS DONE THIS TOO MANY TIMES THIS SEASON GAVE UP A RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 9TH. YOU CAN'T KEEP LOSING GAMES WHEN YOU GET THE PITCHING, IT WILL COME BACK TO BITE YOU ON THE ASS.

PETTITTE POUNDED

THE ANGELS PUNISHED ANDY PETTITTE AND YANKEE PITCHING ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH THREE 3-RUN HR'S BASHING THE YANKEES 12-6. YANKS WERE NEVER IN GAME FALLING BEHIND 6-0 EARLY. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

YANKS GET I-ROD

THE YANKEE'S ON THE HEELS OF LOSING POSADA FOR SEASON PICKED UP FUTURE HALL OF FAME CATCHER IVAN RODRIGUEZ. I LIKE MOLINA BUT NOT AS AN EVERYDAY PLAYER. IF HE PLAYS 2 GAMES A WEEK HE IS MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE. I KNOW IROD IS NOT WHAT HE USED TO BE WITH THE BAT BUT I THINK HIS DEFENSE WILL HELP AND GIVE MOLINA A WELL NEEDED REST. AND HE WAIVED HIS NO TRADE CLAUSE TO BE A YANKEE.

THAT'S MORE LIKE IT

THE YANKS TOOK FINAL GAME FROM THE O'S 13-3 TO AVOID SWEEP AT HOME AS JOBA GOT THE WIN AND CONTINUES TO PITCH WELL IN EVERY START OF HIS CAREER SO FAR. ABREU HIT 2 HR'S AND AROD LAUNCHED ANOTHER ONE. HERE COME THE ANGELS.

YANKS RALLY FALLS SHORT

THE YANKEES LOST 7-6 TO THE O'S ON TUESDAY NIGHT. RASNER PITCHED WELL BUT MARTE GAVE UP A GRAND SLAM IN RELIEF. CABRERA HIT AROD WITH PITCH AFTER AROD HIT A HR WHILE GAME WAS 2-0 MAKING IT 2-1. YANKS SCORED 2 RUNS IN 8TH AND 3 RUNS IN 9TH BUT CAME UP SHORT. LOOKING TO AVOID SWEEP IN WED DAY GAME.

POSADA OUT FOR SEASON

YANKEE CATCHER JORGE POSADA WILL UNDERGO SEASON ENDING SHOULDER SURGERY. POSADA SAID HE WANTS TO REMAIN AROUND HIS TEAMMATES AND ALTHOUGH NOT PLAYING BE A PART OF THE CLUB. REHAB SHOULD TAKE AROUND 6 MONTHS SO HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE READY FOR EARLY NEXT YEAR. THANKS JORGE FOR TOUGHING IT OUT AND PLAYING IN PAIN TO TRY TO HELP THE YANKEE'S. GET THE SURGERY AND COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND PLAY LIKE THE CHAMPION YOU ARE.

YANKS LOSE GAME NOT GROUND

MIKE MUSSINA WAS INEFFECTIVE LAST NIGHT, GIVING UP 6 RUNS IN 5 INNINGS. MOOSE GETS A PASS ON THIS ONE AS HE HAS PITCHED BRILLIANTLY FOR 2 MONTHS. THE YANKS WERE POUNDED BY THE O'S 13 -4. THE GOOD NEWS IS THE RAYS AND RED SOX BOTH LOST SO THE YANKEES LOSE NO GROUND IN THE PENNANT RACE.

GOOSE GOES INTO HALL

ANOTHER YANKEE GREAT WAS INDUCTED INTO BASEBALL'S HALL OF FAME ON SUNDAY. OH BY THE WAY THE YANKS LEAD BASEBALL IN THAT CATEGORY TOO. GOOSE GOSSAGE, ON OF THE BEST AND MOST FEARED RELIEVERS OF ALL-TIME GOT THE CALL THIS TIME. HIS SPEECH WAS VERY TOUCHING, MENTIONING FORMER COACHES, PLAYERS WHO HAVE PASSED ON (MUNSON, MURCER) AND ALSO THE HUGE CONTINGENT OF THE 1978 YANKEES ON HAND FOR THE CEREMONY. WHEN GOOSE PLAYED IT WAS A DIFFERENT GAME. MANY TIMES COMING IN TO PITCH IN THE 7TH INNING AND GETTING 7-OUT SAVES. WAY TO GO GOOSE YOU DESERVED IT.

STOP CRYING

I HEAR ALL THE SPORTS TALK SHOWS AND READ ALL THE PAPERS AND EVERYONE, WELL THE YANKEE HATERS ARE ALL CRYING OVER THE TRADE THE YANKS PULLED OFF WITH THE PIRATES. WHY IS IT EVERY OTHER TEAM CAN MAKE STEALS IN DEALS AND NOTHING IS SAID? AKA METS GETTING SANTANA, BREWERS GETTING SABATHIA, CUBS GETTING HARDEN. IT LOOKS LIKE SOUR GRAPES TO ME. SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY AND STOP BITCHING, ARE YOU GUYS AFRAID YANKS WILL WIN WORLD SERIES NUMBER 27 ?

SOX AVOID BROOM, STREAK ENDS

THE RED SOX ENDED THE YANKEES 8 GAME WINNING STREAK WITH A 9-2 WIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT. YANKS DID TAKE THE SERIES AND ARE RIGHT IN THE RACE. NOT A FUN GAME TO WATCH AS I HAD THE TV ON MUTE DUE TO BIAS DOUCHBAGS ON ESPN. ALTHOUGH SIDNEY PONSON WAS HIT HARD THE YANKS HAD MEN ON BASE ALL NIGHT AND COULD HAVE SCORED MORE, JUST NEVER GOT THE BIG HIT. NEW STREAK STARTS TONIGHT WITH A 7-GAME HOMESTAND AND MOOSE TAKING THE MOUND AT YANKEE STADIUM WHERE YANKS HAVE WON 10 STRAIGHT.

YANKS POUND SOX FOR 8TH STRAIGHT

THE YANKEES TOPPED THE SOX 10-3 ON SATURDAY TO RUN THE WINNING STREAK TO 8 IN A ROW. PETTITTE WENT 6 INNINGS FOR THE WIN. AS THE YANKS WERE BLOWING THE GAME OPEN, WATCHING THE GAME ON FOX IT SOUNDED LIKE A FUNERAL WAS TAKING PLACE. OR McCARVER AND BUCK WERE JUST HANDED A NOTE THAT A FAMILY MEMBER JUST DIED. THESE TWO CHARACTERS REALLY SUCK AND HATE THE YANKEES SO MUCH IT REALLY MAKES IT HARD TO LIKE THEM OR WATCH A GAME ON FOX. SAME APPLIES FOR ESPN WHICH I WILL HAVE MUTED ON SUNDAY NIGHT. I GUESS EVERYONE HATES THE BEST TEAM, NOBODY HATES THE PADRES OR THE ROYALS. McCARVER AND BUCK SUCK.

JOBA + MO = 7 IN ROW

THE YANKEES TOPPED ARCH RIVAL BOSTON 1 - 0 FOR THEIR 7TH WIN IN A ROW LAST NIGHT. JOBA WENT A STRONG 7 INNINGS, STRIKING OUT 9 AND GIVING UP ONLY 3 HITS. YANKS BATS DID JUST ENOUGH AND MO DID THE REST. COMING IN WITH 2 MEN ON AND ONE OUT IN THE 8TH. HE RECORDED A 5-OUT SAVE, HIS 26TH SAVE IN 26 CHANCES THIS YEAR. YANKS UNDEFEATED IN 2ND HALF AND MAKING A CHARGE.

MOOSE EGGS

THE YANKS FINISHED OFF THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT SWEEP COMING OUT OF THE BREAK WITH A 5-1 WIN OVER THE TWINS. MIKE MUSSINA WENT A STRONG 8 SCORELESS INNINGS FOR THE YANKEES 6TH WIN IN A ROW. MOOSE NOW 13 - 6 AND THE YANKS MVP OF SEASON SO FAR. HE HAS RE-INVENTED HIMSELF AND LOOKS UN-HITTABLE USING A VARIOUS ARRAY OF PITCHES AND SPEEDS TO FOOL HITTERS. MO CAME IN FOR SAVE # 25 IN 25 CHANCES, STILL PERFECT ON THE SEASON AND STILL THE BEST CLOSER IN BASEBALL.

YANKS TAKE 5TH IN A ROW !!!

HERE COME THE YANKS !! WINNERS OF 5 IN A ROW TO START THE 2ND HALF THE YANKEES LOOK LIKE THEY MEAN BUSINESS, RIPPING THE TWINS AGAIN LAST NIGHT 8 - 2. YANKEE'S NOW GETTING 2-OUT HITS WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION AND MAKING IT LOOK EASY. GET OUT THE BROOM AS YANKS GO FOR SECOND STRAIGHT SWEEP OF TEAMS IN FRONT OF THEM ( OAK & MINNY). TAMPA AND BOSTON STARTING TO FEEL THE HEAT. YANKS AFTER BEING COUNTED OUT BY THE SO CALLED EXPERTS ARE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THINGS.

YANKS TOP TWINS

THE YANKEES BEAT THE TWINS 12 - 4 FOR THEIR 4TH WIN IN A ROW COMING OUT OF THE ALL-STAR BREAK. SIDNEY PONSON PITCHED WELL AND YANKS BATS DID THE REST, GETTING HR'S FROM AROD, CANO AND JETER. BULLPEN LOOKING GOOD TO GO ALONG WITH THE STARTERS AND IF HITTING KEEPS UP WE WILL BE FINE.

YOU'RE OUT, YANKS SWEEP A'S

ANDY PETTITTE WAS DEALING IN THE SCORCHING SUN ON SUNDAY PITCHING QUICK AND EFFECTIVELY GOING 8 INNINGS AND LEADING THE YANKS TOO A 2-1 WIN AND A SWEEP ON THE A'S AS YANKS GO TO 3-0 IN THE 2ND HALF. MAKING A PUSH TOWARD THE PLAY-OFFS. AFTER THE TWINS TIED GAME AT 1 -1 THE NEXT YANKEE AT BAT THE GIAMBINO WENT YARD TO GIVE YANKS LEAD BACK WHICH THEY WOULD NOT RELINQUISH. MARIANO CAME IN FOR SAVE #24 IN 24 CHANCES. GAME ENDING ON AN ATTEMPTED STEAL BY A'S AS MOLINA GUNNED OUT POTENTIAL TYING RUN. THE SOX GOT SWEPT BY THE ANGELS AND THE YANKS ARE NOW 3 OUT OF WILD-CARD AND ONLY 2 BACK IN LOSS COLUMN. YANKS HAVE MADE UP 3 GAMES IN 3 DAYS AND CAN CERTAINLY MAKE UP 3 MORE IN REMAINING 64 GAMES.

WALK OFF WIN

THAT'S 2 -0 TO START THE 2ND HALF. JOBA PITCHED WELL ENOUGH TO WIN BUT YANK BATS TEND TO HAVE MANY NOT SO PRODUCTIVE DAYS, BUT DID JUST ENOUGH TO WIN. WITH 2 OUTS CANO DOUBLED AND ON AN 0-2 PITCH BETEMIT SINGLED TO TIE THE GAME 3-3. IN THE 12TH INNING AND THE BASES LOADED MOLINA WAS HIT IN THE KNEE GIVING NEW MEANING TO A WALK-OFF WIN. SOX LOST AGAIN SO YANKS NOW 4 OUT OF WILD-CARD 3 IN LOSS COLUMN. ON A SIDE NOTE POSADA HURTING TEAM WITH TWO WEAK THROWS THAT DID NOT EVEN REACH 2ND BASE ON STEALS BY THE A'S. I LOVE JORGE BUT GET THE OPERATION AND COME BACK STRONG IN 2009.

JUMP START

THE YANKS STARTED THE 2ND HALF WITH A CONVINCING 7 -1 WIN OVER THE A'S ON FRIDAY NIGHT. MIKE MUSSINA WON HIS 12TH GAME OF THE YEAR AND 262ND FOR HIS CAREER, GOING 6 STRONG INNINGS. CANO HIT A 3-RUN SHOT INTO THE BLEACHERS AND AROD ALSO WENT DEEP FOR # 538. THE SOX LOST TO THE ANGELS SO THAT'S ONE GAME PICKED UP. YANKS NOW 5 OUT OF WILD-CARD 4 IN THE LOSS COLUMN. THAT'S 1-0 SO FAR IN 2ND HALF. WE MUST GO ON A STREAK AND PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THE REST ON AL EAST.

67 GAMES TO GO, PLAYBALL !!!!

WHEN I WAS A KID IN 1978 AND THE YANKEES CAME BACK FROM BEING 14-1/2 GAMES BACK IN MID-JULY THIS WAS A DAILY NEWS HEADLINE WITH 53 GAMES TO GO. THE YANKEES CAUGHT THE SOX AND WON THE WORLD SERIES THAT YEAR AND THAT'S WHY WITH 67 GAMES TO GO AND THE YANKS 6 GAMES OUT I BELIEVE THERE IS ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE UP THE GROUND AND CONTINUE THE PLAY-OFF STREAK. ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

EMOTIONAL INTRODUCTIONS

WOW!! DID YOU JUST SEE THE ALL-STAR GAME INTRODUCTIONS AT YANKEE STADIUM OF THE 49 HALL OF FAMERS? IT WAS THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF HALL OF FAMERS EVER ASSEMBLED. IF YOUR A BASEBALL FAN ALL YOUR LIFE AND DIDN'T HAVE TEARS IN YOUR EYES IT WOULD BE HARD TO BELIEVE. WATCHING WILLIE McCOVEY IN WHEEL CHAIR GETTING UP WHEN HE WAS ANNOUNCED GOT ME. THESE ARE ALL THE GUYS WE WATCHED GROWING UP. YANKEE FANS SHOWED RESPECT TO HATED ENEMIES SHOWERING A HUGE APPLAUSE ON WILLIE MAYS, ROD CAREW, GEORGE BRETT. THE BOSS, GEORGE STEINBRENNER DELIVERING THE BASEBALLS FOR THE CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCHES IN TEARS. AND SAVING YOGI TO BE THE LAST TO BE INTRODUCED AND GETTING POSSIBLY HIS LAST AND LOUDEST CHEERS AT THE CURRENT AND ONLY YANKEE STADIUM HE HAS EVER KNOWN. WOW!!

YANKS STUMBLE INTO ALL- BREAK

THE YANKS FELL 4-1 ON SUNDAY TO LOSE 3 OF 4 GOING INTO THE BREAK. WITH THE RAYS LOSING 7 IN A ROW WE COULD HAVE PICKED UP SOME GROUND. NOT DEAD YET I BELIEVE WE WILL MAKE A 2ND HALF RUN. TIME WILL TELL. TO BE CONT..............

THANKS METS, JAYS

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE METS AND THE BLUE JAYS, WHO YANKS PLAYED YESTERDAY FOR HAVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE THEIR SUNDAY'S GAMES FOR BOBBY MURCER. A CLASSY MOVE BY BOTH THE METS AND JAYS ORGANIZATIONS FOR A CLASSY GUY AND A HERO TO ALL YANKEE FANS. THANKS AGAIN.

YANKS LOSE A LEGEND

BOBBY MURCER LOST HIS BATTLE WITH BRAIN CANCER TODAY AND THE BASEBALL WORLD MOURNS. TRIBUTES COMING IN FROM TEAM-MATES, RIVALS, FORMER CO-WORKERS, CURRENT YANKEES, YANKEE FANS AND FANS FROM EVERY TEAM IN BASEBALL. NOT A BAD WORD WAS SAID ABOUT A MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS POSITIVE AND UPBEAT SINCE BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER. A YANKEE FOR OVER 40 YEARS WITH BRIEF STOPS IN SF AND CHICAGO ONLY TO RETURN TO THE YANKS, THE ONLY TEAM HE EVER WANTED TO BE PART OF. I GOT TO MEET BOBBY, POSED FOR SOME PICTURES, JOKED AROUND WITH HIM. I CRIED TODAY WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS. AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE TEARS IN THE COMING DAYS WHEN I READ THE PAPERS AND WATCH THE ALL-STAR GAME, WHICH I HOPE THEY HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR BOBBY. NO DOUBT THE YANKEES WILL BE WEARING BLACK ARM BANDS FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON. THE YANKEES HAVE ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY AT THE STADIUM AT SOME POINT. WE SHOULD ALL ACT WITH SUCH CLASS AND DIGNITY IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY THE WAY BOBBY DID IN HIS BATTLE WITH CANCER. REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER.WE ALL LOVED AND WILL MISS YOU.

HISTORIC HR'S POWER YANKS

DEREK JETER LED OFF THE GAME WITH CAREER HR # 200 AND AROD HIT #537 TO PASS MANTLE AND TAKE OVER SOLE POSSESSION OF 13TH ALL-TIME AS THE YANKS TOPPED THE JAYS 9-4. AFTER GAME YANKS GOT SOME SAD NEWS OF THE PASSING OF BOBBY MURCER, RENDERING THE OUTCOME OF TODAYS GAME MEANINGLESS.

DOC 2 HITS YANKS

ONCE AGAIN THE BATS DON'T DO THE JOB, ALTOUGHT FACING A TOUGH PITCHER WE NEED TO GET MORE THEN GET 2 HITS, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. IF THE ARMS KEEP IT UP THE BATS WILL WAKE UP AND WE WILL GO ON A ROLL. STILL IN STRIKING DISTANCE WITH A LITTLE WINNING STREAK, I'M NOT READY TO GIVE UP.

THE PITTS

THE YANKEE OFFENSE GOES SOUTH AGAIN ONLY SCORING 2 RUNS IN A 4-2 MAKE-UP GAME VS THE PIRATES. THE PITCHING IS FINE THE BATS ARE SLEEPING.

YANKS TAKE 2 FROM RAYS

THE YANKEES WON BOTH GAMES OF A 2-GAME SERIES WITH 1ST PLACE TAMPA BAY. PETTITTE PITCHED WITH A PURPOSE AND PONSON DID JUST AS WELL AS THE YANKS WON 5 - 0 AND 2-1 IN 10 INNINGS. PICKING UP 2 GAMES ON THE RAYS, WE WILL NOT GO AWAY.

STILL ALIVE

AFTER ALL THE INJURIES, NO WINS FROM KENNEDY AND HUGHES, OFFENSE THAT IS MOST OF TIME DOING NOTHING, THE YANKS ARE STILL IN THE THICK OF THINGS. ONLY 3 GAMES BEHIND SOX IN THE LOSS COLUMN FOR THE WILD-CARD SPOT. THE YANKS WILL NOT GO AWAY WITHOUT A FIGHT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. THEY HAVE PATCHED THINGS TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS STARTERS. I KNOW A BIG RUN IS IN THESE GUYS AND A MARCH TO A PLAY-OFF SPOT. MY MONEY IS ON THE YANKS TO CONTINUE PLAY-OFF STREAK. AND ALTHOUGH YOU CAN'T WIN WORLD SERIES EVERY YEAR WE ARE ALWAYS IN THE PLAY-OFFS AND THE RUNNING. THAT'S MORE THEN I COULD SAY FOR THE OTHER 31 TEAMS IN THE MAJORS. THAT'S WHY EVERYONE HATES THE YANKS.

YANKS TOP SOX

BRETT GARDNER SINGLED UP THE MIDDLE TO DRIVE IN CANO FROM 2ND AS THE YANKS TOPPED THE SOX IN 10 INNINGS ON SUNDAY NIGHT 5 -4 AFTER TRAILING 4-2.YANKS GET A SPLIT 4 GAMES WITH SOX AFTER LOSING FIRST TWO. RAYS IN TOWN ON TUES AND WEDNESDAY FOR A BIG TWO GAME SERIES. LETS GO YANKS.

MARIANO K'S THE MANNY

THIS JUST HAPPENED. TOP OF 9TH MAN ON 3RD WITH 2 OUTS AND 1ST BASE OPEN MARIANO PITCHED TO MANNY AFTER A DISCUSSION ON THE MOUND ABOUT INTENTIONAL WALKING MANNY. MO BLEW HIM AWAY WITH 3 STRAIGHT STRIKES NOT EVEN LIFTING BAT OFF HIS SHOULDER. MO FEARS NO ONE AS HE IS THE ALL TIME BEST AND COMES THROUGH LIKE NO RELIEVER IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL.

AROD TIES THE MICK

AROD LAUNCHED CAREER HOME RUN 536 IN HIS FIRST AT BAT ON SUNDAY TYING MICKEY MANTLE, EVERYONES HERO FOR 13TH ON THE ALL-TIME LIST. NOT ALL YANKEE FANS HAPPY WITH THIS STAT BUT DIFFERENT ERA AND SMALLER PARKS. WHEN THE MICK PLAYED WALL WAS 460FT NOW ONLY 408FT. IF MICK PLAYED NOW HE PROPABLY WOULD HAVE HIT 1000 HRS AS MANY 450FT SHOTS WERE CAUGHT ON THE WARNING TRACK. GIVE AROD HIS DUE 32YRS OLD AND 536 HRS THAT'S AWESOME.

MOOSE GETS 11TH WIN

THE YANKEES TOPPED THE SOX ON SATURDAY 2-1 WITH MIKE MUSSINA LOOKING SHARP AGAIN AND NOT GIVING UP A RUN. MO CAME IN AND GAVE UP A RUN IN 9TH AND LOADED THE BASES WITH NO ONE OUT WITH TWO HIT BATTERS, FIRST TIME EVER. HE THEN BEARED DOWN AND GOT SAVE # 23 IN 23 CHANCES, STILL PERFECT IN SAVE SITUATIONS FOR 2008.

YANKS DROP 2 TO SOX

THE YANKEES LOST 7 -0 TO BOSTON ON THURSDAY AND 6-4 ON FRIDAY. NOT GOOD. GIRARDI IS GETTING A LITTLE TESTY WITH REPORTERS AND THE YANKS ARE FALLING FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT OF THE RACE FOR 1ST. THE WILD CARD STILL IN REACH BUT COME ON GUYS WE ARE BETTER THEN WERE SHOWING.

YANKS AVOID BROOM

AFTER LOSING TWO 1-RUN GAMES 2-1 AND 3-2 TO TEXAS THE YANKEES EXPLODED FOR 18 RUNS AND SALVAGED ONE WIN VS THE RANGERS. I WAS AT THE GAME. PROBABLY MY LAST GAME AT THE CURRENT YANKEE STADIUM. MY COUSIN WAS IN FROM ARIZONA TO GO TO THE STADIUM AND HE GOT THE TICKETS. YANKS NEED TO SCORE MORE RUNS AS THE TWO GAMES THEY DID LOSE TO TEXAS WERE WINABLE GAMES IF WE GOT A FEW MORE RUNS. THE PITCHING IS DOING THE JOB, BUT THE OFFENSE IS NOT.

METS WIN ACT LIKE LOSERS

METS TOPPED YANKS ON SUNDAY 3-1. GIRARDI GAVE GAME AWAY AS HE RESTED GIAMBI,ABREU AND CANO AND REPLACED THEM WITH AAA RIGHTHANDED BATS. REYES ACTED LIKE A CLOWN SHOWING UP HIS TEAM-MATE SLAMMING HIS GLOVE TO THE GROUND. YANKS LOSS GAME BUT METS LOSING CONTROL.

PETTITTE YANKS TOP METS

THE YANKEES TOOK SATURDAYS GAME 3-2 OVER THE METS. THAT'S TWO IN A ROW AT SHEA AND ALSO KNOCKING SANTANA TO 7-7. SANTANA AFTER GAME SAID HE'S DOING HIS JOB BUT HIS TEAMMATES ARE NOT. THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO SAY. I DID SEE HIM YELLING AT CATCHER AFTER GIVING UP RUNS IN GAME. NOW HE'S A CRYBABY AS WELL AS A .500 PITCHER.

YANKS EVEN SCORE

THE YANKEES BEAT THE METS 9-0 FRIDAY NIGHT TO SPLIT THE DAY NIGHT DOUBLE DIP. SIDNEY PONSON LOOKED LIKE CY YOUNG VS METS ERRATIC BATS. LOSE BY 9 WIN BY 9.

METS PUMMEL GIESE, PEN

THE YANKS LOST 15 - 6 IN THE OPENER OF A DAY-NIGHT TWO STADIUM TWINBILL. GIESE STARTED DIDN'T FARE TO WELL AND THE PEN WAS EVEN WORSE. METS POUNCED ON WEAK YANKEE PITCHING FOR THE ROUT. GAME TWO TONITE AT SHEA.

YANKS, BUCS RAINED OUT

THE YANKEES OPENED THE GAME WITH A TRIPLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE, DOUBLE AND WITH A 3-1 LEAD THE RAINS CAME AND NEVER STOPPED. AFTER 2-1/2 HOURS GAME WAS CALLED TO BE MADE UP LATER IN SEASON.

YANKS ANSWER BACK

AFTER THE MANANGER SAID THE YANKS STUNK, THE BOMBERS PUT A SPANKING ON THE PIRATES 10-0. JOBA WENT 6-2/3 FOR HIS 1ST WIN AS A STARTER.

YANKEES ARE BASEBALL

THE PIRATES SOLD OUT OPENING DAY AND HAVE NOT SOLD OUT ANOTHER GAME SINCE, THAT IS TILL THE YANKEES CAME TO TOWN AND SOLD OUT 3 STRAIGHT GAMES MAKING IT 4 SELL-OUTS FOR THE PIRATES. THE SERIES IN HOUSTON WAS SOLD OUT MONTHS IN ADVANCE. THE YANKS ARE BASEBALL. GET USED TO IT IF YOU ARE NOT BY NOW.

PIRATES POUND YANKS

THE YANKEES PLAYED IN PITTSBURG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 48 YEARS AND WERE POUNDED BY THE PIRATES 12-5. YANKS HAD MEN ON ALL NIGHT BUT WHEN YOU GIVE UP 12 RUNS IT'S HARD TO OVER COME THE LACK OF PITCHING.

JO - NO A GRANNY

THIS IS A YANKEE BLOG BUT BASEBALL HISTORY WAS MADE YESTERDAY AS SEATTLE PITCHER FELIX HERNANDEZ HIT A GRAND SLAM OFF METS JOHAN SANTANA, THE FIRST SLAM BY AN AL PITCHER IN 37 YEARS.CAN'T BLAME WILLIE FOR THIS. SANTANA IS NOW 7-6 ALTHOUGH ERA IS LOW 7-6 IS 7-6. LIKE I SAID IN PAST I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T GIVE UP MELKY, CANO, HUGHES, KENNEDY AND THEN PAY $140 MILLION FOR THIS GUY.

YANKS 3 OF TOP 5

THE YANKEEES HAVE 3 OF THE TOP 5 HITTER IN THE AL BATTING AVERAGE RACE.
1. Milton Bradley, Tex
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2. Alex Rodriguez, NYY
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3. Joe Mauer, Min
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4. Hideki Matsui, NYY
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5. Johnny Damon, NYY
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YANKS AVOID SWEEP

AFTER LOSING THE FIRST TWO GAMES TO THE REDS THE YANKS WON ON SUNDAY TO AVOID A SWEEP AND A REPEAT OF THE 1976 WORLD SERIES AT THE HANDS OF CINCINNATI. MOOSE PITCHED A STRONG 8 INNINGS ON FRIDAY SAVINGS THE PEN IN A 4-2 LOSS. SAT GIESE LOOKED GOOD FOR 7 INNINGS GIVING UP 2 RUNS THEN PEN GAVE UP 4 MORE AS YANKS GOT NOTHING LOSING 6-0. BUT ON SUNDAY PETTITTE SHOWED HE IS THE STOPPER AGAIN LEADING THE YANKS TO A MUCH NEEDED 4-1 WIN. MO PICKED UP SAVE # 21 IN 21 CHANCES. 41-35 NOW AND ONLY THREE BACK IN LOSS COLUMN. 86 GAMES TO GO SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE UP 3 GAMES. OFF TO PITTSBURG TO FACE THE PIRATES FOR FRIST TIME SINCE 1960. LETS GO YANKS.

7TH HEAVEN,YANKS SWEEP

THE YANKEES SWEPT THE PADRES FOR THEIR 7TH IN A ROW, A CRISP CLEAN 2-1 WIN. JOBA WENT 5-2/3 THROWING 100 PITCHES, STRIKING OUT NINE. AROD STAYED HOT KNOCKING IN THE WINNING RUN WITH GAME TIED AT 1-1. MARIANO STRUCKOUT THE SIDE IN THE 9TH FOR SAVE #20 IN 20 CHANCES. STILL PERFECT IN SAVE SITUATIONS IN 2008.

AROD YANKS TOP PEAVY

THE YANKEES WON THEIR 6TH STRAIGHT GAME LAST NIGHT 8-5 OVER THE PADRES. AROD WENT DEEP FOR THE 4TH GAME IN A ROW AS WELL AS AN RBI SINGLE, STOLEN BASE, 2-RUNS SCORED AND TWO GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYS AT 3RD BASE. MO GOT SAVE 19 IN 19 CHANCES.THE YANKS ARE ROLLING.

YANKS SIGN PONSON

WITH THE INJURY TO WANG THE YANKS ARE LOOKING FOR A PITCHER AND SIGNED SIDNEY PONSON. HE WAS 4-1 WITH TEXAS THIS YEAR BEFORE BEING RELEASED DUE TO A FEW INCIDENTS. HE IS A VETERAN AND KNOWS HOW TO PITCH. WITH YANKS BATS HE COULD PICK UP A FEW WINS IF HE KEEPS US IN GAMES. MUST GET IN SHAPE IN AAA BEFORE JOINING TEAM.

YANK POUND PODS

THE YANKS WON THERE 5TH STRAIGHT GAME LAST NIGHT 8 - 0 OVER THE PADRES. GIAMBI WENT YARD TWICE, AROD ALSO HIT #531 AND PETTITTE STUCK OUT NINE AND IS NOW 7-5. IF YANKS PLAYED IN NL THE WOULD WIN 120 GAMES. JAKE PEAVY SHOULD BE TOUGH TONITE BUT IF WE HIT WE WIN.

CLASS-LESS MUTTS

THE NEW YORK METS DID A HUGE INJUSTICE TO A CLASS ACT. NOT BY FIRING WILLIE RANDOLPH, BUT THE WAY THEY WENT ABOUT IT. LETTING HIM TWIST IN THE WIND FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS THEN AFTER WINNING 3 OF 4 THEY LET HIM GO. WILLIE RANDOLPH IS A WINNER AND 6-TIME WORLD CHAMPION. I GUESS THE TEAM THAT HAS NOT ONE ANYTHING IN 22 YEARS DOESN'T NEED A WINNER IN THEIR DUGOUT. ALL OF NY IS UPSET WITH THE WAY THE METS HANDLED THIS SITUATION. FROM CURRENT YANKEE PLAYERS WHO WILLIE COACHED TO FORMER YANKEE TEAM-MATES WHO HAVE SPOKEN ON WILLIE'S BEHALF. LET'S SEE IF THE NEW MANAGER CAN GET THESE BUMS TO PRODUCE. I WISH NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK ON THEM AS THEY DID A FORMER YANKEE GREAT, CLASS ACT AND WINNER A BIG WRONG. I WILL CLOSE IN SAYING BRING HIM HOME GEORGE.

YANKS SWEEP STROS

THE YANKEES ROLLED TO THEIR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN ON SUNDAY 13 - 0 OVER THE ASTROS AND WENT 5-1 ON THE ROAD TRIP. PADRES AND REDS ARE COMING TO THE STADIUM AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO POUND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE TEAMS. AROD HIT #530TH CAREER HR AND DAMON HAD 4 HITS. EVERYONE WAS HITTING AND IF WE DO THAT WE WIN.

MOOSE WINS 10TH

MIKE MUSSINA WON HIS 10TH GAVE OF THE YEAR AND NOW THAT'S 17 STRAIGHT SEASONS ACHIEVING THAT FEAT, HIS IS NOW 10-4 AND HAS 260 CAREER WINS. IS 300 POSSIBLE? THE YANKEE BATS CAME BACK FROM AN EARLY 3-0 HOLE AS YANKS TOOK 3RD STRAIGHT WIN 8-4 OVER THE ASTROS. GET OUT THE BROOMS.

JOBA GOES 6 YANKS WIN

THE YANKS TOPPED THE ASTROS ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH JOBA GOING 6 INNINGS AND TOSSING 88 PITCHES THE LAST ONE 97 MPH. DEREK JETER HOMERED TO GIVE THE YANKS THE 2-1 LEAD IN THE 8TH AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT, FARNSWORTH GETTING THE SAVE AS MO WAS UNAVAILABLE. MAYBE OUR FORTUNES ARE TURNING? IF FARNWORTH DOES THE JOB SOMETHING IS UP.

YANKS TOP A'S 4-1

ANDY PETTITTE PICKED UP YANKEE CAREER WIN #170 TYING RON GUIDRY FOR 4TH ON THE ALL-TIME YANKEE LIST. MATSUI HIT HIS 5TH CAREER GRAND SLAM FOR ALL OF THE YANKEE RUNS AND MO PICKED UP SAVE # 18 IN 18 CHANCES, STILL PERFECT. THE GRAND SLAM CAME ON MATSUI'S 34TH BIRTHDAY, AND THAT'S A FIRST IN YANKEE HISTORY, NO YANKEE HAD EVER HIT A GRANNY ON HIS BIRTHDAY. YANKS OVER .500 AGAIN AT 34 - 33 LETS SEE IF THEY COULD GO TWO GAMES OVER AS WE START INTER-LEAGUE PLAY WITH THREE GAMES AT HOUSTON.

A'S DOUBLE YANKS 8-4

BACK TO .500 AS THE YANKS DROPPED THE MIDDLE GAME TO THE A'S. DARRELL RASNER WAS RACKED AROUND BUT THIS WAS HIS FIRST BAD OUTING OF THE SEASON COMING OFF 8 INNINGS OF 2 RUN BALL LAST FRIDAY. 33 -33 NOW WITH 96 GAMES TO GO. PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE A RUN.

GIAMBI GOES YARD

JASON GIAMBI JUST HIT HIS 15TH HR OF THE SEASON, THAT'S MORE THEN HE HAD ALL OF LAST YEAR.GIAMBI IN CONTRACT YEAR LOOKS LIKE HE WANTS TO PLAY SOME MORE AND HOPEFULLY THE YANKS WILL RESIGN HIM. I LIKE HIS BAT AND HIS DEFENSE HAS BEEN ABOVE AVERAGE.

WANG WINS ONE

CHIEN-MING WANG FINALLY GETS A WIN AS THE YANKS TOP THE A'S 3-1. DEFENSE AND PITCHING WINS AS YANKS TURNED 5 DOUBLE PLAYS AS OAKLAND HAD THE LEAD-OFF MAN ON THE FIRST 7 INNINGS. GOOD START TO THE TRIP,LETS KEEP IT GOING TONIGHT.

YANKS, ROYALS SPLIT

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH THE YANKS BETTER WAKE UP. HOW DO YOU SPILT A 4-GAME SERIES WITH THE ROYALS WHO HAVE LOST 12 IN A ROW ON ROAD? WASTING TWO GEMS TOSSED BY RASNER AND MUSSINA, BOTH GIVING UP ONLY 2 RUNS AND LOSE THOSE GAMES 2-1 AND 3-2. I'M NOT GIVING UP BUT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE STATE OF THE TEAM. 98 GAMES TO GO PLAY BALL!!!!

GIESE GOING

JOBA LASTED 4-1/3 THIS TIME AND DAN GIESE TOSSED 2-2/3 INNINGS OF NO HIT BALL GETTING THE WIN. GIAMBI WENT YARD AGAIN, AROD HAD A 2-RUN DOUBLE OFF THE WALL AND MO CLOSED IT OUT FOR SAVE #16. YANKS LEAP-FROGGED INTO 3RD PLACE 6-1/2 BACK. 5 IN LOSS COLUMN.

GO JOHNNY GO

THE YANKS PULLED ONE OUT OF THE HAT ON SAT TOPPING KC 12-11 IN A SEE-SAW BATTLE. JOHNNY DAMON WAS THE HERO GOING 6 FOR 6 WITH THE GAME WINNING SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH. YANKS BACK TO .500 AT 31-31.

KC TRIPS YANKS

AFTER A HUGE WIN ON THURSDAY THE YANKS BATS GO TO SLEEP AND WASTE A GREAT OUTING FROM DARRELL RASNER. HE WENT 8 INNINGS GIVING UP ONLY 2 RUNS. THE YANKS COULD ONLY MUSTER A SINGLE RUN VS A HORRID ROYAL SQUAD WHO WAS 2-15 IN THERE LAST 17 GAMES, SENDING YANKS BACK TO THE BASEMENT.

# 78 DWIGHT WHITE RIP

PITTSBURG STEELER GREAT DWIGHT WHITE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 58, THE SECOND MEMBER OF THE STEEL CURTAIN TO DIE THIS YEAR. A TRUE CHAMPION WHO CHECKED HIMSELF OUT OF HOSPITAL TO LEAD STEELERS TO THEIR FIRST OF FOUR SUPER BOWL WINS. L.C. GREENWOOD AND JOE GREENE ONLY TWO LEFT OF ONE OF THE GREATEST LINES IN NFL HISTORY. RIP DWIGHT.

YANKS DRAFT FIREBALLER

THE YANKEES PICKED GERRIT COLE WITH THE 28TH PICK IN THE 2008 DRAFT. HE'S 6'3" 195 AND THROWS 97 MPH. ALSO TOOK OTHER PITCHERS IN THE DRAFT. PITCHING, PITCHING, PITCHING.

THANKS MLB

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UPHELD THE SUSPENSION OF LATROY HAWKINS FOR 3 GAMES FOR HITTER A BATTER WITH A PITCH. THIS IS GOOD NEWS AS NOW HE CAN'T BLOW ANY OF THE NEXT THREE GAMES. NOW IF FARNSWORTH STAYS OFF THE MOUND WE MIGHT WIN A FEW IN A ROW.

THE GIAMBINO RESCUES YANKS

DOWN TO THERE LAST STRIKE, IN A GAME THAT THE YANKS MADE NUMEROUS MISTAKES, JASON GIAMBI LAUNCHED A TWO OUT TWO STRIKE MAMMOTH 2-RUN GAME WINNING WALK-OFF HR ABOUT 20 ROWS INTO THE UPPER DECK FOR A 9 -8 YANKEES WIN EVENING OUR RECORD AT 30 -30. YANKS WERE DOWN 7-2 BUT NEVER GAVE UP. 102 GAMES TO GO, TIME TO GO ON A ROLL. WILL THIS BE THE GAME TO PROPEL US?

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE

MIKE MUSSINA IS THE YANKEES MVP OF THE SEASON SO FAR. LAST NIGHT HE PITCHED AN EFFECTIVE 6 INNINGS HAVING HOME PLATE UMP DOING KARATE ALL NIGHT. IT WAS A CLEAN 5 - 1 WIN. MOOSE IS NOW 9 -4 AND HAS 259 CAREER WINS. THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO PITCH. YANKS 29-30 LOOKING TO GET TO .500 IN RUBBER GAME ON THURSDAY VS JAYS.

JETER PASSES MANTLE

DEREK JETER JUST SINGLED IN A RUN FOR HIS 2416TH CAREER HIT PASSING ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS AND EVERYONES HERO MICKEY MANTLE. WOW, NEXT UP BABE RUTH. NO YANKEE EVER HAD 3000 HITS, WILL HE BE THE FIRST?

0 FOR JUNE

JOBA MADE HIS 1ST START LAST NIGHT AND WITH A 65 PITCH COUNT ONLY LASTED 2-1/3 INNINGS. THE BULLPEN TOOK OVER AND THAT WAS THAT. THE YANKEES LOST 9-3 TO THE BLUE JAYS. ONE STEP UP AND TWO STEPS BACK.

FARNSWORTH BOOOOOOOOOOOO

THE YANKEES LOST 6 -5 TO SPLIT A FOUR GAME SET WITH THE TWINS. ALTHOUGH PETTITTE BLEW THREE LEADS IN THIS GAME I BLAME FARNSWORTH. THIS GUY CAN NOT GET A BIG OUT, GIVING UP A LEAD OFF DOUBLE TO START THE 8TH INNING, WHICH WAS THE WINNING RUN. IF THIS IS OUR 8TH INNING GUY WE ARE IN TROUBLE. OH BY THE WAY WERE BACK UNDER .500 AT 28-29. UNACCEPTABLE.

HALL TO RIGHT A WRONG

THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME HAS COMMISSIONED ARTIST WILL BEHRENS TO MAKE A LIFE-SIZE STATUE OF BUCK O'NEIL TO BE DISPLAYED IN ITS MAIN LOBBY. IN 2006 THE HALL VOTED 17 NEGRO LEAGUES PLAYERS INTO THE HALL AND EXCLUDED BUCK. THIS GUY WAS AN AMBASSADOR FOR BASEBALL FOR MANY YEARS AND NEVER SAID A BAD WORD OF THE INJUSTICES HE INCURRED. I SAW HIM AT A YANKEE GAME ONE TIME AND HE WAS A LARGER THEN LIFE FIGURE, WELL DRESSED CLASSY MAN. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS BUT HE WAS SITTING CLOSE TO FIELD AND WAS WEARING A WORLD SERIES RING. THIS IS AN HONOR LONG OVERDUE AND WELL DESERVED. INSTEAD OF A REGULAR PLAQUE HE WILL HAVE A LIFE-SIZED STATUE. FINALLY BUCK IS WHERE HE BELONGS.

MINNY STREAK OVER

YANKS FELL TO TWINS ON SUNDAY 5 -1 ENDING A NICE LITTLE 3-GAME WINNING STREAK AND FALLING BACK TO THE EVEN POINT 28-28. THREATENED A FEW TIMES BUT COULD NOT GET THE BIG HIT TO PLATE SOME RUNS. CAN SALVAGE SERIES WITH A WIN ON MONDAY. JOBA GOES TUESDAY AT THE STADIUM.

YANKS WORK OT FOR WIN

THE YANKS WON IN 12 INNINGS ON SAT NIGHT AT MINNY 7 - 6. BULLPEN DID JOB FOR ONE NIGHT AS MO REGISTERED SAVE #15 IN 15 CHANCES.YANKS MOVED OVER .500 FOR FIRST TIME IN A MONTH.

MANTLE GOES FACADE

THIS DAY IN 1956 MICKEY MANTLE HIT ONE OFF THE FACADE AND ALMOST CLEARED THE ROOF OF THE STADIUM. THE CLOSEST ANYONE HAS EVER COME TO HITTING A BALL OUT OF YANKEE STADIUM. THE MICK, ONE OF THE GREATEST.

POSADA PASSES TEST

JORGE POSADA THREW OUT TWO RUNNERS ON SATURDAY IN AN EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING GAME. HE WILL CATCH ON MON AND TUES AND BE RE-EVALUATED ON WED IN HOPES OF CATCHING ON THUR AT YANKEE STADIUM VS THE JAYS. YANKS WILL CARRY THREE CATCHERS IN CASE POSADA HAS A SET-BACK.

YANKS CLIMB OUT OF CELLAR

AFTER A ERROR BY SHELLY DUNCAN THAT ALLOWED 4 RUNS TO SCORE MOOSE SETTLED DOWN AND PTICHED AN EFFECTIVE 6 INNINGS TO IMPROVE TO 8-4 ON THE YEAR. THE YANKS RALLIED FOR A 6-5 WIN WITH MO GETTING SAVE #14 IN 14 CHANCES, THIS IS THE LONGEST HE HAS GONE IN HIS CAREER TO START A SEASON WITHOUT A BLOWN SAVE. THE OLDER HE GETS THE BETTER HE GETS. YANKS BACK TO .500 27-27 WITH ONE THIRD OF THE SEASON OVER AND 108 GAMES TO GO.

STANDING O FOR JOE

MET FANS DISPLAYED SOME CLASS LAST NIGHT BY GIVING JOE TORRE A STANDING OVATION AS HE MADE A PITCHING CHANGE IN THE 7TH INNING ON THURSDAY NIGHT. THE BROOKLYN KID AND FORMER METS AND YANKEE MANAGER GOT WHAT HE DESERVED. GOOD JOB BY THOSE WHO RECOGNIZED CLASS AND GREATNESS. WE MISS YOU JOE.

YANKS AVOID SWEEP

THE YANKS TOOK LAST NIGHT'S GAME 4-2 OVER THE O'S. A NICELY PITCHED GAME BY PETTITTE ( 5-5 ) AS WELL AS SOME MORE STRETCHING OUT OF JOBA. AND OH YEAH, MO CAME IN TO CLOSE IT OUT FOR SAVE #13 IN 13 CHANCES. GIAMBI IS SWINGING BAT WELL AS OF LATE, DEPOSITING ANOTHER BALL OVER BOOG'S BEEF BBQ STAND AND ONTO EUTAW ST. AND MATSUI IS TOPS IN THE A.L. IN BATTING .330

PEN LEAKING YANKS LOSE

AFTER A 1 HOUR RAIN DELAY IN THE 9TH INNING THE YANKEE'S SCORED A RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 11TH TO TAKE A 9 - 8 LEAD. MARIANO PITCHED THE 9TH AND 10TH TO KEEP THE O'S AT BAY, BUT LATROY HAWKINS PROMPTLY CAME IN AND BLEW THE GAME LETTING THE O'S SCORE 2 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF 11TH FOR THE YANKS 2ND STRAIGHT LOSS 10 - 9.

STREAK OVER YANKS FALL

THE YANKEE'S FELL 6 -1 TO THE O'S ON MONDAY. RASNER PITCHED WELL ONLY GIVING UP 1 RUN BUT THE PEN GAVE UP 5 IN THE 7TH AND THE YANKS COULD NOT GET ANYTHING GOING WITH THE BATS. PEN NEEDS TO PICK IT UP AS JOBA IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.

5 IN A ROW

THE YANKEE'S RALLIED WITH 4 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 8TH TO WIN THEIR 5TH IN A ROW AND 2ND SWEEP OF SEATTLE THIS SEASON TO LEVEL OFF AT 25-25 FOR THE SEASON. MO PITCHED A PERFECT 9TH FOR HIS 12 SAVE IN 12 CHANCES.

FIRE WILLIE, YANKS WILL TAKE HIM

ALL MY MET FAN BUDDIES WANT WILLIE RANDOLPH FIRED. WILLIE RANDOLPH IS A WINNER AND A CLASS ACT. READ WAYNE COFFEY'S PIECE IN THE SUNDAYS DAILY NEWS. IF THE METS FIRE HIM, AND AT THIS POINT I HOPE THEY DO I'M SURE GEORGE STIENBRENNER WILL BRING HIM HOME, WHERE HE BELONGS. MAKE HIM THE BENCH COACH. ALL YANKEE FANS LOVE YOU WILLIE AND WE WANT YOU BACK. IS IT WILLIES FAULT WHEN REYES GETS PICKED OFF(FRIDAY) OR THE BALL GOES THROUGH HIS LEGS ON SUNDAY? GO AHEAD FIRE HIM AND WE WILL TAKE THE 6-TIME WORLD CHAMPION BACK.

BATS LEAD WAY

YANKS ROLLED TO A 12 - 6 WIN ON SATURDAY AT THE STADIUM. MIKE MUSSINA LEFT AFTER 5 INNING WITH THE LEAD PICKING UP CAREER WIN # 257 AND IS NOW 7-4 THIS YEAR. JOBA WENT 2 INNINGS AND 40 PITCHES AS THE YANKS STRETCH HIM OUT FOR A STARTING ROLL. BUT THE BATS WERE THE STORY AS THE YANKS HAVE SCORED 35 RUNS IN THE LAST 4 GAMES, WHILE ONLY SCORING 33 IN THE PREVIOUS 12, GO FIGURE.

FRIDAY THE 13TH

BEWARE THE YANKEE OFFENSE HAS AWOKEN! SCORING 13 RUNS ON 13 HITS BY THE 5TH INNING FRIDAY NIGHT IN A 13-2 ROUT OF THE MARINERS. THAT'S THREE IN A ROW FOR THE GOOD GUYS. KEEP IT GOING BOYS. PETTITTE GETS THE WIN AND IS NOW 4-5.

YANKS NIP O'S

THE YANKS TOPPED THE O'S 2 -1 ON A CANO GAME WINNING SINGLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH. GIRARDI GOT TOSSED AND SUSPENDED FOR ONE GAME FOR ARGUING WITH HOME PLATE UMP. KENNEDY PITCHED WELL ONLY GIVING UP 1 RUN AND WORKING OUT OF A COUPLE OF JAMS.

YANKS WIN 8 - 0

STORY OF THE GAME WAS DARRELL RASNER 3 - 0 WHO PITCHED 7 SHUT-OUT INNINGS. AND THE OFFENSE LED BY A HR (#524) AND 2 - DOUBLES BY AROD LED THE WAY. RUBBER GAME TONIGHT AND WE NEED TO START WINNING SERIES.

YANKS POUNDED

BALT TOPPED THE YANKS 12-2 SCORING 7 RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 1ST. ONLY THE 4TH TIME IN YANKEE STADIUM HISTORY THE YANKS WERE DOWN 7 RUNS BEFORE BATTING. ONLY RAY OF HOPE AROD HIT HR #523.

WELL DONE, CONGRAULATIONS

RED SOX PITCHER JON LESTER TOSSED A NO-HITTER VS THE ROYALS ON MONDAY NIGHT. THOUGHT A HATED RIVAL THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT DESERVES APPLAUSE. A CANCER SURVIVOR FIGHTS THROUGH IT AND PITCHES A NO-HITTER. HEY THE SOX FANS GAVE JOE TORRE A STANDING OVATION ON HIS RETURN FROM CANCER. BRAVO JON LESTER.

YANKS SPANKED TWICE

THE YANKEE'S WERE BEATEN BADLY BY THE CROSS TOWN RIVAL METS TWICE OVER THE WEEKEND 7-4 AND 11 -2 AT YANKEE STADIUM. YANKS NOW 20 -24 MIRED IN LAST PLACE. NOT THE END OF THE SEASON BUT WE GOTTA PICK IT UP SOON.

SOME MORE RECORDS

SINCE THE INCEPTION OF INTERLEAGUE PLAY THE YANKS HAVE THE BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE (.589) 113-79. JETER HAS THE MOST HITS 254. MUSSINA THE MOST WINS 20, AND MARIANO THE MOST SAVES 51.

JETER 2400 HITS

DEREK JETER COLLECTED HIT NUMBER 2400 ON THURSDAY AT TAMPA BAY. HE HAS MORE HITS THEN PETE ROSE DID IN LESS GAMES. NO YANKEE HAS EVER GOTTEN 3000 HITS. A LOCK FOR 3000 BUT WILL HE PLAY LONG ENOUGH TO BE THE ALL-TIME HIT LEADER?

LAST PLACE YANKS

THE YANKEE'S CONTINUE TO STINK UP THE JOINT. AFTER DROPPING 3 OF 4 TO THE RAYS THE YANKS FIND THEMSELVES IN LAST PLACE IN THE A.L. EAST. AT 20-22 THE YANKS ARE 4-1/2 GAMES BACK WITH 120 TO GO. AS YOGI ONCE SAID "IT'S GETTING LATE EARLY".

MOOSE WINS 5TH IN ROW

MIKE MUSSINA HAS RE-INVENTED HIMSELF AND IS NOW 6-3. HE IS NO LONGER TRYING TO BLOW 88 MPH FASTBALLS BY BATTERS AND IS MIXING UP HIS PITCHERS THROWING CHANGE-UPS IN THE 65MPH RANGE FOOLING HITTERS. YANKS BATS ONLY SCORED 2-RUNS BUT MOOSE ONLY GAVE UP 1 AS YANKS TAKE A GAME FROM THE RAYS. NOW 3-1/2 OUT.