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.