Time Warner Sucks, Yankees Don't

Last Night: 9-5 Yankees
Season Record 11-10

They are the reason for the silence coming from this blog the past few days. I wish I could run a business that has as poor service as Time Warner does and make the money that they do.

Moose pitches tonight. See the picture below for the probable outcome. The over/under in the game should be 12. I will take the over.

Why Didnt' Moose Retire?

Last Night 7-5 Sawx
Season Record 9-8

Seriously, I think I can hit Moose. Give me an hour of BP and let er rip. Why do we pitch to Manny when Ortiz is hitting .100?

Argh

See What Happens When You Change Numbers Latroy?

Last Night: 15-9 Yanks
Season Record: 9-7

What a night to go to my first ballgame at the Stadium. You think when Wang pitches you would be in for many ground balls and a 2:45 game time. Not so fast my friend! On a night when starting pitching was terrible, the Yankees bullpen won this game. Yes, you heard me. The "Joba-less" bullpen did their job and held the Sawx off as the Yankees scored 2 TD's and and a 2 pt conversion.

The highlight of the game was the 3 year old kid seated a few seats away joining along in the "Manny Sucks" chant. Each time I go to a game I am reminded of how many good times we have had there.

Pictured is the new stadium....

Andy Does His Job

Last Night: 5-3 Yankees
Season record: 8-7

Yankees win. I am tired, but am attending my first game of the year today. I will be in Main Reserve 30 if you want to have a beer.

Kobe Jumps Over a Speeding Car (Aston Martin)

Just in case you have not seen this yet...

Welcome to 2008 Bobby Cano

Last Night's Game: 8-7
Season Record 7-7

Johnny Damon got the Yankees started last night with a leadoff HR, followed by a HR that the 3B hit a country mile. You would think the lead was in hand as Ian Kennedy pitched a good game, but the Yankees bullpen (sans Joba) allowed the Rays to tie the game. Bobby C. then came up as a PH and hit a HR to give the Yankees the lead for good. Mariano had his first 4 out save of 2008 as well.
A few things unrelated to winning and losing for a moment.....Our thoughts are with Harlan Chamberlain who is apparently in critical condition in Nebraska.

Today is April 15. Jackie Robinson Day. This man changed sports in America forever, and there is no athletic achievement that can top what his career meant to all of us. Jackie, thank you for standing strong and doing what you felt was right, when no one else in the world could have gone through what you did. A tip of the cap today, sir.

Wanted: Runs

Yesterday's Game 4-0
Season Record 4-5

Can the Yankees bats please report to the field.

Golden Sombrero for ARod

Yesterday's Game: 5-2 Royals
Season Record 4-4

It sounds like a nice hat, the Golden Sombrero. Maybe we can wear it by the pool in Puerto Rico in June. For a ballplayer though, it's the kiss of death. 4 K's in a game! Sheesh. Hughes was bad yesterday. He could not hit his spots and pitched pretty poorly. That being said the Yankees were still in the game but Brian Bannister had their way with him.

Something tells me Girardi was not in a good mood after the game last night and I think we see a turnaround with Kennedy's start today

Yanks Win, Lose The Captain

Last night's game: 6-1 Yanks
Season Record 4-3

A bittersweet win for the Yankees last night as Moose pitches a great game, and is overshadowed by Jeter leaving the game with a groin injury. Need I say more right now?

The Big Fella to the Hall of Fame!

This is a fitting day if I say so. I turned 33 4 days ago. Today, the greatest #33 of all , Patrick Ewing was elected to the Hall of Fame. If you are between 25-35 years old and you grew up in NY you know what I mean. Every time he stepped on the court, he gave it his all. He epitomized what Knicks fans want from their team. Play hard every night, and leave nothing on the court.

In 2000, some moron thought trading Patrick to Seattle was a good idea. Well, how have the past 8 years worked out here?

Big Fella, thanks for all the memories.

Yanks Win. No, Really They Did!

Today's game: 2-0 Yanks
Season Record: 3-3

The Yankees still cannot score runs as they had 2 men cross the plate today. Thanks to the great combo of Wang, Joba, and Mo the 2-0 lead held up and the Yankees are back to .500. Hideki continues to be the only player to hit much, taking Shields deep. I'm pooped, see you tomorrow

Here's a fun clip from SNL last night, with our favorite host (besides Eddie), Christopher Walken

Yankees Lose, Knicks Need Derrick Rose

Yesterdays Game: 6-3 Rays
Season Record: 2-3

Once again a Yankees starter was defeated as Andy's 2008 debut ended in a loss. On the bright side he seemed to finish the game healthy. That's a start, I guess. Although winning games should be a priority the long term health of Andy is obviously important. Maybe we need to get into a fight with the Rays today to get ourselves started. I'm just saying.....

I have a feeling the Yankees are going to score early, and often today as they get ready for a big week versus the hot starting Royals and the team up up Nawth, the Sawx.

On a non-Yankees note if you watched the Final Four last night you saw that the best player on the floor for any team was named Derrick. Derrick Rose. Donnie Walsh, can you PLEASE fix this team!!!

Kennedy, Farnsworth, and the (wrong) Guy Wearing #21 Get Shellacked

Last Night's Game: 13-4 Loss
Season Record: 2-2


I missed last nights game for a worthwhile reason. We had a 30th Birthday surprise party for my brothers, Brett and Ethan. While we were checking Yankees updates on the blackberry, we were also busy with Tequila.

Apparently we didn't miss much. Ian Kennedy didn't last 3 innings in his season debut. Kyle Farnsworth appears to be in midseason form. And Latroy Hawkins let's up 6 in a stellar outing for the new Yankee. I remember when he was closing for the Twins a few years ago. He was awful. Apparently he still is.

Today Andy takes the mound for his 2008 debut.

Paging Jeter, Damon, Cano, Giambi

Tonight's Game: 3-2 Win
Season Record: 2-1

The Yankees eked out a win tonight while Phil Hughes pitched a good game in a ND and Mo got his second save of the season. Last year his second save came on May 3rd. The Yankees play 4 with Tampa this weekend in what will sure to be a heated matchup after the problems we had in spring training. The Yankees will need to start hitting the ball and this is a good team to get started against. Weather should be a problem tomorrow as it is set to rain tomorrow night.

Ian Kennedy gets his first start of the season, and 3rd of his short career.

Run Support Would be Helpful

Last Night's Game: 5-2 loss
Season Record: 1-1

I guess once every 4-5 years AJ Burnett is bound to pitch well when he needs a new contract. As for the Yankees, having Moose as your second starter is never a good thing, unless it is Baltimore in 1997. Arid crushed a ball to CF last night, and then K'ed in the 9th as the tying run. As good as he was last year we will have to pick him up. I'd like to see Damon and Cano get going ....

Donnie Walsh In 3 Years

This is What They Give You When You Shock The World

Wow!

Who Needs Miggy, We Have Melky!

Yankees win 3-2
1-0 on the season

Well for one night at least the Yankees can bask in the joy of being in first place at 1-0. Melky Cabrera played a great CF last night and hit a big HR that brought the Yankees back even with the Jays. From there, the Joba/Mo show took over. If you watched the game last night and closed your eyes, Joba looks like Mo, and Mo looks like Wettland from 1996.

There are a few topics from the game I'd like to discuss, first of which is finding out if Girardi is holding Jeter's bat in the dugout, like his predecessor Mr. Torre would do. Also, as much as I like Joba there is something I wish he would do. The fist pump that he uses after striking someone out is bound to piss off some people by August. Maybe a little toned down celebration would be better off for him. As we know, Jeter will get hit on the hand with a fastball from some team who takes offense to this. I'm just saying......

In other baseball news...Down Goes Pedro! That was quick....I watched a bit of the Dodgers/Giants game last night and Matt Cain has some great stuff and may not win more than 10 games this year. How can the Giants send out a lineup that has Ray Durham, Dave Roberts, and has Benji Molina or Aaron Rowand hitting cleanup. Its sad....Josh Hamilton hit his first GW HR this season, in what is sure to be a breakout for him....Lastly, Troy Tulowitzki is a joy to watch and reminds me of an up and coming SS from 1996 named Jeter. As the scouts say, "This kid has got it."

Opening Day?

That was pretty anticlimactic, wouldn't you say? Besides the fact that the Yankees could have pushed the start of the game back to 4:05 and been fine, the rest of the league had to deal with this crap weather too. I did watch Santana pitch versus the Marlins. This just in. He is still good. The Indians are going to win a lot of games this season. The White Sox are going to lose a lot of games this year.

Did anyone watch the Padres play the Astros last night? ESPN seems to be hiring any ex baseball player and throwing them into the booth. Candy Maldonado was there last night. I can't mention his name without picturing him in the OF at Candlestick Park holding his hand above his eyes while fighting the sun, as the ball drops 20 feet from him. If he could speak English the broadcast may have been much better.

How is this the second day of baseball season and there are ZERO day games? How is that possible?