DID THE YANKS WIN - OR DID THE RED SOX LOSE?

***NOT A TYPICAL YANKS-SOX GAME***
First of all, both teams used a new offensive weapon last night: the other team's closer. Two of baseball's premier closers looked far from overpowering, let alone effective. Secondly, the slow, plodding big boppers from Beantown, stole FOUR bases in one inning off Rivera & Posada. Mo was never very good at holding runners on, mostly because he usually didn't have runners on. Posada, whose arm never scared anyone but his own teammates, has regressed in the last two years, if that's possible. I'm sure the scouts of seven other potential playoff teams were all scribbling furiously in their reports: RUN - RUN - RUN.
The Yanks got nine hits last night, six by the 3-4-5 hitters. A-Rod looks like he's going to hit 30+ homers again and Tex got 3 hits. These guys better hit, the pitching looks a little shaky these days. The magic number for the playoffs is now one, but if Girardi can be believed, they need to keep winning if they want to win the division. I suspect if they win tonight, they will go heavily into "set-up-for-the-playoffs" mode.

I just received word that Hell has indeed, frozen over. Joe Morgan, the self-proclaimed best 2nd baseman ever, has announced that Robinson Cano is a good 2nd baseman. Wow!

CP-