Sunday, September 05, 2010

IT'S STILL GOOD

***A LOSS...BUT NOT A LOSS***
We're at that point in the season when every game puts the Yanks closer to the playoffs, if not the AL East crown. Tampa goes against Boston while the Yanks take on a revitalized Baltimore.
Hughes had decent stuff, but, Flaherty notwithstanding, did not have good command. I think we were watching two different games. Well, a winning streak can't last forever.
I think Michael Kay has his fiance on his mind. For the last week, he has been messing up the number of outs, the score and even the players. Today, he messed up a classic moment in Yankee history, attributing a wonderful catch by Al Gianfriddo off the bat of Joe DiMaggio, to Sandy Amoros. Luckily, one of his friends straightened him out before my Dad, a huge DiMaggio fan, rose up from his grave to smite him down. Very close, Michael.

Girardi made a big mistake in yesterday's game by pulling Vasquez with two out and two on in the fifth, with the Yanks ahead 5-3. Even if he left him in and the Jays tied it up, you knew the Yanks weren't done scoring. I think he destroyed whatever confidence Vasquez had left.

***ON THE SARTORIAL FRONT...***
Manny cut his hair. Yeah, right. His hair still obscures the top of the numbers on his back. He's like a spoiled little kid. He continues to do just what he wants. David Ortiz says Manny has "...found God." If he did, he sure wasn't looking for him in the barber shop.
Manny did take one for the team, getting hit in the arm, pinch hitting in the 8th.

***IF YOU WATCH ENOUGH GAMES...***
The Texas Rangers found a brand new way to lose a game today. On a more positive note, let's say Minnesota found a new way to win: a walk-off interference call. With Texas down two runs in the ninth with the bases loaded and two outs, Guerrero grounded a single up the middle which Orlando Hudson fielded. With no chance for an out at first or second, he threw to third to try to catch Michael Young off the bag, but Young dove back in safely. However, when he rounded third, he slapped hands with the 3rd base coach, Dave Anderson, before diving back to the bag. The 3rd baseman appealed to the umpire who promptly called Young out -- game over. Anderson said there was no contact. Young said there was no contact. Then they argued that the contact was accidental and did not aid the runner in any way. Probably not, but it's still the rule. I don't think this one will go away very soon.

CP-

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