***THE STREAK STOPS AT TEN***
The streak might have gone on, but the Yanks biggest problem this year reared it's ugly head again: they don't hit with men on base. Swisher was 2 for 2 with runners in scoring position last night but the rest of the team was 0 for 9. One of Swisher's hits was wasted when third base coach Robbie Thompson sent Teixeira home from second on a hit to right. You'd think he's know better. The ball was hit hard, it was right at the right fielder and Teixeira's speed is well...he's been known to finish third in a two-man race.
A-Rod was 0-4, with two strikeouts, in fact, the first four hitters in the lineup were 1-16. At least the broadcast team spared us two repetitive statements that we're all tired of.
1) "A-Rod was really blasting them in batting practice. He's ready to break out." No, he's not.
2) When Kuroda stepped off, faked to third and then to first, we didn't have to listen to "Aha. The old 'Jeff Nelson'" Actually, there were sounds of a minor scuffle from the booth at the time, which indicated to me that Flash was clamping his hand on Michael Kay's mouth. I figured that Flash was in the booth for a reason.
***AROUND THE HORN***
## Boston has climbed to one game over .500, in spite of the fact that there are problems in the clubhouse. David Ortiz was quite vocal in defending the Sox, saying there were no problems with the team chemistry. This was in response to Buster Olney saying, "...unhappiness that exists among the Boston players and staff is multi-layered and deep." In talking to the Boston writers, he said he wasn't going to comment on things written by outside writers because they aren't around the team all the time and don't know what's going on in the clubhouse. He then said, "You guys are here every day. If I'm going to comment on articles, I'm going to comment on the stuff that you guys write." That sounds good, but I will say that the information I learned to write about who hates who in my last blog, came from Dan Shaugnessy, a Boston Globe writer, who covers the team on a regular basis.
## It must be smoke and mirrors. Somehow, Don Mattingly still has his Dodgers in first place with baseball's best record, in spite of all the injuries.
## The Yanks will face the hottest pitcher in baseball on Sunday night. The Mets R.A. Dickey is coming off of two consecutive one-hitters. The Yanks will finish up with Atlanta today at one PM, since it's 'getaway' day, with Thursday being a travel day. The Yanks won't play until Friday night at Citi Field. If you've ever seen New York City traffic, you know that a day and a half to cross the city is not unreasonable.
## One of the little joys I have is watching the back pages of the two NY papers, the Post and the Daily News, to see the headlines they use. It's funny how they try to describe the biggest sports news of the day. They are both clever but different...usually. This week, the headlines were the same twice. Sunday, it was "TEX-TRA SPECIAL," honoring Tex's 2-run double in the 14th inning, and Tuesday, it was 'HALL NO," commenting on Clemens not-guilty verdict. Someone is going to get reamed for this.
## The Phillies rookie infielder, Freddy Galvis, has been suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a banned substance. Galvis gave the standard answer to his test results. "A trace amount of a banned substance -- 80 parts in a trillion -- was detected in my urine sample. I cannot understand how even this tiny particle of a banned substance got into my body." Maybe the sample was collected in a crumpled Miller Lite beer can.
***THEY SAID IT***
"The jury at the Clemens trial supposedly slept through the part when Roger’s pants caught fire." -- TC Chong
"The first-ever World Burping Championship was held last Wednesday in New York. It's the most gas heard in the Big Apple since Rex Ryan hit town." -- RJ Currie
"In describing an errant tee shot: "That ball is so far left, Lassie couldn't find it if it was wrapped in bacon." -- CBS Golf analyst, David Feherty
"NBA doctors have red-flagged Ohio State big man Jared Sullinger because of back issues. In other words, "With the sixth pick in the 2012 NBA draft, the Portland Trail Blazers select ... " -- Dwight Perry
"MLB today denied the New York Mets' request to have the one hit in R. A. Dickey's gem Wednesday changed to an error. Considering the amount of chalk that "foul" ball kicked up in Santana's "no-hitter," I am surprised the ruling didn't come with a "P. S. You really don't want us to revisit these things." -- Janice Hough
"When Tiger was in rehab, they asked him if he knew what monogamy was. He said that he had some furniture made out of that stuff.' -- TC Chong
"Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker, LaMarr Woodley, is getting married. He expects to feel the most pressure in his athletic career as Ben Roethlisberger waits in line to kiss the bride." -- Brad Dickson
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