First Poll

Every once in a while, I may post a poll on this blog. Please post your vote as a comment, you can be totally anonymous, you don't need to post anything else, just please cast your vote. Here is the poll: How do you honestly think the first series between the yankees and red sox will go? A: Yankees win both games B: It's a split C: Red Sox win both games

Yanks get giant win

Today the New York Yankees defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 17-6 at Yankee Stadium. Randy Johnson did not pitch that effectively today, it seems he goes back and forth between good and bad starts. But it didn't matter, because the offense came up huge to give him the win anyway. It was also an historical game, because it was only the 2nd time in yankees history, and the 1st time since 1939 that the yankees scored in all 8 innings. New York is now 12-10 in the AL East, and they were only a 1/2 game behind Boston until the red sox beat the devil rays in the 9th. Still, we are just 1 game from 1st place, and there are 140 games to be played, so we are doing fine. There will be 1 more game against the blue jays tomorrow, and then it's off to Boston for a 2 game set starting Monday.

Yankees Win Baltimore Series

The yankees have won 2 out of 3 games from the orioles in New York. After a rally in the 9th inning of the 1st game, Matsui was call out on a ball that was out of the zone. That should have been ball 4 which would have tied the game. But we still won the next 2 games pretty easily. Randy Johnson is back to normal. He could have had a complete game, but was taken out after 8 IP, 5 K's, 1 BB, 3 hits )all by Miguel Tejada), and 1 ER. Mariano Rivera got the last inning, even though it wasn't a save situation, getting 1 K, and giving 1 hit to Tejada. Now the yankees are 9-8 in the AL east, and on the 25th, they'll play the first of 3 games against the devil rays. After that, it's the blue jays again, and then boston.

Split in Toronto

Well, the yankees lost the first game in the Rogers Centre 10-5, mostly because Randy Johnson pitched poorly, missing his location a lot. It looked like the yankees would have a good shot at winning, because after only 1 out, they scored 4 runs including back to back home runs by Arod and Giambi (only 1 pitch apart). However, they gave up too many runs and lost it. Today Mike Mussina had a very good performance, pitching 7 1/3 innings, giving up only 1 run, 7 hits, giving no walks, and getting 7 strikeouts. Kyle Farnsworth took over for 2 outs and Mariano Rivera got his 2nd save of the year in the 9th. New York is now 7-7 in the standings. Tomorrow is an off day, then the yankees are heading back to Yankee Stadium for a 9 game homestand. They will face the orioles first on Friday night at 7:05. Now maybe they can get a winning streak started and catch up in the AL east. It's still very early in the season, but it's not too early to start winning more games.

New Update

I haven't posted that recently, but now I'll post another update on the yankees' progress. They are now 6-6, and tonight they will play the blue jays for first game of a 2 game series. Randy Johnson starts tonight, tomorrow is Mike Mussina. Hopefully, they can take at least one, hopefully both games. Then New York will return to Yankee Stadium for a 9 game homestand against the orioles, devil rays, and blue jays. That will conclude April. Matt Smith has been recalled to the bullpen from AAA Columbus. Also, Jaret Wright made his first start of the year and did pretty bad, maybe he'll improve a little before Carl Pavano comes off the DL. After 12 games last year, the yankees had 4 wins and 4 losses, so they are 2 games better at this point. Perhaps in a few days, I'll write another post.

New Developments

I know it's been a while since my last post, but I was busy watching each game and put off posting unitl after each series, so now I'll write that the yankees won their first game against the a's, then lost 4 straight, won the last game in Anaheim, and now they won their 9th consecutive season opener 9-7 against the royals. That's a lot to write about, so I won't mention everything that happened, but it looked like the yankees weren't going to do good this year after losing 4 straight, but now they've won 2 in a row. Today, New York was on top 3-0 early, bu Wang gave back the runs, then the royals took the lead. Kansas City was up 7-5 with 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th, and Derek Jeter came up to bat with 2 runners on. At that point he hit a 3 run homer to give the yanks a 9-7 lead. Mariano Rivera gave up 1 hit, hit a batter, and struck out 1 to earn his first save of the year, his 380th overall. Tomorrow, the yankees face the royals again at 1:05 ET. Shawn Chacon will face Jeremy Affeldt. The game will be broadcast on YES and ESPN. Hopefully we can get a 3 game winning streak even our standings at 4-4.

Huge Opening Day win for Yankees

Monday night, the New York Yankees defeated the Oakland A's 15-2. The game seemed over since the 2nd inning, when Arod hit a grand slam, the first yankee homer of the year that made the score 7-0. Barry Zito was forced out after only 1 1/3 innings pitched, his shortest start ever. Meanwhile, Randy Johnson pitched very well, giving up only 1 solo home run, 5 hits, no walks, and getting 3 strikeouts, all in 7 innings. Tanyon Sturtze pitched in the 8th for the yankees, and Ron Villone finished it in the 9th. Hideki Matsui reached base on all 6 of his plate appearances, making him one of the many great players on the lineup. I know the yankees said they were going to play more small ball this year, but when you can hit so well, it's not always necessary. So overall, the offense was amazing, the pitching was also very good, and there were good defensive plays, especially by Arod. Now, tonight is game 2 of this 3 game series in Oakland. It will take place at 10:05 again. Mike Mussina will face Rich Harden of the A's. Good luck Yankees!