Apparently, This Was More Entertaining Than Our Game
Gone batty: David Ortiz ejected after arguing balls and strikes, destroys bullpen phone By Mark Townsend | Big League Stew/Yahoo Sports Boston Red Sox designed hitter David Ortiz officially flipped...
View ArticleI Called This One
Nova and the Padres’ pitcher were locked in a scoreless battle tonight. At one point the Yankees hadn’t so much as managed a hit or a walk and I feared we’d get perfecto-ed. But then I said to Michael...
View ArticleAn Even Better Janer, Thanks To Him
Photo: nypost.com Soriano was pure magic tonight in the Yankees’ second blowout in a row. My dearly departed grandmother could have hit some of Jered Weaver’s fat pitches into the seats, but Soriano...
View ArticleAce!
What else is there to say about Nova’s performance today. It was the ace-like start we’ve been missing from Kuroda and CC – just brilliant. The ninth inning got me worried when the O’s had the tying...
View ArticleMy Stomach Hurts
I’m serious. It’s still in knots an hour after that game. Talk about highs and lows. Sheesh. That one was a killer, although it was extremely entertaining, as most Yankees-Red Sox games are. The first...
View ArticleYanks Win, But Three More Men Down
It was a stirring come-from-behind win in Game 2 of this crucial series against the Orioles, and I wish I could write about that instead of the fact that: Austin Romine got hit in the helmet, looked...
View ArticleThe Good Nova Was Back
(courtesy: Russ and Daughters) I missed today’s game (see my Mainly Jane blog), but from what I read Nova pitched a beauty. Good for him to rebound from that awful start in Boston and get his...
View ArticleA Blowout. How Embarrassing.
Not a good day for Yankees pitchers, I guess. Nova, seriously? I hope we don’t see too many of these laughers this season, at least not with the Yanks on the losing end. But how about the torrid...
View ArticlePoetry in Motion
There were a lot of heroes in tonight’s ESPN Yankees-Red Sox contest; Nova and Beltran come immediately to mind, with Shawn Kelley right up there. But for me, Ichiro’s spectacular catch was a game...
View ArticleGetting Out of the Trop Alive
Raise your hand if you’re sorry to be leaving the land of catwalks and cowbells. I didn’t think so. What a weird series. The Yankees looked great against Price in Game 1, then got absolutely blasted...
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