Johnny Damon CF
Miguel Cairo 2B
Derek Jeter SS
Jason Giambi DH
Bernie Williams RF
Andy Phillips 1B
Melky Cabrera LF
Nick Green 3B
Kelly Stinnett C

Is there any way the Yanks DON'T win 6-0 tonight???

I have already decided my routine tonight. Some re-runs of Raymond and Friends, dinner, repeat Cliff's paragraph about 100 times, then check back the Yanks around 9:45ish. It will be easier to accept whatever the outcome.

>>Joe Torre reports that X-rays were negative on Alex Rodriguez's left foot. It's just sore and he expects him to play tomorrow afternoon.<<

Of course, now he's going to go 3-4 with a 2B tonight to make me eat crow.

oh, sorry, that feeling was just gas.

And like Johnnie Cochran said, A-Rod "If the toe's ok, you must play!"

any why not Melky at #2??

egads.. this has an L all over it.. i would love to eat my words tho..

sir sidney sexy goes five full, throws 110 pitches, walks four, srikes out three, gives up six hits and one run.

stinnett is 1-4 with a three-run homer.

nick green is 2-4 with a walk, run and a SB.

villone gives up a solo shot to ichiro leading off the 7th.

final: yankees 4, mariners 2.

I like it....You're with me crappy lineup. Happy B-Day Torre.

Wow, looks at Torre's lineup tonight.
He's gonna lull the Mariners into a false sense of security.

Torre. Genius. Pure genius!

He's nervous and a little wild, but his stuff doesn't look bad. He needs 2 decent innings to lose the butterflies.

Hmmm - a strike out...interesting. Can we loop that last at bat for the next 7 innings?

Sometimes, swinging on the first pitch is good thing...

Go Andy! Deflected in the open net (or glove as it were!)

SportsCenter had a segment tonight about a boy with Crohn's disease whose dream was to meet Derek Jeter. Make-A-Wish made it happen. He ended up spending a day at Yankee Stadium, not only with Jeter but with the whole team.

The kid started break dancing on the field during batting practice, and Johnny Damon came up and taught him some moves!

ofcourse.. u cant predict anything.. still frustrating

Might Cash have done it again?
Cash. Genius. Pure genius.

is this the guy that got cut twice.. but they chuckle atleast we have a 3Run HR

We seem to have caught him on a good ngiht. So far.

Aside from 1st inning control jitters, Sir Toad has been good.

There's an easy solution to not pinch hitting for Bernie, and that's don't play him unless a lefty is starting.

He was also planning to DH Bernie more often (benching Andy and putting Giambi at 1B).

But I suspect Andy's making that difficult. He's really put it gear since the break.

As for Ponson, even if we lose at least we wont have to burn up the pen...He's headed to the 7th on just over 80 pitches...Of course, this is assuming he doesnt rush into the clubhouse, down a 5th, and punch a judge in the face in between innings...

As I say that, Wilson is warming up. Awesome.

I hope no one made that stupid joke already.

come on Joe... time to get Escalona to the bench over Andy

I just wish it were a Halladay or a Santana that was applying the kill...not a Pineiro.

They are obviously not going to use Chacon until he gets his curveball fixed. He's dead weight on the roster right now. But they still think he could be what he was last year, so they aren't going to DFA him. They may trade him, if the right deal comes along.

Nice ovation.

Rally time.

I'll raise your $50, Ron Burgandy.

What a night Nick's had. I think if Torre tried to pinch-hit A-Rod for Nick, he'd be booed.

OK - here's A-Rod...

I've never wanted someone to make it 1 for 6 so badly in my life.

Only the sixth pinch hit at bat of A Rod's career.

crowd guzzing. First pitch, breaking ball, right over the plate.

Strike one.

Fastball, popped up to shallow left. Some fans were booing before the ball even fell in the shortstop's glove.

Now all the...'scuse me for saying this...d**kheads who were JUST cheering are booing him...un-f'ing-believable!!!

With Boston up 1 on KC, looks like we are headed back to a game and a half out.

I just hope Mr. Torre had a bash for his 66th over the weekend, because there ain't much to celebrate so far in this sludgefest.

I've played fastpitch baseball and slow pitch softball, some days playing slow pitch softball we manage to pop up every 5 balls per inning. Are the Yanks just suppose to beat up on these guys because they are the Yanks? The effort it is there and no matter what I'm still happy the way this team played. Was the outcome what I wanted? I don't know, it ain't over yet.

now lets win this

time to face some music

But Guiel for Green? :-/

Brilliant! Torre is brilliant!

Oh, no. It's A-rod's turn...

I'm kind of surprised they let the game go on with the lightning and all. NFL games are suspended when there's lightning, for the safety of the spectators as well as the players.

If they call the game with it tied, what happens?
Start over?
Continue the game in the 9th?
Anybody know?

Yeah, our lineup looks more Columbus Clippers than Bronx Bombers. But look at the hits. They seem to be concentrated at the bottom of the lineup...

Yanks haven't lost a game since Sir Pantsalot joined the team. Why start now?

Torre would go with 1, which is probably the better move. Sure, the P will have to bat, but that could probably be hidden, and do you really want Bernie at 1B?

Then classic A Rod moment. Driving rain. Getting worse. Game delayed with him up and a 3-1 count. A Rod returns to the dugout. A look of mock digust on Jeter's face. Then suddenly he's smiling in that free and easy, utterly relaxed way he gets when he's on the field, or in the dugout.

Terrific stuff.

Are you serious? Damon's playing 1B? Has he ever played 1B before?

Octavio Dotel (elbow) pitched a perfect inning Saturday for Single-A Tampa. Dotel will likely make four or five more appearances before the Yankees consider activating him. He could join the pen before the end of the month

The way this season has been going, we should all just be thankful that A-Rod wasn't struck by lightning.

In bottom of the 1st of next game A-Rod strikes out to end inning and is booed loudly.

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While many here thought S.Phillips comments about trading ARod were idiocy, I thought he made some good points. The main point being that all this shit effects ARods game. That ARod may eventually get really sick of the non-stop bullshit he puts up with. That no matter what he does in NY, it's not enough.

His point was that ARod might WANT a trade, because it is effecting him, his performance and his place in baseball history. Imagine ARod in Minn. or Oakland. He would be a God, and maybe still play on a winning team.

It's possible that the NY fans and NY media will beat this poor guy till he bleeds. He might not be able to take it. He does not have to re-up his contract. I believe he has the option after his 7th year.

Look at tonight, huge ovation when he was introduced as a PH, then (mild) booing when he popped out. (Amazing that there were no boos when Jeter and Giambi K'd right before Arod.) Booing Arod has just become the "cool" thing to do at the Stadium, just part of the game like the roll call.

Look at tonight, huge ovation when he was introduced as a PH, then (mild) booing when he popped out. (Amazing that there were no boos when Jeter and Giambi K'd right before Arod.) Booing Arod has just become the "cool" thing to do at the Stadium, just part of the game like the roll call.

That's kind of rough, considering they've got a day game tomorrow. (And some of us have to work!)

He has been playing Un-ARod like for a while. 3 throwing errors? This is all head stuff.

His gave up his (SS) position to come here. He wants to win. He has taken a back seat to Jetes. He has been very cool in everyway. He has done his part.

I just don't think this booing and intense scrutiny shit can continue for his entire tenure here. I think it jeapordizes his desire to play in NY.

I don't think we, the fan and the media should take it for granted that he will retire as a Yankee.

What.... will he be booed right up to his 500th HR. When he is at 499, will he booed at every AB before he hits 500? This shit effects him... don't kid yourself.

385 I think what the Yanks or the Boss really needs to do is to bring in abother 20mil+/year guy to the team. Arod will happily share all that attention like Giambi did.

our expectations were really low and I think he delivered a good game. If he can do that once every two starts he will be fine

As for Ponson I think his start was encouraging as well but I would like to see that effort against a team with a little more offensive power before I get excited.

I'm setting the VCR to tape the next 2 hours of YES and keeping the faith that htey'll win it! Goodnight all!

acc to the rule.. game continued on next day..

472 Best I can do is this:

Farnsworth on pitches 16-30: .295/.415/.432 . . .

MELKY!!!

Did you see Damon catch Melky's helmet and spike it? I think he wants to be a wide receiver as well as a first baseman. ;-)

Man, I love this team...

ESPN's Karl Ravich: "Ponson's outing probably looked at as a success in New York..."

505 Media Rant, Continued: It's interesting to hear how some contending teams were hot and heavy on Ponson, but how the Yanks take particular sh*t for signing him. SF Chron senior sportswriter/lightweight Bruce Jenkins: "How low can the Yankees sink?".

F*CK — As I write this, SportsCenter is on. The lead-in to tonight's highlights was A-Rod's game from Hell Monday night put to opera music with the errors. Then how well Nick Green did as his 'replacement'. Then the pinch hit pop up from tonight, gleefully reporting how the boo birds feasted on it. More reserved on his K after the rain delay. But they hammered him Monday night on the errors and ABs, yet felt compelled to repeat it again tonight but this time with expanded production values. F them.

By the way, something not related to the outcome that bothered me: With at most 5k people left after the delay, some people went down to the main level trying to get into the field championship boxes. But Stadium security crew, refused to let them do so. Doesn't matter to them, I guess that the crowd ended up looking sparser than it could have.

It is by no mistake that the team looks so genuinely happy when things go well, they actually are. I understand that fielding a team akin to the one we are fielding right now may not be a recipe for a Dynasty, but a team chock full of youngsters will have fun--especially when they're winning--and that rubs off on real fans.

If the Yankees could find the right mix once Matsui gets back, we can certainly win the whole thing this year, no doubt about it. The pitching has been rock solid of late and if Ponson can eat up innings and keep his ERA under 5.00, we have a good staff, failing tomention that Wang may actually be our best pitcher. Good stuff tonight!

I kind of felt like last years team reminded me of the 2003 Lakers, all talent and no fire. That's not to say that they didn't want to win, but you have to have that youth around to keep things light as the season begins to wear on you.

BKLYN,

Great stuff about the media. They are just playing to the lowest common denominator. They are begging for ratings ans playing up to the large contingent of Yankee haters out there. What do you expect the sportswriters to write, thoughtful, well reasearched, insightful columns? Seriously man, most are just hacks who couldn't string enough coherent words together to get the jobs they really wanted.

To say Ponson was a bust would be ridiculous. 6.2 innings and he really only made that one bad pitch. Has he earned the right to pitch again? Yes. I'll take 4 runs in 6.2 from a 5th starter any day. Also, great job by the bullpen to keep the runs off the board

A-Rod is like Richie Rich, the poor little rich boy. I actually feel sorry for a guy making that kind of cash.

Our number 4 starter has an era under 3 and threw a one hitter in 8 innings last night. You do actually watch the games don't you yankee fan in chicago?

I still haven't done the entry but I'll have it up before 7PM and I'll have photos up before the end of the day.