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The Yankeeeees Win! 2-1 OK, enough with the John Sterling crap.

If the Yanks had lost this one, this game would have put the final nail in the coffin for their season. And of all people---Mariano Rivera would have supplied those nails. It's only his unflappable persona that got him by with very erratic stuff; giving up a run---and loading the bases with no outs.

How many times have you ever seen Mariano hit a player ever, let alone two in one inning? After he hit Manny to put two on with no outs, (a record seven HBP in a game) a Lowell single drove in the first run of the game for Boston. Then he hit the Youk Dog on a 1-2 count to load the bases---which put my heart in the back of my throat.

I've been so frustrated lately that it was tough for me to even tune in to FOX, today, but in the end I had to flip the TV on. After watching the ball sit on the top of the left field fence before falling back on the field yesterday that Damon almost caught after crashing into the wall, I figured this was it. But Mo called on the strength that has made him a HOFer and he struck out Crisp, popped Varitek up to first and struck out Lugo to end the game. He breathed a sliver of life into the suffocating carcass of this team.

With Tampa playing so well, their oxygen has just about run out.

Mike Mussina is my Yankee  MVP for the first half of the season. He usually gets pounded by Boston, but was outstanding again going 6 strong innings, 1ER, 4H's, 1BB and 5K's and only came out because of dizziness. He seemed fine in the presser. With any luck he could be 13-4 instead of 11-6. He should be an all star.

Farnsworth and Veras continue to pitch really well. Kyle got his10th hold and Veras his 5th of the year. The bullpen overall has only given up four runs in the last thirty two innings.

Molina continues to gun runners out on the base paths.

Brett Gardner shows incredible poise. He threw out Pedroia trying to leg out a double in the first and drove in the winning run on a sac fly. I wanted to see more of him, but not at the cost of Damon.

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hideki matsui’s injury might be an opportunity for Gardner. Hopefully either Damon or Matsui will be alright. Whichever one can be our DH and we can have an opportunity to see Gardner play without having to deal Melky.

Crowds are won and lost and won again, but our hearts beat for the diehards.

by Edwantsacracker on Jul 6, 2008 12:09 AM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was at the game today. The 9th inning was incredible. I was not happy that Mo gave me heart attacks but I have to say it was one of the most exciting innings of baseball I’ve ever seen. No one had left, the Red Sox fans came back into the game. The Yankee fans were going crazy.

The place was NUTS. Just nuts.

Yankee fans would have started jumping off the tier had we lost. I’ve never heard the Stadium that loud before and I’ve been to close games and close games with the Red Sox.

I think Moose was great. I am glad that Farnsworth did not kill our backup catcher. Veras was also good. It was one of the best games I’ve seen in a long time and as much as I loved the pumped up stadium in the 9th, I could have done without the heart attack.

And I have to say I was very impressed with Brett Gardner. I hope he continues to get playing time.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

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