For Yankees, best victory of the season

by Ed Valentine on May 16, 2009 7:44 AM EDT in New York Yankees News

Easily the best win of the season last night. A 5-4 come-from-behind victory with a three-run rally off the tremendous Joe Nathan. Hopefully, it spurs the Yankees to a terrific homestand.

The Yankees are 18-17. Let's hope they can win today and leave the .500 mark behind for good.

Brett Gardner had a fabulous game (3-for-3, inside the park home, triple, single) after taking over for the ejected Johnny Damon. Gardner had a secret weapon. Here's hoping that Joe Girardi has Gardner in the lineup today, and gives the scuffling Nick Swisher a day off.
Peter Abraham lists Friday night's heroes.
It was a quiet night for Alex Rodriguez in his first game at the new Yankee Stadium.
Following the game, Mark Teixeira voiced his unhappiness with Minnesota's Carlos Gomez. Tex was fortunate not to be seriously hurt in the 8th inning when Gomez ran into him.
Joba Chamberlain pitches today. Opponents are hitting .481 off Joba in the first inning, and he knows he needs to fix that.
Jim Leyritz said he was "very stressed out," but not suicidal as had been reported this week. Considering Leyritz' situation, charged with DUI manslaughter, I have little sympathy for him.

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a great win. this has to give Gardner and Cabrera a good deal of confidence. winning two grinders in a row, hopefully the beginning of that flinty attitude the teams of the late 90’s had. Hughes was, again, one or two bad pitches away from a disater, but he too, got tough when he had to. loved the inside the parker, got the whole place and the Yankees jazzed. these guys are so rich and there is ( justifiably) so much pressure, they forget it’s suppose to be fun. last night was fun.

by fredny on May 16, 2009 8:50 AM EDT reply actions