Around the Yankee Universe, first-place edition

I noticed that time when he went to the mound and walked right past AJ and didn’t say a thing. I saw AJ’s confused look and I didn’t think Cash said anything too him. That’s really hilarious that he didn’t…

AJ needs to throw more strikes. Him and Joba really do have the stuff that CC has. Just CC trusts it more. CC seems to really care less about throwing the ball right over the plate. He knows no one is hitting hit.

Id love to see AJ throw that 2-seamer a lot more, it would help with the swing and misses.

Wang pitches excellent in his mop up work. I think its ok that he can’t crack the rotation just yet, cuz it means the other guys are pitching well.

the smell of First Place in the morning, it’s the smell of Victory! I know it’s early and there’s lotta baseball left to be played, but first place feels pretty damned good. Also feels good to keep winning almost every series. Keep winning 2 of 3 every series and everything else will take care of itself.

but I did attend the game last night with a few co-workers. The Red Sox are my team, but here’s a few things I saw last night:

-AJ pitched effective, but not efficient. He threw too many pitches, but nobody seemed to hit the ball hard.
-Wang looked great. I was not aware he was close to coming back so when I heard his name called, I thought to myself WTF, and oh crap there’s no coming back from this one.
-Kevin Cash – more productive in that game than in any game I watched last season.
-It was fun watching Damon put up an 0-fer.
-Damn it, here comes Big Tex. That first inning homerun was a thing of beauty. Frickin’ Laser.

If the Yankees keep playing like the way they are, it’s going to be a two team AL-East playoff yet again.

he had two relief innings that looked good, but lets not get too excited yet. he still has to prove he can do it consistently and over 6-7 innings…but he did look like his old self. things are definitely falling into place for the yanks. the rotation looks good but still inconsistent, you really never know what you’re going to get from AJ, phil and joba and they’re hitting the ball well and they still don’t have posada or nady.

Perhaps he should have gotten in some practice at first base this past off-season. Playing tremendous defensively, Tex has been pounding his body on the dirt a bunch. I would like to see him at DH once in a while.

Plays a huge part of the Yankees’ success. But it’s good to see Sherman, Valentine, and reasonable Yankee fans realize that his future is most likely as a DH.