The Yankees hit four homers in last night’s victory over Tampa Bay, and not-so-shockingly, Mark Teixeira had one of them.
We had a spirited debate in our comments section yesterday over whether Teixeira is the MVP so far this year (readers Uncle Mike and Peggy seemed to think he had a good case for it, if he keeps it up), or whether’s numbers were just due to playing in Yankee Stadium. Reader Ryan O wrote this:
AVG OBP SLG OPS
.237 .361 .485 .846Uncle Mike, these are your MVP’s numbers away from your little league field. Apparently he doesn’t want to pay the roaming charges for his “Tex Messages.”
Ha!
Needless to say, I’m liking all three free agent signings a lot this year – CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Teixeira all bring something to the table. One of the things I’ve noticed about Teixeira is how emotional he is – for all the talk about how supposedly robotic he is, he really wears his heart on his sleeve – and on his face. You can tell just by looking at him exactly how the game is going.
Hopefully, he’ll be wearing a big old smile on his face at Fenway Park tonight!
A few other thoughts:
* Fortunately, it looks like Andy Pettitte’s back is better. And how about that Phil Hughes in the bullpen! I would have liked to have seen him throw two innings, but the one inning he did throw was pretty intense.
* In addition to Tex’s shot Nick Swisher, Johnny Damon, and Derek Jeter also had homers. Gee, you’d think Yankee Stadium was a band box or something!
* What would Judge Judy say? Check out Kangaroo Court Judge Mariano Rivera getting a real gavel from People’s Court judge Marilyn Milian!
I’ll have my predictions for Yankees-Red Sox later today. But in the meantime, what do you think of the state of the Yankees? Leave us a comment!
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