Our long national nightmare is over. The Yankees are finally back in first place, where they belong. Unfortunately, they have to share that spot – for this morning, at least – with the Boston Red Sox. Grrrrrr.
Meanwhile, the Mets also moved into first place last night, a spot they don’t have to share with anyone. Squawker Jon rather gleefully pointed this out to me on the phone last night. My reaction? It was Zambranoesque!
As for the Yankee game itself, I didn’t get to follow some of it – my radio’s batteries ran out of juice when I was at the gym, so I missed the middle innings. After the game, I did get to see the clip of Kevin Cash going out to the mound to settle down A.J. Burnett – and not saying anything. The look on Burnett’s face was classic!
Joe Girardi called Burnett’s victory “gritty.” When Kim Jones asked him about it, A.J. responded, “You’ll have to explain that word to me first.” I was hoping Kim was going to say that gritty was like Scottie Brosius or something!
And is it just me, or does Burnett look like Harrison Ford?
Besides Burnett’s victory, other good signs included Hideki Matsui’s two homers, Mark Teixeira’s 12th homer this month, and Chien-Ming Wang’s excellent two innings. Wang’s ERA is down to 20.45. Hooray!
I’ve been avoiding talking about this, as I don’t want to jinx it, but the Yanks have now had 14 consecutive games without an error. Of course, now that I’ve mentioned it, expect an error tomorrow night.
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