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Tonight's game between the Yankees and Oakland A's has been postponed due to rain. No makeup date has been announced.

Both teams have Thursday off, but I'm thinking if that was the plan they would have announced that already.

UPDATE: Mike Francesa on WFAN has just said that the game will definitely NOT be made up this week. Peter Abraham reports that the game will be made up sometime in July.

Thanks to Patrick for the update.

Mark Hale at the Post reports that the Yankees have not yet determined what the next step is for Chien-Ming Wang.

But, with an off day on Thursday, they may look to skip him and give him some time to work and get back to form before they need a fifth starter - which would be April 28.

That seems like a decent idea. You just can't write Wang off after three starts, not given his track record. Yeah, he's looked awful, but let's give him some time to work on it. As I pointed out on Sunday, our current ace got off to a pretty rough start last season, too.

The Yankees were outscored 40-19 in their inaugural series at the new Yankee Stadium, but were able to come away with a split after they defeated the Indians 7-3 thanks mostly to a controversial home run call and...the sun.

Carl Pavano was actually pretty good in his return to the Bronx. He retired the first 10 Yankee batters in order before allowing a double to Derek Jeter, followed two batters later by an RBI single by Mark Texeira in the 4th. A.J. Burnett's outing was not optimal, but it was acceptable, as he allowed 3 runs on 3 hits in 6 and 1/3, but he also walked 7 batters.

The turning point of the game came in the bottom of the 7th with the Yankees trailing 3-2. With one out and Cody Ransom on first, Jorge Posada put a ball just around the top of the right field wall that looked (to me anyway) like it hit a fan in the chest just over the wall for a home run. The play was ruled a home run, and affirmed by the umpires after a video review. The two-run shot by Posada put the Yanks up 4-3.

The Yankees tacked on 3 more in the bottom of the 8th when Cody Ransom hit what should have been a playable fly ball in left that ultimately dropped in fair territory for a 3-run double because Indians' left fielder Shin-Soo Choo lost the ball in the sun. The Yankees went up by a score of 7-3, which would prove to be the final score of the game.

In the end, there were only two home runs hit in this game, which set a record so far for fewest home runs hit in a game at Yankee Stadium. Both of the home runs hit today (Garko, Posada) probably would not have been homers in about half of major league ball parks.

Tomorrow night the Oakland A's will get their first look at the Yankees' new digs as they'll be in for a three-game series. Andy Pettitte will make his third start of the season and will face Dana Eveland. Game starts at 7:05 ET.

Recap records: Patrick: 4-1, Seamus: 2-4, Andrew: 1-1.

Edit by Patrick: an earlier version of this post said that Ryan Garko had lost the fly ball in the sun, but actually it was Shin-Soo Choo. Thanks David for the correction.

There's been a lot of talk over the last couple weeks about the ball carrying further than it did at the old ballpark. Just look at the pounding the Indians put on the Yanks on Saturday afternoon. The Yanks, for their own part, have scored all but two of their runs on this opening homestand via the long ball. But there's gotta be something else to this. After all, the dimensions are exactly the same and the field faces in the same direction as the old Yankee Stadium, right? Well, not exactly, according to Greg Rybarczyk of the website Hit Tracker, who did an interview with Steve of WasWatching.com.

According to Rybarczyk, there is a big difference in the angles of the walls wrapping around the outfield in the two stadiums (I am interpreting this as saying that the dimensions are the same where the markings on the wall are, but I'm not sure that's exactly what he said). Rybarczyk posted a diagram showing the difference between the two walls. He also cited a possible difference in the baseballs this season, seeing that home runs are up quite a bit league-wide so far this season.

Interesting stuff. It looks like there's something to this after all. Yesterday I was just chalking this up to Tim McCarver's refusal to acknowledge that a 22-run game could just be the result of lousy pitching.

(via Peter Abraham)

Check out Steve Serby's Sunday Q&A with Nick Swisher. Entertaining as always.

Here was the combined line for the Yankees pitchers on Saturday against the Indians:

9 IP, 25 H, 22 R, 22 ER, 6 BB, 10 SO, 6 HR, 236 Pitches

This game was over real fast because, after a scoreless first, Wang couldn't get anyone out in the second. Well, OK, he got one person out. Out of nine people! Single, single, homer, foul out, double, single, double, double, runner to third on wild pitch, single. Sounds a lot like batting practice.

The Yankees called up pitcher Anthony Claggett from the minors before the game, demoting Juan Miranda. Claggett saw action right away, entering with one out, a runner on first and the Yankees down 7-2. In his first career appearance, Claggett pretty much matched Wang. Double, double, walk, single, strike out, home run (grand slam), home run, strike out.

Claggett pitched the third inning and, it went a little smoother (hard to go much rougher) as he allowed only one run. He started the fourth, but after allowing back to back hits to start the inning, his time was over. Wang and Claggett had very similar lines.

Wang: 1.1 IP, 8 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR, 52 Pitches
Claggett 1.2 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 HR, 60 Pitches

The Indians just kept scoring runs, eventually amassing 22. Edwar Ramirez (2 IP, 4 ER), Jose Veras (3 IP, 1 ER) and Damaso Marte (1 IP, 1 ER) rounded out the garbage time innings. No work for Swish today!

The Yankees offense consisted of a pair of two run home runs, one by Mark Teixeira and the other by Melky Cabrera.

Wait, the Indians beating the Yankees by scoring 22 runs? Where have we heard this before?! Oh, right. So, at least it wasn't as bad as that. That should give us some comfort. And, in 2004, the Yankees finished with the best record in the American League and the Indians finished in third place in their division, under .500.

Wang's performance is concerning. But, remember that, last season CC Sabathia was 0-3 after four starts with a 13.50 ERA. Not nearly as bad as Wang's 0-3, 34.50 after three and I'm not comparing Wang to CC, but people get off to rough starts. Let's not write Wang off here - it's clear he needs to work on something - but 3 games does not a career make.

In the end, it's just one game and today is a new day. The Yankees can go a long way in making up for yesterday if they beat Carl Pavano (0-2, 16.71). A.J. Burnett (2-0, 2.70) goes for the home team.

Recap records: Patrick: 4-1, Andrew: 1-1, Seamus: 1-4 (technically, it was Andrew's day, heh).

Awesome commercial. I love it. Speaking of the Captain, Mark Hale of the Post talked with the only person to strike Jeter out during his senior year of high school.

Via Peter Abraham via The Big Lead.

Joel Sherman of the Post reports that Major League Baseball asked the Yankees to remove a television installed around the corner from their dugout, on the way to the clubhouse. They indicated that it was illegal under MLB rules, which prohibit electronic equipment or televisions in the dugout. I guess they'll just have to walk back to the clubhouse to get a peek.

MLB.com's Anthony DiComo reports that Xavier Nady will have his second MRI today, as the Yankees are unsure of exact cause of his elbow issues. This after an MRI, two X-rays and two CT scans. Today's MRI will be different in that it will be without contrast dye.