07/18: Yankees 4, Mariners 2
Posted by: Jason
Tonight's victory was not pretty. Alex made three errors on what should have been routine throws and Wang was competent, though not as sharp as he has been. However:
John Damon was 3 for 4 with an RBI...Cashman's December surprise continues to succeed. Damon's offensive production has surpassed his last year in Boston.
Cairo had a 2 run single, cementing his position (for better or worse) as one of Joe Torre's "character guys."
Jason Giambi continues to thrill us and carry the Yankees with his power. He added an upper-deck HR off Jarrod Washburn to increase the Yankees lead to 4-2, which ended the scoring.
For the first time in about 18 months, I almost turned the game off in the 8th because I was convinced that the Yankees would win this game. Mariano notwithstanding, the team is building momentum:
4 in row and 18 games over .500.
Dotel on the way.
Does Cashman have something interesting for us before July 31st?
Matsui...we've heard the rumors that he's ahead of schedule. Dare we hope he'll be back in August?
It's good to be in the Yankees Universe tonight.
John Damon was 3 for 4 with an RBI...Cashman's December surprise continues to succeed. Damon's offensive production has surpassed his last year in Boston.
Cairo had a 2 run single, cementing his position (for better or worse) as one of Joe Torre's "character guys."
Jason Giambi continues to thrill us and carry the Yankees with his power. He added an upper-deck HR off Jarrod Washburn to increase the Yankees lead to 4-2, which ended the scoring.
For the first time in about 18 months, I almost turned the game off in the 8th because I was convinced that the Yankees would win this game. Mariano notwithstanding, the team is building momentum:
4 in row and 18 games over .500.
Dotel on the way.
Does Cashman have something interesting for us before July 31st?
Matsui...we've heard the rumors that he's ahead of schedule. Dare we hope he'll be back in August?
It's good to be in the Yankees Universe tonight.
RichYF wrote:
Anyway, they were talking about Matsui and said that he was swinging a bat, but only completing the swing with his top hand on the bat. I don't know if that's good or not, but he's certainly trying to get back and play as well as he can.
As far as how sharp he will be, I feel he's always one of those guys that has a great start to the season and then slows down. Now that he's been off for a while, maybe he can have his hot start just in time for September. That would be better than any trade Cash$ can make.