53,958 fans were on hand at the stadium tonight, all hoping to see a home run. They got to see eight of them, unfortunately none were the one they were hoping for. Matsui hit two, Melky, Posada, Abreu, Damon, Duncan and Cano each hit one, but A-Rod couldn’t connect for his 500th career home run. Maybe tomorrow.
The Yanks romped and Mussina wasn’t as pitiful as usual (although he did manage to cough up most of an early 4–0 lead). Heck, even Farnsworth pitched a clean inning, what are the odds of that?
Both the Sox and the Indians lost, so the deficit moves to 7 for the division and 3 for the Wild Card.
I have one final thought on the Yankees and the trade deadline. On Saturday, the Yankees will get a starting pitcher for the final two months of the season who is far better than any starter who was traded in the past couple of days, Phil Hughes. In the next week or two, the Yankees will get a reliever for the remainder of the season who has a chance at being far more dominant than any reliever acquired in the past couple of days, Joba Chamberlain. Brian Cashman’s plan is working people (I’m talking to you, George). It’s actually working faster than anyone thought it would. The Yanks had some tough times in the first half, but from here on out it’s the young guys who are going to propel this team to the playoffs. I, for one, can’t wait to watch.
Letter to the Skipper:
Player of The Game: Hideki Matsui, 2 for 3, 2 HR, 4 runs, 3 RBI, 2 walks.
UPDATE: I’m hearing rumors that Edwar Ramirez is getting called back up tomorrow. I’m absolutely loving the youth movement, now all we need is for Joe to use the kids.
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WHAT THE HELL ARE THAT YANKS DOING???? TRADING A GOOD YOUNG ARM FOR A BACKUP 3B WTF?? ARE U TELLIN US WE ARENT GUNA GET A ROD BACK? WHAT ROLE CAN HE POSSIBLY PLAY WITH PHILLIPS PLAYING WELL DAMON DHING AND GIAMBI COMING BACK?? AT LEAST GET A PITCHING PROSPECT THIS TRADE MAKE NO SENSE AT ALL.. ON THE BRIGHT SIDE WE DIDNT PART WITH MELKY FOR GAGNE.. EVENONE IN VEGAS THINKS THE YANKS ARE DUMB FOR THAT BUY U HAVE TO SEE THE KID PLAY TO UNDERSTAND HOW TALENTED HE IS ,,I BELIEVE HE WILL BE OUR CF FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS .. GOOD MOVE NOT TRADING MELKY HORRIBLE GETTING BETTEMIT...AT LEAST CLEVELAND IS FALLING FAST AND WELL BE THE WILD CARD LEADER BY WEEKS END. CLEVELAND IS HORRIBLE.. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ROCKET TO EARN HIS PRORATED CONTRACT..TO ALL THE 1000 OF YANKEE DOUBTERS IN VEGAS AND AROUND THE USA SEE U IN THE POST SEASON ILL BE THERE TO SEE THE YANKS AND RONAN TYNAN ( IRISH TENNOR)
It's Doctor Ronan Tynan, and how about laying off the caps lock next time?
I'm not a fan of getting rid of Proctor, but it's nice to have a bat off the bench. Like I said, if this trade sent Farnsworth to the Dodgers I'd be doing cartwheels. I'm sad to see Proctor go.