The Sommer Frieze

The Yanks win streak stopped at 8 as Phil Hughes (16-7, 4.29) gave up 3 HR in a 7-3 loss to Toronto. Two of the HR came on 0-2 counts. Ouch. Hughes is 24, and still learning.
Phil went 6, gave up 6 R 7 H (3 HR) 1 walk and 5 K. But on those […]

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I know that Josh Hamilton is up for MVP consideration, but the show that Miguel Cabrera and Robbie Cano put on in the last four days has them up for that as well.
Cabrera hit 4 HR in the four game series against the Yankees. But Cano, moved up to the cleanup spot with A-Rod out, hit […]

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Johnny Damon got a nice ovation, deservedly so, by Yankees fans upon his return to the Bronx.
He’ll always have a spot in Yankees lore due to that double steal in Game 4 of last year’s WS.
Yanks are 72-45, just one game up. OPS+ 114 ERA+ 104
Derek Jeter SS 2884 hits.  
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex […]

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Alex Rodriguez went 4 for 5,  3 HR (604) and 5 RBI tonight as the Yanks beat the Royals, 8-3.
Phil Hughes went six, and improved to 14- 5. Hughes, 3.94, went 6,  gave up 3 R, 9 H, 1 walk and 0 K.
Hughes gave up a run in the first, and the Yanks tied it in the fifth […]

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Given the circumstances, it could turn out to be the biggest and most important win of the year.
No, the Yanks wouldn’t have lost first place. Tampa’s daytime loss ensured that. The win did give the Yanks a 1 1/2 game lead.
But with Boston’s win, a Yankees’ loss would have meant Boston would have been just four […]

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Dustin Moseley was not bad tonight. As a replacement for a few weeks for Pettitte, he wasn’t bad.
I know the line shows 5 R in 7 1/3. He really only had one bad inning.
It looked good. A 1-2-3 by Moseley in the first. In the bottom of the first, a two-run HR (23) by Teixeira. How were we […]

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For 4 innings, AJ was the good AJ. 1 R and 2 H.
But as we know with Burnett, there is no in-betweens. Either very good or very bad.
…and that could come in the same game.
Swisher HR’d in the first (21) but AJ gave up a HR in the 2nd.
After 4, 2-1 Yanks.
Then AJ fell apart. 7 […]

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Well, the Yanks won’t be facing Peralta. He was dealt to the Tigers today for Giovanni Soto.
The Cubs’ Derrek Lee exercised his no-trade and rejected a deal to the Angels.
YANKEES (63-36) +2  
Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Curtis Granderson CF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner LF
RHP A.J. Burnett (8-8, 4.77)
 
Heard something […]

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Curtis Granderson, waking up (FINALLY!), hit a 2-run HR in the 8th to give the Yanks a 3-2 win. It followed a two-homer day yesterday by Granderson (.249) and he now has 10 HR.
The blast enabled Javy Vazquez to go to 9-7 (4.54). Javy went 7+, 2 R, 5 H, 3 walks and 5 K. He […]

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Sergio Mitre showed rust in coming off the DL to take Andy Pettitte’s start, and the Yanks may reconsider who takes the mound to start the next time Pettitte’s turn comes around.
Mitre was hurt by a Posada error in the first, but still lasted just 4 1/3 in the stifling heat, giving up 7 R, 5 ER […]

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