So which one of you jumped the fence tonight and slid into second?

I haven't been watching the game much but I just saw it was 4-0, bottom 7 and I turned it off. Leiter threw too many pitches over 5 innings but he still only gave up 1 run. The Yanks just couldn't score

Welcome to the world of a Twins fan. Leiter did battle pretty well tonight. The Twins had chances to blow it open early in practically every inning, but Leiter kept the Yanks in the game. It's not over yet with that offense.

Here come the Yanks.

Oh my god! Thank you Yankee Stadium wind.

3-run home run for Gary Sheffield, and the Yankees lead 3-0 in the bottom of the 1st

Another quick game today and another win for the Yanks as they take the series today 2-1 with a 6-3 win. Smalls doing pretty good

WHAT THE FUCK WAS BRIAN CASHMAN SMOKING WHEN HE SIGNED ALAN EMBREE! THE YANKS ALWAYS BOMB HIM, AND NOW HE JUST BLEW THE LEAD!!!

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I was thinking the exact same thing. Chacon pitched a good game. 6 or 7 innings I think with only 1 run given up

WOW! I just checked the scores and the Yankees came back to win!?

RJ seems to be having trouble here after the 4th, he's been rocked twice. Grr.

Another great come from behind victory for the Yanks! I honestly didn't think they'd win that series, but we needed it since Boston's been playing Minnesota

Mmm, Womack can actually hit in the clutch! Damn.

Grr...we traded Buddy Groom today to the Diamondbacks, for a player to be named later and cash. Does this mean maybe we've brought back Brad "Admiral" Halsey? That would make my day.

The trading deadline was kinda quiet, no?

I liked Buddy Groom though. There were other pitchers (Alex Graman, Darrell May, etc.) who I would've dealt before Groom. Oh well. We get either cash or a player to be named, maybe we can retrieve Halsey or another one of the prospects we gave away during the RJ trade last year?

BTW - I love Manny just being Manny again.

2 days ago TRADE ME! I GET NO PRIVACY FROM THESE FANS!!!

2 days later THESE BOSTON FANS, DEY ARE TEH BEST IN TEH WORLD, MANG!!!!

Did he really say that? Also, I think the Yanks got rid of May and the other guy from the Padres

Watch the ESPN interview (if they still show it) after Saturdays game where Manny hit the game-winning hit sending Renteria to home plate. He's on the field and keeps repeating in broken english how "TEH ARE TEH GREATEST FANS IN TEH WUURLD, MANG, I TELL JOO, TEHR IS NO BETTER PLACE TO PLAY TEHN IN BOSTON, TEH ARE TEH GREATEST FANS IN TEH WUURLD."

It was hilarious.

Nomo didn't last 3 innings last night in Triple-A. He pitched 2 scoreless innings but I think in the 3rd he loaded the bases with no outs. I'd hold off on the "Asian Connection" T-Shirts for just a bit longer :p

Haha.

Well, okay, we could have a shirt with Wang and Matsui and call them the "Asian Sensation"

Now that's not a bad idea

They were winning 4-0, and now they're losing 4-5! WTF??? Cleveland still has men on first and third.

That's what I'm thinking! I left and it was 4-1 Yanks. Now it's 6-4 Indians. WTF!?

Riddle: How do you know when a pitcher is too old to pitch?

Answer: When he's on the Yankees!

Kevin Lumbar Brown
Mike Mush-Ball Mussina
Randy Batting-Practice Johnson

I hear Phil Niekro might be available.

Yeah but cheer up. I think we're going to get $30 million or so off of the books after this season when Bernie's and Brown's contract expire. I don't know who the pitchers will be that will be made available (maybe Clemens?), but I heard the Yanks could go after Damon or Juan Pierre in the offseason

Now that you're back MC, let's take a look at your early season predictions:

Well, you figured Johnson would be a disappointment, and you got that part right, his 11-6 record notwithstanding.

You're right around it on Mussina's performance. But who knows? He could finish 19-9 or 18-10,
and he could wind up 14-14 or 13-15 if the team falls apart

Brown too. Obviously, you figured him to be injured, and he is. He's just pitched more than you
thought he would.

You missed the mark completely on Pavano, the only one, really, that you were completely off on.

If Wright didn't get hurt I don't think he would have done much better, and possibly worse, than 10-11.

You predicted the Yankees would go 82-80 (.506), and they're 56-49 (.533), so they're doing somewhat
better than you predicted.

However, to finish at 82-80 they need to go 26-31 (.456) the rest of the way, which is certainly within
the realm of possibility. If they go, say, 30-27 or so, which is not unlikely, they'd finish at 86-76 (.531),
and you'd only be five games off on your prediction.

So far, I'd give you an overall grade of C+ or maybe B-. The only one you really missed big was Pavano.
Without him, you get a solid B+.

Not Clemens, but there are other pitchers around the league I'm sure the Yanks will be going after in the offseason. I'm actually surprised they didn't pull a deal for Juan Pierre, he'd a be a great asset, he's one of the speediest players I've ever seen.

I guess they decided to just wait and buy him instead of trading someone for him. Pretty smart IMO

You think they'd try and *rent* him for the postseason maybe?

And what do you think of them declining Bernie's option? I hope he returns to the Yanks, he'd still be a valuable bench player.

First, let's hope there's even a post season. Dropping 2 straight to Cleveland isn't exactly on the right track and who knows what's going on with Leiter!?

As much as I'd love to see Bernie back in pinstripes next year, he would have to accept a lot less money plus be strictly DH like Sierra. He probably won't wanna and leave. I'd say let him leave. As unfortunate as it is, I'd let him be happy with another team and invest in getting another young talent like Damon or Pierre to go with Cano, Jeter, and A-Rod.

John Flaherty hits his first homerun of the year, 1-0 Yanks.