What a Night
Where do I start? I was already down from the Devils devestating loss last night. Who knew that after 15 wins they would lose 3 straight. Anyways back to the Yankees. Leftfeilder, Hideki Matsui is out for possibly the rest of the season after trying to make a diving catch and breaking his wrist. Unfortunately, his streak of consecutive games is over: he played for 10 straight seasons in Japan and every game a s a Yankee. He was always there and his presence will definitely be missed. With Sheffield still out and now Hideki's injury, the Yankees are missing two of their key offensive players. Now more than ever the other players will have to step up, run more, sacrifice more, and get the runs home. Torre said that he will be out a minimum of 3 months. Not only does his wrist have to heal, but he will need extensive rehab. The Yankees always relied on him and now they will have to find a way to get through it. The clubhouse was really quiet and Damon called the loss "crushing."
Back to the game for now. Some positives and some negatives. Even though they lost 5-3 I thought they desreved to win. They played a great game so I'm not as diappointed. Throughout the game there were unbelievable defensive plays: Crosby stole a 2 run homer from Boston as well as Damon, Cano made some great plays to keep runners from moving up, and Jeter made a great play that didn't turn out so well... (he did make an error in the first, but it doesn't happen often). Besides for the defensive plays, Crosby had an awesome night offensively as well, including an almost homer turned triple, single, he stole second, and scored a run. He gave Torre a great audition for why he should be in the lineup to replace either Sui (my nickname for Matsui) or Sheff.
Bernie also had a great night. That double in the 8th with no one out could have started a big rally, but the negative here was that Posada could not move him up and the next 2 batters could not get him home either. That run would have tied the game again. Damon did not have a good night, except for the amazing catch, and he admitted that he better pick up his game to help the team. Chacon was all over the place tonight which does not give you a good feeling, but he has gut and grit. He kept the Yanks in the game and only gave up 2 runs. The bullpen was great! Sure they gave up the lead, but when they take over in the 5th you don't get perfection. Rivera did give up a run, but he is human. No complaints from me. He's the best in the game, and they still would have lost. Proctor, how good has he been!
Onto Jeter. Another awesome game from him, on base 3 of 5 times. He is one of the greatest clutch hitters in the game. He always seems to come through to pick the team up. In the 7th he made an great play, but when he threw from the air the throw was high to Cairo who tried to tag the runner while in the air (jumped up to grab the ball), but the ball dropped and 2 runners scored giving Boston the lead. I loved the double steal. Great running game tonight, team stole 5 bases in 5 tries. A great way to make runs happen.
As for A-Rod, almost all NYY fans have been bashing him at the Stadium (smother him with boos) and on the sports talk shows. No one gives him a chance. Fans expect him to get a hit every time at bat, but it doesn't work that way. He was the AL MVP last season and one of the best players ever in the game of baseball. He will break records in the years to come and possibly even surpass Bonds for homers. Back off him. He is a great guy, great role model for young kids (I'm not talking about religiously), has a great work ethic, and if anything pushes himself too hard. He too wants to be perfect, but no one is. He will never be Derek Jeter, but I'll take him any day. He is very sensetive (didn't come out last night for the curtain call, understandable, but not everyone was booing so I wish maybe he'd suck it up, but it was a good way to make a statement by not saying anything). I wish he weren't, but you can't do anything about that so fans better stop bashing him for no reason. Give him some breathing room and count yourselves lucky he is on your team. Give him the credit he desrves. As a caller said today, "no one will want to come to NY if that's the way fans treat one of the greatest players ever."
That's all for tonight. More tomorrow. whew
Back to the game for now. Some positives and some negatives. Even though they lost 5-3 I thought they desreved to win. They played a great game so I'm not as diappointed. Throughout the game there were unbelievable defensive plays: Crosby stole a 2 run homer from Boston as well as Damon, Cano made some great plays to keep runners from moving up, and Jeter made a great play that didn't turn out so well... (he did make an error in the first, but it doesn't happen often). Besides for the defensive plays, Crosby had an awesome night offensively as well, including an almost homer turned triple, single, he stole second, and scored a run. He gave Torre a great audition for why he should be in the lineup to replace either Sui (my nickname for Matsui) or Sheff.
Bernie also had a great night. That double in the 8th with no one out could have started a big rally, but the negative here was that Posada could not move him up and the next 2 batters could not get him home either. That run would have tied the game again. Damon did not have a good night, except for the amazing catch, and he admitted that he better pick up his game to help the team. Chacon was all over the place tonight which does not give you a good feeling, but he has gut and grit. He kept the Yanks in the game and only gave up 2 runs. The bullpen was great! Sure they gave up the lead, but when they take over in the 5th you don't get perfection. Rivera did give up a run, but he is human. No complaints from me. He's the best in the game, and they still would have lost. Proctor, how good has he been!
Onto Jeter. Another awesome game from him, on base 3 of 5 times. He is one of the greatest clutch hitters in the game. He always seems to come through to pick the team up. In the 7th he made an great play, but when he threw from the air the throw was high to Cairo who tried to tag the runner while in the air (jumped up to grab the ball), but the ball dropped and 2 runners scored giving Boston the lead. I loved the double steal. Great running game tonight, team stole 5 bases in 5 tries. A great way to make runs happen.
As for A-Rod, almost all NYY fans have been bashing him at the Stadium (smother him with boos) and on the sports talk shows. No one gives him a chance. Fans expect him to get a hit every time at bat, but it doesn't work that way. He was the AL MVP last season and one of the best players ever in the game of baseball. He will break records in the years to come and possibly even surpass Bonds for homers. Back off him. He is a great guy, great role model for young kids (I'm not talking about religiously), has a great work ethic, and if anything pushes himself too hard. He too wants to be perfect, but no one is. He will never be Derek Jeter, but I'll take him any day. He is very sensetive (didn't come out last night for the curtain call, understandable, but not everyone was booing so I wish maybe he'd suck it up, but it was a good way to make a statement by not saying anything). I wish he weren't, but you can't do anything about that so fans better stop bashing him for no reason. Give him some breathing room and count yourselves lucky he is on your team. Give him the credit he desrves. As a caller said today, "no one will want to come to NY if that's the way fans treat one of the greatest players ever."
That's all for tonight. More tomorrow. whew
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