http://itsaboutthemoney.net It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog Sun, 19 May 2013 16:35:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/19/game-44-cc-vs-ra-in-the-rain/ http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/19/game-44-cc-vs-ra-in-the-rain/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 16:31:29 +0000 Stacey Gotsulias http://itsaboutthemoney.net/?p=54348 Reid Brignac is making his Yankees debut, if the rain doesn't wash away the day. Go Yankees! UPDATE (12:34 P.M.) The game has been postponed. 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On May 19, the Yankees found themselves with a 29-9 record, and were about to go on a hot streak of epic proportions, spurred on an unfortunate incident in a game between division rivals. The Yankees had an off-day on the 18th so this game against the Orioles would be their first baseball action following that history-making game for Wells. The Orioles scored five runs off starter David Cone - one in the second, three in the third and one in the fourth - to open up a 5-1 lead in the game. The Yankees got two back in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a Paul O'Neill RBI double and a Tim Raines RBI single. So in the bottom of the eighth inning and still down 5-3, the Yankees mounted a comeback. Sidney Ponson started the inning for the Orioles but manager Ray Miller began to play the matchup game. After Ponson induced a flyout for the first out of the inning, he walked Jorge Posada and Chuck Knoblauch. Miller called upon reliever Alan Mills to take care of Derek Jeter. He did, getting Jeter to fly out to short right field on the first pitch for the second out. Miller then went to the bullpen again so Norm Charlton could pitch to O'Neill. O'Neill delivered the first scoring blow of the inning with a single int the third base-shortstop hole that scored Jorge Posada and to cut the score to 5-4. (Click "view full post" to continue reading)]]> http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/19/flashback-15-years-ago-tonight/feed/ 0 http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/19/gsn-postgame-video-51813/ http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/19/gsn-postgame-video-51813/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 14:05:12 +0000 Stacey Gotsulias http://itsaboutthemoney.net/?p=54340 Your browser does not support iframes. Here are Joe Girardi, David Phelps and Robinson Cano discussing yesterday's victory over the Blue Jays. ]]> http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/19/gsn-postgame-video-51813/feed/ 0 http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/18/toronto-is-very-aware-yankes-7-blue-jays-2/ http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/18/toronto-is-very-aware-yankes-7-blue-jays-2/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 20:05:05 +0000 Stacey Gotsulias http://itsaboutthemoney.net/?p=54324 Melky Cabrera and National League Cy Young award winner R.A. Dickey. So they were expecting to challenge perennial AL East leaders New York, Tampa and Boston for the Division title after all of those moves. As of May 18, the first place Yankees are now 8-1 in head-to-head matchups against the Blue Jays and are now 10 games ahead of them in the standings. Guys, whenever I complain about the Yankees playing Toronto too much, you all have permission to smack me because so far, the Yankees are owning the Blue Jays in 2013. Of course, this can all change in the second half of the season but for right now, this is really something to see. Helping lead the Yankees to victory this afternoon were Robinson Cano and David Phelps. Phelps, who was struggling to find the plate early in the game, recovered to throw seven strong innings, allowing one run on six hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. Cano had his second multi-homer game of the season and 12th of his career. He hit a two-run shot in the third inning and another two-run shot in the fifth inning. Both came off of Toronto starter Brandon Morrow. Morrow lasted five innings and gave up five runs on seven hits with one strikeout. He didn't walk a batter. Travis Hafner also hit a home run, his seventh of the season and it came in his 100th at-bat. Remarkably he's hit five in 54 at-bats at Yankee Stadium. Guess his shoulder is feeling better. One more note, Curtis Granderson made his first career start in right field and nobody got hurt! He finished the game hitless along with David Adams. Cano was the only one with a multi-hit game. The Yankees are looking for the sweep in tomorrow's game. It's a big match up between the initialed aces of each pitching staff, CC Sabathia and R.A. Dickey. ]]> http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/18/toronto-is-very-aware-yankes-7-blue-jays-2/feed/ 0 http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/18/game-43-hafner-returns/ http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/18/game-43-hafner-returns/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 16:35:39 +0000 Michael Eder http://itsaboutthemoney.net/?p=54287 The Yankees keep on playing the Blue Jays, and despite all the hype, the Yankees have been able to hit them hard very early this season. The teams have now played 8 times and the Bombers have won 7 of those games. In the process, they've built up a 9 game lead in the standings against the AL East pre-season favorite. Although Toronto is struggling to reach a .500 record, if things start clicking, they can become a very admirable team, and this early lead is great insurance. Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Lyle Overbay 1B Curtis Granderson RF Jayson Nix SS David Adams 3B Austin Romine C Yes, there's no Mark Teixeira or Alex Rodriguez or Derek Jeter, but I love this lineup. The Yankees have put up some stinkers in recent days, and at least this one goes six players deep before you get to Nix. Also notable is that Curtis Granderson will make his first appearance in right field. Brandon Morrow will square off against David Phelps at 1:05 PM, and you can catch the game on YES.]]> http://itsaboutthemoney.net/archives/2013/05/18/game-43-hafner-returns/feed/ 0