I am never happier than when we are finally done with the Yankees. I would like to see our pitching continue to be stellar but I would appreciate it if our offense would attend to scoring individuals who are already on base. And frankly, the much vaunted lack of homeruns doesn’t bother me at all and I think perhaps the boys should get that crap out of their minds and just hit when it counts instead of trying to put it over the wall. It’s pissing me off. Just because we have a lineup that CAN hit homeruns doesn’t mean every swing should try to be one. And funny, but it seems like they start hitting them like crazy every time they quit trying…. Just saying…
| NY Yankees | @ | Minnesota |
| Jeter, SS | Span, CF | |
| Gardner, CF | Hudson, O, 2B | |
| Teixeira, 1B | Mauer, C | |
| Rodriguez, A, 3B | Morneau, 1B | |
| Cano, 2B | Thome, DH | |
| Swisher, RF | Cuddyer, RF | |
| Miranda, DH | Kubel, LF | |
| Cervelli, C | Hardy, SS | |
| Russo, LF | Casilla, A, 3B | |
| Vazquez, J, P | Blackburn, P |
I’ll be at a Church Choir picnic for the first part of the game – diligently listening on my pocket radio & headphones however – so I won’t be joining you until partway through the game. Have fun Chatting!!
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| NY Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | x | 8 | 12 | 1 |
wow, that was just sooooo much fun to watch! I wish I could have a snapshot of the look on Morneau & Mauer’s face on that first long shot – they were just so excited!! And I couldn’t be HAPPIER to be done with the Yankees for the regular season and to see it end so well. BOD is an OBVIOUS nod to Kubel.
