So I went to the Yankee game again.I've had these tickets since the beginning of April--meaning it was the second game for which I actually had tickets this season (the first being the 12 April affair in Boston). So, as you might imagine, I was pretty excited.Turns out, the Yankees seem to have been pretty excited to play as well--that happens when you've won four games in a row, and two of them by...

Somewhere, in Yankeeland, apparently, there is a switch.It's just like a light switch, with an on-off choice, and underneath the switch there is a label that reads:New York YankeesUnderneath the label, there is a sign that reads:PLEASE TURN ON SWITCH AFTER THE ALL STAR GAME AND LEAVE ON FOR REMAINDER OF CALENDAR YEARSomeone turned that switch on, again.Sidney Ponson was not great--5.2 innings, nine...

If there's any way for the Yankees to start the second half of the season, a three-game sweep of Oakland is certainly up there.Today's game wasn't the everything-firing-on-all-cylinders win of Friday or the win-in-spite-of-the-offense victory of yesterday, but instead a win because Andy Pettitte simply outpitched Justin Duchscherer.Andy Pettitte has been known as a second half pitcher, and today he...

MemoTo: YankeesFrom: Baseball G-dsRe: Mariano RiveraOf six runs allowed this inning, five have come in tie games. You may want to consider this before putting him in tie game situations in the future.MemoTo: YankeesFrom: Baseball G-dsRe: OffenseLook, we can only help so much. If Robinson Canò and Brett Gardner are going to have good days, the least you can do is make sure the rest of the line up,...

If only the Yankees could play like this every night.Good starting pitching, clutch hitting, clean defense and an overpowering bullpen will get you a win almost every time, and that's exactly what the Yankees had tonight.Mike Mussina was not dominant--he gave up nine hits over six--but he was effective. He allowed one run in the first and did not allow another run the rest of the game. He did not w...