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Well I don't know why he was that mad. Manny got hit, so he should expect to get hit also, being one Milwaukee's best hitters. Plus, the ball was aimed low, it's not like it was thrown at his head.

We attacked early and we attacked late. It's only the second time in Halladay's career that he's allowed back to back homeruns, and he tied a career high of 3 HR's allowed. That was one heck of an outing prior to the three homers. He was still able to pitch the complete game with a low pitch count. Mitre has to show he can pitch better than he did in his last two starts. Hopefully, our offense will be there to support him if he struggles.

Today: Andy Pettitte (8-6, 4.51) vs. Roy Halladay (11-4, 2.68) Tomorrow: Sergio Mitre (1-0, 7.90) vs. Mark Rzepczynski (1-2, 3.25)

VC's coming to the IC for the home opener. 09-10 Schedule

I thought you were also planning to go to the Celtics-Knicks game after that. Out of all sports games I've attended, the Yankees-Mets game where Castillo dropped the ball was the most memorable. Out of basketball games, the most memorable was the Nets coming back from a 20+ point deficit against Washington and winning by 2.

Thursday's game is still really bothering me. Ted Barrett's strike zone was ridiculous, and then Pierzynski's "slide" into second base that caused Cano to throw the ball wide and prevent an inning ending DP and caused a run to score. Regardless, we need to put it behind us and rest well tomorrow. Two games at the Rogers Centre and back home we go to host Boston for four games.

The thing is Burnett, who has been red hot, struggled terribly yesterday, so maybe it was just a rough series for the whole team. Also, CC really only had one bad inning, and the other frames went pretty smooth. I didn't see a whole lot of today's game, but his main problem last start was bringing out the killer 2-strike pitches he usually has.

Well that was a very rough series, but at least we ended it with a win. Great to see Melky hit for the cycle. He hit the triple right after I turned on the radio, and I was wondering at first why John Sterling was so excited. Jerry Hairston Jr. played really well yesterday and today. He went a combined 3-6 with a couple of RBI's, and he flashed some leather as well. After an off-day tomorrow, we play two games in Toronto.

Surprisingly, Shelley Duncan was sent down again to make room for Hairston and Ransom was kept on the roster. Ransom is probably going to stay on the roster until Gardner comes off the DL.

It seems like all the new guys are impressing. Cliff Lee threw a complete game in his debut, Victor Martinez had a five-hit day today, Orlando Cabrera homered for Minnesota, Freddy Sanchez drove in a few runs and scored, and Jerry Hairston Jr. has been impressing defensively and with his bat.

Well I never read the book so I can't exactly compare the two, but I really liked the movie. They could have done a better job with the later parts of it, but overall, I enjoyed it a lot.

I saw Kite Runner, Gran Torino, The Truman Show, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford in the last few days. I rented Minority Report for one of these days.

I wonder how Francona's going to use Martinez when Varitek is healthy. If you put him at catcher, you're benching the captain. If you put him at first base, you can't bench Youkilis, so you have to move Youk over to third base. That means you'd have to bench Lowell, who's a .290 hitter. It'll be interesting, Francona usually finds ways to take care of problems.

Shelley Duncan got called up from AAA Scranton/WB yesterday, and Jerry Hairston Jr. will be in uniform today. Jonathon Albaladejo got sent down.

Kenny Williams said he hopes Peavy can quickly get going in September and help the team get to the postseason, which may not be so easy after coming off from a long-term injury.

I really like the Hairston acquisition. He can play all outfield and infield positions, he has speed, and he gives more options for Girardi when it comes to the bench. Now, we have Hinske (power, outfield), Hairston (speed, defensive substituting), Molina (catching), Ransom/Pena (utility infield), and Gardner when he comes back (speed).

Leave it to the umpires to ruin the whole game for us.

George Steinbrenner paid a visit to the Yankees yesterday in St. Petersburg and was happy with the team's standing. The Yanks have acquired RHP Jason Hirsh from Colorado for a player to be named and assigned Hirsh to AAA.

Critics, as expected, aren't happy that there isn't a final rendering of the Barclays Center ready. They're threatening another round of lawsuits. Great.

The Yankees are tied for the best record in the MLB with the Dodgers at 62-39 and have the best home record in baseball.

Last night's game was something else. I couldn't tell Manny made that leaping catch until he threw it into the stands. Then the Cards' hitter missing first base, Manny being thrown out at home, and the game just kept going and going. The Dodgers are on their first 4-game skid of the season.

The only thing is that Longoria is only the second player I am aware of that he's thrown at, and I don't see why he'd intentionally throw at either of their heads. I mean, he does have control problems. On the other hand, it is worth wondering why he's thrown at Youk more than once.

You could go a few ways with the first question, being that we don't know what to expect from Yi after his workouts this summer. I gave it to him because I expect him to be the Yi we saw prior to his injury in 08-09 if not better. I'm also assuming he's a starter. I was also considering CDR with the talent we saw in the summer league, but of course, we need to see how much of that carries over to the NBA games. As for the second question, I chose Lopez based on what we saw from him last season and the fact that he doesn't need to adjust as much as the Lee, the new guy. Lee, also, may not be the Lee we anticipate if he has troubles adjusting from a Finals team to a non-Finals team. Even more, is sharing the backcourt with Harris, and we'll have to see how much he will be able to contribute individually with an other scorer next to him.

Arguably Joba's best pitching performance of his career so far. Only 3 hits given up in 8 innings of scoreless ball. The breaking ball was working, Joba was working quickly, and he made everything look easy. Great offensive support as well. It's a shame that we had to bring Mo in again to get the final two outs. It's also a shame that Bruney hasn't been himself after coming back from injury. He has the velocity, but he's getting hit badly. We're 3.5 games up on Boston! By the way, Dwight Howard threw out the first pitch today.

Yankee pitchers have had a lot of no-hit bids over the past few years, so I've noticed some things repeat.