(Xavier Nady was immediately inserted into the line-up in New York's second game at Fenway this weekend.)The New York Yankees have reentered the race for a slot in the American League play-offs. Breathing down Boston's neck, the Yanks took the first two games of the series -- their eighth straight overall -- for a two game deficit behind division leader Tampa Bay.
They're starting to play well and have made some good trades to help their final campaign in the old Yankee Stadium -- Sidney Ponson, Richie Sexson, Xavier Nady, and Damaso Marte. Manager Joe Girardi is suddenly getting better pitching out of his starting rotation and everyone's hitting. Maybe in the one season where expectations went down after an extremely slow and disappointing start, things might turn out differently. But there's a lot of baseball left to be played. So we'll see how tings go this September.
If they beat the Sox this series, maybe Hank Steinbrenner can learn to relax even if only a bit.
On another note, congratulations to Richard "Goose" Gossage for being the latest Yankee to
make it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. If current Yankees' closer Mariano gets by on guile, Gossage overpowered batters with a 100mph fastball or slider that was pretty much hard to hit. He helped the Yankees win in the 1978 World Series against the LA Dodgers and led the league in saves thrice.
They're starting to play well and have made some good trades to help their final campaign in the old Yankee Stadium -- Sidney Ponson, Richie Sexson, Xavier Nady, and Damaso Marte. Manager Joe Girardi is suddenly getting better pitching out of his starting rotation and everyone's hitting. Maybe in the one season where expectations went down after an extremely slow and disappointing start, things might turn out differently. But there's a lot of baseball left to be played. So we'll see how tings go this September.
If they beat the Sox this series, maybe Hank Steinbrenner can learn to relax even if only a bit.
On another note, congratulations to Richard "Goose" Gossage for being the latest Yankee to
make it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. If current Yankees' closer Mariano gets by on guile, Gossage overpowered batters with a 100mph fastball or slider that was pretty much hard to hit. He helped the Yankees win in the 1978 World Series against the LA Dodgers and led the league in saves thrice.
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