Two Games in One

The Good

We won the game on Saturday largely because of an amazing offense that included homeruns from Posada and Swisher. Sabathia put in 7 innings of work and allowed 3 runs. Robertson pitched well in relief.

In Sunday's game, Teixeira continued his hot streak with a homerun and a double and driving in all the Yankee runs. Wang put in 3 innings of scoreless baseball out of the bullpen.

The Bad

The Saturday game didn't feature too much bad, but Sunday's game did. Not the least of which was Hughes 5 innings of 4 run ball, which puts him right back where he was before his amazing Texas start. Perhaps a good thing to take from this is that Wang can have his spot back.

The Ugly

Jose Veras is awful and on Sunday, Robertson and Coke were equally terrible. Robertson lost the Sunday game for the Yankees, but Coke didn't help by walking the first batter he faced. Perhaps the ugliest part of this weekend was getting crushed by Carl Pavano for 7.1 innings. At least he didn't get the win.

Respect Jeter's Gangster is for the Children

The "Respect Jeter's Gangster" blog joined Johnny Damon's home run club, which raises money for the Children's Health Fund. We are pledged to donate $1.00 for every homerun the Yankees hit this season. The Yankees hit 3 homeruns over the last two games with Teixeira, Swisher and Posada helping the cause.

Jorge Posada 6hr = $6.00
Hideki Matsui 7hr = $7.00
Derek Jeter 7hr = $7.00
Mark Teixeira 16hr = $16.00
Nick Swisher 10hr = $10.00
Robinson Cano 9hr = $9.00
Johnny Damon 10hr = $10.00
Melky Cabrera 5hr = $5.00
Jose Molina 1hr = $1.00
Alex Rodriguez 7hr = $7.00
Brett Gardner 2hr = $2.00
Total = $80.00

If you are interested in Johnny Damon's Homerun Club or the Children's Health Fund you can find links to both at the top right hand corner of our page.