The Yanks stunk up the new joint

It was a beautiful day for baseball. Yankee Stadium II looked gorgeous. John Fogarty played "Center Field" in center field and Bernie Williams strummed out a stirring rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." Fighter jets flew overhead, Yogi threw out the first pitch and David Wells sat in the bleachers for "Roll Call."

What a great day.

Then the Yankees stunk up the joint.

Before Derek Jeter led off the bottom of the first, the bat Babe Ruth used to hit a three-run homer in the 1923 Stadium opener was laid across home plate. Jeter picked it up and the baton was officially passed. Maybe they should have dug up the Babe. The Yankees could have used in a disgusting 10-2 loss to the Indians.

The Yanks pitching was so bad that the fans, probably led by Boomer Wells, began chanting, "We want Swisher!"
It was a day to remember for all the wrong reasons.