The Yankees just can't seem to beat the Red Sox. Posada's injury is really going to hurt because he was raking. Joba needs to go back to the bullpen because he's not getting it done as a starter.

The rivalry has lost some of its steam, mostly because the Sox are spanking the Yanks, but it got a little heated Monday when Joe Girardi accused the Red Sox first base coach of relaying signs to his hitters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/sports/baseball/05yankside.html
Maybe the Yanks should come up with some other signals like the ones used in this classic "Naked Gun" clip.

Philling in nicely

I didn't get to watch Tuesday night's Yankee game because I'm surrounded by Sox fans here at work. I guess Phil Hughes pitched well, allowing two runs over six innings. The Yanks broke open a scoreless game with 10 runs inthe seventh victory on their way to a 11-0 victory. Jose Molina hit a grand slam.

Hopefully Hughes can keep it up, Wang can straighten himself out and Joba can go back to the bullpen.

Then maybe the Yanks can make the playoffs. Overall, Tuesday was a good night, espeically since the Sox lost on a heartbreaking play reminiscent of the good old days.

I guess Youk hit Lopez in a a bad spot - the glove.

Tri-State vs. Wallingford Twilight

Just to let the thousands of fans who follow my P&P blog know, the Tri-State Baseball League, featuring the one and only Bethlehem Plowboys, will put together an all-star team to take on the best the Wallingford Twilight League, another really good summer circuit, has to offer in a special All-Star game May 9 at 11 a.m. at lovely Fussenich Park in Torrington.

The event is for a god cause, a Mother's Day Baseball Charity Weekend with all proceeds donated to the Breast Cancer Awareness/
Pancreatic Cancer charity fund. The weekend will culminate with a ceremony on Sunday at Pat Wall Field in Wallingford at 4pm on May 10 followed by a baseball doubleheader.

Here are the league websites.
http://www.wallingfordtwilightleague.com/index.html
http://www.tristatebaseballct.com/wordpress/
Hope to see you there.

Cheap seats

The Yankees are cutting some premium ticket prices and giving free seats to certain ticket holders in response to empty seats during the first homestand at their fancy new ballpark.

The team on Tuesday slashed the price of 48 first-row Legends Suite season seats on the outer half of the dugouts and photo cages from $2,500 to $1,250, and 68 others in the final three sections down each foul line from $1,000 to $650.

"There are a few hundred suite seats in our premium locations that have not been sold on a full season basis," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said in a statement. "As a result, and for many of our fans who have already purchased full season suite seats in such premium locations, the Yankees are announcing today a program that adjusts certain prices and benefits."

A-Rod inching closer

Alex Rodriguez participated in a sliding drill for the first time and got 15 at-bats Tuesday during his initial simulated game since undergoing right hip surgery last month

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Bernie talks about Cheshire

I don't know if you've seen Bernie Williams with Michael Kay on YES' Centerstage or not, but he gives a shout out to Cheshire.

The Yankees hid Williams out at Cheshire Academy when he was 16. He also spent some of that summer playing for Meriden's Katz Sports Shop the Greater Hartford Twilight League. He joked about the fact that the Katz managers never played him.

Pretty cool. Dave Katz reports that he watched the Centerstage show and that many people have commented about Bernie mentioning playing with the team.

Here's a link to a New York Times story that has some info on Bernie at Cheshire.

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/20/sports/teen-ager-in-hiding-how-yanks-kept-williams-under-wraps.html?n=Top/News/Sports/Baseball/Major%20League/New%20York%20Yankees&pagewanted=all

Break out the brooms

I haven't blogged in a while, and it's not because the Yankees stink.
I really only watched one of the three games against the Red Sox over the weekend. I took in Sunday night's game while folding a pile of laundry.
Some thoughts:

The Yankees look old and tired, like an over-40 softball team.
C.C. and A.J. better start earning their $$, O.K.?

Joe Girardo must go.

Ellsbury should have been plunked, not for stealing home because he caught cousin Andy and Jorge sleeping, but becuase he came out for a curtain call.

Are you starting to hate Nick Swisher yet?
How about Brett Gardner (DiMaggio...Mantle...Williams....Gardner)

It is time to panic.