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Alex Rodriguez is 10 for 23 with four homers in the past seven games and has homered in four of his last six games. He has been on fire lately. What we’re seeing from A-Rod is the A-Rod we know that hits great in the regular season and helps us win in the regular season. You have to win regular season games to make the playoffs so him hitting well is a great sign for the Yankees.

The most amazing thing about this year’s regular season A-Rod is that he is getting clutch hits. Him hitting well will also allow Mark Teixeira to see better pitches. It all falls in line. He is hitting very well with his lower half and his swing is perfect mechanically.

A-Rod was 1-for-27 during one stretch so Girardi gave him two games off. It seemed to have helped him mentally which was what the two days off was supposed to do. He also has more energy because he doesn’t hit in the batting cage before games like he did so he’s more rested. He feels good.

You know I’m not a big fan of A-Rod but if he’s going to hit like the regular season A-Rod we know then I feel good. At least we don’t have to deal with the playoff A-Rod, yet…

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The New York Yankees win over the Seattle Mariners by a score of 4-2. Starting for the Yankees was Andy Pettitte and he got the win. Mariano “Mo” Rivera got the save.

This game went really fast. One of the fastest games I’ve watched.

Andy Pettitte had every thing working and had everything at his disposal. He worked quickly, threw strikes and was effective. This was one of his better games of the year. When he has every thing working, he is like an artist. He was moving the ball around corner to corner and his breaking ball was sharp to the left handed hitters. He was ahead in the count most of the night and stayed away from walks.

The bull pen was outstanding and Phil Coke was really solid. Joe Girardi didn’t go to Bruney or Hughes in the 8th inning because he wanted to mix and match with Aceves against Cedeno and he had Phil Coke finish off Seattle’s lefties. He only wanted Aceves to pitch against one batter. I guess he didn’t want Hughes to pitch to only one batter and he would like Hughes to pitch a whole inning.

Alex hit a bomb and used his lower half. His swing is right mechanically. I fear teams that have to face A-Rod right now.

The Yankees are on such a roll, I don’t know who could beat them. It’s a great feeling knowing that your team is going to win while watching Yankee games. I didn’t have this feeling when they were losing to teams like the Nationals.

Player of the Game: Alex Rodriguez. A-Rod with the A-Bomb.

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The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees weren’t scheduled to play.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder lost to the Erie SeaDogs by a score of 5-3.

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The Tampa Yankees/Sarasota Reds game was postponed due to rain.

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The Charleston RiverDogs lost to the Greenville Drive by a score of 10-5 and Andrew Brackman got the loss.

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The Boston Red Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles by a score of 11-10.

I usually don’t write about Red Sox games but I had to write about this one. What a great game… for the Orioles.

Nothing makes me feel happier than to hear about the Boston Red Sox losing a game in which they were winning by 9 runs. This is the part of life that’s enjoyable especially when you hear and read about Red Sox fans crying about their latest setback.

The best thing about this game is Jonathan Papelbum losing the game in the ninth inning. He’s such a crybaby coward that nothing makes me feel better than to see him blow a game. And blow he did.

The question you have to ask yourself is this… why kind of heart do these Red Sox players have? Did they just roll over and die and let the Orioles walk all over them with this comeback? It’s shameful. I’d be embarrassed to be a Red Sox fan.

Maybe the roids are wearing off on the Red Sox? That’s a good possibility. After all, according to the newest release from rotoinfo.com, half the team is on steroids. Just shameful. Shameless and shameful. Well anyway…

You know how the saying goes…

Just another red sox choke…nothing unusual.

The New York Yankees won over the Seattle Mariners by a score of 8-5. Starting for the Yankees was Joba Chamberlain and he got a no decision. Brian Bruney got the win even though he didn’t deserve it.

I don’t even know where to start with this game. The Yankees won but didn’t look too good doing it. I guess I’ll start with the starting pitcher Joba Chamberlain.

Joba gives us Yankee fans a lot of stress even though he’s in every game and doesn’t give up many runs. Tonight he didn’t have his best stuff and he wasn’t locating. He didn’t get hit hard but it’s the walks, the large pitch counts to each batter and lack of holding runners on is what hurt him. He nibbles too much at the plate and put 12 men on base in just over five innings.

It seems to me that Joba’s approach to starting is too tone down how hard he throws and nibble every one to death. It drives me crazy. He pitches well enough to go five innings but not enough to get a win. He needs to trust his stuff and throw in the zone more. It’s easier for Joba to throw 95 mph in relief and go after hitters more often. When he did throw 95 mph fastball tonight, he was off the plate.

In the early part of the game, the Yankees left a lot of runner in scoring position. This game should of been over earlier. Cano lead off two innings and got a base hit but then got up with two men on and struck out.

Once Phil Hughes and Coke came in the game, I thought it was over for Seattle. I said, that’s it, they’re done. Hughes and Coke are too good for them. Then Joe Girardi made an interesting decision. He brought in Brian Bruney after Phil Hughes only threw nine pitches and looked godlike doing it. He was hitting 96 on the radar gun. The game was then tied. I didn’t listen to the post game report to hear what Girardi had to say about it but there’s nothing he could say to defend that move.

Hughes needs to reach a certain pitch count and has been pitching lights out and Bruney has been pitching poorly. I thought it was a bad decision by Girardi.

However, A-Rod hit a monster bomb and our newest Mr. Clutch, Melky Cabrera doubled home Gardner for the winning run. I was wondering if the Yankees would have what it took mentally to come back and score again after the Mariners tied the game. They did and they won.

Player of the Game: Melky Cabera. Came through with the winning hit.

Triple A

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees game was rained out.

Double A

The Trenton Thunder lost to the Erie SeaWolves by a score of 5-3.

• Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official
• Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official

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The Tampa Yankees Game was postponed because of rain.

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The Charleston RiverDogs lost to the Greenville Drive by a score of 13-4.

• Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official
• Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official

Eric Hinske is a 31-year-old left-handed hitter who was part of Boston’s 2007 World Series championship club, batted .255 in 54 games with the Pirates. He had one home run and had driven in 11 runs.

The Yankees will also receive cash considerations in exchange for minor league right-handed pitcher Casey Erickson and minor league outfielder Eric Fryer.

Hinske could help fill a variety of roles for the Yankees, including playing all three outfield positions as well as backing up third baseman Alex Rodriguez and first baseman Mark Teixeira.

I know know much about this guy. I’ll find out more about him when I get home because I have stuff to do because it’s Tuesday mid day and it’s my chores day.