Sunday, June 22, 2008

Pictures at last: Part II

Here are just a few shots from Yankees vs. Padres from 6/18. The game was Rasner against Peavy and neither pitcher really showed up. Rasner gutted out five innings for the win after the Yankees knocked Jake Peavy around for four runs in four innings forcing him to throw 93 pitches.

I'm pretty excited for the new Yankee Stadium if you can't tell and every time I go to a game I have to take a walk by and maybe a few photos. Top right is Peavy versus Jeter at the start of the game after Damon singled to start the game.

Bottom left is Arod against Peavy. Arod proceeded to jack the next pitch out of the park. Bottom right is just the sweet sight of another Yankee victory on the scoreboard.






I'll be heading to the Stadium again on the July 2 so hopefully that time I will be more prompt with my posting of photos. And hopefully I will be able to get some pictures from different spots around the Stadium.

Now as for today's game, the Yankees needed this win badly, especially after they threw away a good outing from Dan Giese yesterday, or to put it better, after Giese threw away his good outing.

But Andy seems to have found his grove again and the timing is great since the Yankees need him to step up with Wang out. The Yankees got a break when Kyle Farnsworth decided to use his idiocy to their advantage for once. Probably for at least a week we wont have to deal with any eighth inning Farnsworth shenanigans.

Today's game also means that we will be seeing that Jason Giambi mustache for a few more games. He is really seeing the ball well and he is using the whole field now. The Yankees should definitely not pick up his option after this season, but it will be worth exploring the option to bring him back on a short cheaper deal.

The Bombers probably could have gone 5-1 on the homestand, but I guess 4-2 will have to do. They need to pad their record against the Pirates with a sweep before they take on the Mets in a four game weekend set.

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