(Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)But like I said because, Pettitte was about the only thing to feel good about yesterday.
“As the game went on I felt like I was coming even harder and harder off the mound as far as getting through my pitchers a little better,” Pettitte said. “All and all, in that end, it was a good day.”
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“There’s always a little bit of question of, are you going to be able to make those little adjustments that you need to make when you’re out there?” Pettitte said. “When you’re rushing and you know you’re rushing, sometimes it’s not that easy to fix it. I was dragging the first few innings with my arm a little bit, and I was able to get my arm warm a little bit and get it all together. I feel like I’m going to be fine.” (source: Chad Jennings)
Kerry Wood allowed a run in the 8th, and then Mariano Rivera gave up a solo homer to Luke Scott in the 9th to tie things up.“I can always tip my hat to the pitcher if he makes a good pitch,” Lance Berkman said. “But that was a terrible pitch. That ball was hanging right in the middle of the plate. There’s no reason not to hit that ball hard, and I just didn’t do it.” (source: Chad Jennings)I guess this is what happens when you bat Lance Berkman 3rd. The 2-3 combination of Jeter and Berkman went 2-for-10 on the day (0-for-4 w/RISP) and left 11 men on base. Here's a little secret, Joe, neither of these two should ever bat above 6th, maybe 7th.
So big is the Yankees' commemoration of a monument to George Steinbrenner at Yankee Stadium Monday night that Joe Torre and Don Mattingly are going to end their estrangement with the team to attend the ceremonies.Wow, it should be a very special night in the Bronx..... I may need to buy a couple tickets for this one.
The Daily News has learned that Yankee brass extended an invitation to both Torre, the former Yankee manager who won four World Championships with the team before leaving under acrimonious circumstances after the 2007 season, and Mattingly, who joined Torre as batting coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers after being passed over as Yankee manager for Joe Girardi that same year, agreed to attend.
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It will mark the first time since either Torre or Mattingly left the Yankees that they have been at Yankee Stadium, the old or the new.
"He threw great with the shiner, go out and get another one," the general manager said before last night's 11-3 win over the Orioles.Cashman the comedian.
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"I don't know what happened and I didn't ask him," Cashman said. "He should have gotten it earlier. He pitched real well. I figure I will find out if it comes my way. I saw it and chose not to ask."
(AP Photo/Nick Wass)| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| N.Y. Yankees « | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
A few innings later Curtis Granderson blew the game open with a 3-run homer, his 19th of the year.
