YANKEES WIN, PAULIE HONORED & MY SUPPORT OF JETER ALL IN ONE!

The Yankees won.

There was no banging on Boone's table. (Read BIG BAD BOONE HUFFS AND PUFFS AFTER LATEST LOSS!)

One day after Aaron Boone had a theatrical performance banging his stupid table and acting upset, the Yankees righted the ship and yesterday, on Paul O'Neill day, they had a victory.

NJ.com writes:

"The Blue Jays tied the game 2-2 in the seventh when Yankees reliever Wandy Peralta issued a bases-loaded walk, but Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the inning for a 4-2 lead that held up."

Now look, Benintendi has been unimpressive as a Yankee. He's been flying under the radar because guys like Hicks and the others have sucked real bad lately, but yesterday was big. They showed some fire and that's what we needed.  

Paul O'Neill's ceremony was great.  Nice to see him out there with all his former teammates. The New York Times writes:

"To join these greats and to know that the No. 21 will never be worn by a New York Yankee again is by far the biggest personal honor that I have ever achieved,” he said in remarks meant to close his speech."

Now with many of his former teammates, alot of people on Twitter are giving Derek Jeter crap for not being there in person.  I gotta say, leave the guy alone.

Derek Jeter just recently came back into the spotlight with his social media and documentary. I have to tell you it's very refreshing to see this guy relaxed, family related, happy, smiling, enjoying himself.  But not coming to O'Neill's ceremony in person isn't a big deal to me.

To me, watching Derek's documentary, now really understanding his mindset in life before that, I would assume he didn't go because maybe the distraction would be too big. It's Paul's day. Derek is a team guy, he's had his day. He probably didn't want to be a distraction.  I don't know this, but that's what I think. But I love Derek's message, and you have to appreciate that he was there in spirit for the Warrior.  

Yesterday was a great day all around, for the Yankees, for Paul and for us fans.  Now let's hope we can keep moving forward.