WHY WE LOVE PINSTRIPE PRIDE

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What can you say about tonight's game, the Yankee bats finally woke up but equally as important, so did our Yankee pride. Not only did the Bronx Bombers knock around the cowardly Carmona, they finally drew a line in the sand and sent a message to the rest of the league, "No more plunking our hitters and expect to get away with it!" That BS needed to stop during the Red Sox series but it didn't and the Indians thought they would just pick up where the Sox led off. They were wrong! (Photo: Getty)
Tex sent a "tex message" to Carmona and all teams by approaching the mound after being beamed, Tex's message to me said: "NO MORE! We are the Yankees dammit and you just woke the sleeping giant!" I really thought he was gonna take Carmona's head off. Benches cleared but no punches were thrown but just when it looked like it was over, our Skipper gets into it. Seeing Girardi that fired up said a lot to me about who Joe is and how much he loves his players. As a former catcher, he knows when players are hit intentionally and make no mistake, Tex was hit on purpose. Girardi and Teixeira really pumped me up! I was screaming, "Yes, let's go boys!". Let the 2011 AL Pennant begin! I think this win will be the game we look back at and remember it for being the game that turned our season around!

Here are some other highlights of our blowout win tonight:

• Pitching: Ivan Nova was superb! Yes, he had an early lead but you still have to pitch your game. You still have to stay composed and he did. He pitched seven innings, allowed two runs, four hits and three walks. He struck out six.

• Power: Where to begin? Granderson, A-Rod both hit tremendous homeruns but the power also showed up in the rockets that Cano and Tex hit tonight.

• Posada: what a night for the Jorge Posada figurine night. My boy had 3 more hits and just looks like a completely different hitter. Hip Hip Jorge.

Great win in the Bronx tonight. Let's keep it going today.

Final score: Yankees 11 - Indians 7.




--Mikey Blue, BYB Senior Writer
Twitter @MikeyBlu23


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THE MORE THE MERRIER

"My preference is to be with the New York Yankees, and it's not unreasonable to have that in mind, because I've demonstrated that I can be useful. A team like New York would be ideal for my age, [as would] playing in a successful, media-heavy, demanding division. Without doubt it would be an inspiration."
-- Freddy Garcia


I've always liked Freddy Garcia and he's saying all the right things. The question is, does he still got it. If I had to line up Colon and Garcia up and had to choose 1, it would in fact be Freddy. At this point though, there is a lot going on and I am not sure he's in the cards. Then again, who really thought they would sign Colon? Here's what's going down:

• The Yankees have made a formal offer to Andy Pettitte for 1 year, 12 million. Andy's working out. Things may be coming to an end in the Andy Saga very soon. Reports are the Yankees are "optimistic" about a return.


• The Yankees are confident and pleased enough with their gang of minor league arms that having them all compete for a rotation spot may in fact be in the cards. Andrew Brackman,Hector Noesi, David Phelps and others all have what it takes, the question is, can they impress enough to get the call.


• Bartolo Colon, Sergio Mitre and Ivan Nova will most likely also compete for a rotation spot, or at least, that's what was discussed yesterday.


• Justin Duchscherer and Jeremy Bonderman are both still on the Yankees radar. If I had to pick, I'd pick "The Duke", this decision would be based on age and his wanting and willing to start for the New York Yankees. He recently said this: “For me it’s black and white. I want to start, that’s the whole mindset I have... I find it funny that people say I can’t pitch in that environment, but I’ve pitched in New York before..." Like Garcia, Justin's actively whoring himself out for a job opportunity and to tell you the truth, I have no problem with it. The squeaky wheel gets the oil and if you can put your money where your mouth is and prove to everyone you truly are back, I say confidence is half the battle. As far as Bonderman is concerned, I don't care for him strictly because this guy talked about retiring last summer. If I'm the Yankees, I don't want a guy whose head's not in the game. You know?


• Bronx Baseball Daily also had this nugget from Buster Olney about the Yanks continually going back to look at Fausto Carmona. Interesting to check out. Read it HERE.

A lot of names, good problems though. Wow, this is the first time all winter I've felt decent about the Yankees pitching options. Are things turning around in the Bronx? Let's hope so. Day 89 Andy... Where are you?

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