Articles from August 2009



CC and the Yankees blank the Red Sox again

CC Sabathia shut out the Boston Red Sox tonight, just as AJ Burnett did last night, putting the New York Yankees in position for a much needed four game sweep. Sabathia didn’t allow a runner past second base the entire eight innings that he threw while the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox [...]

After 15 innings, A-Rod’s swing says, “GOODNIGHT BOSTON”

After a marathon of a baseball game, Alex Rodriguez’s two-run home run in the bottom of the 15th inningĀ  brought a sellout crowd of 49,005 to their feet. The atmosphere was electric in Yankee Stadium. The Yankees beat their hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in what was an amazing pitcher’s duel between AJ [...]

Take that!! Yanks thump Smoltz and the Red Sox

The Yankees are finally up on the board against the Red Sox this year. The way they won tonight was beautiful. Not only did Jorge posada play great with a number 15 painted on his catcher’s mask, in honor if Thurman Munson, but Melky Cabrera once again stepped his game up. With Muhammad Ali in [...]

Yanks beat Halliday thanks to a quick start

The Yankees started off with a few quick runs off of Halliday, and that was enough for Andy Pettitte to pick up his first win since the beginning of July. I was most surprised by the way the first inning started off. It looked like a circus the way the Blue Jays were trying to [...]