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Yanks won 7-4!

And for the record the only thing in my hands is my Penis!

That was frustrating.

Tampa Bay 19, NY Yankees 6



Preview - Box Score - Recap

By MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Baseball Writer
July 29, 2006

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NEW YORK (AP) -- A bad day for Randy Johnson quickly turned into a record-setting one for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Tomas Perez tied a major league mark with four doubles, going 5-for-5 and leading Tampa Bay to a 19-6 rout of Johnson and the New York Yankees on Saturday.

"They killed us," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "It was just a day we'd like to forget. It wasn't a whole lot of fun. It felt like it lasted a day and a half."

Damon Hollins homered to snap an 0-for-18 skid and drove in a career-best five runs for the Devil Rays, who matched a franchise record for runs. They earned their first road win this month and emphatically ended New York's four-game winning streak.

The only visiting team to score more than 19 runs in a game at Yankee Stadium was the Cleveland Indians in a 22-0 win on Aug. 31, 2004.

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"It's just one win. There's nothing special about it," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "I expect them to be very difficult to beat tomorrow."

Jonny Gomes, Jorge Cantu and Travis Lee also connected as Tampa Bay equaled a season high with 17 hits and won for only the fifth time in 19 games. All that offense sent right-hander Jae Seo to his first win with the Devil Rays.

"Jae Seo kept us in there and then it was the Hollins-slash-Perez show -- two guys that have not been playing much," Maddon said.

Derek Jeter and Jason Giambi hit consecutive homers in the first inning for the Yankees, but the game took a striking turn from there. New York gave up 19 runs for the second time this year, after losing 19-1 in Cleveland on July 4.

Johnson (11-9) was tagged for a season-high nine runs -- six earned -- and six hits in 3 1-3 innings, matching his shortest outing this year. He walked three and did not strike out a batter for the first time in 49 starts since May 15, 2005, at Oakland.

This was the first time in nine starts that Johnson failed to last at least six innings.

"I had a bad day at work. Just a bad game. Bad location, and I paid the price," he said. "Everything happened with two out. I just couldn't get the third out."


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The Big Unit had two outs in the second and a 2-0 lead when Johnny Damon failed to make a running catch of Hollins' drive to left-center. The ball squirted out of Damon's glove for an error, leading to three unearned runs.

Tampa Bay never stopped hitting after that, and the Yankees dropped 1 1/2 games behind first-place Boston in the AL East.

"I wish I could have cradled that ball. It just seemed like the floodgates opened after that. It's a funny game, how momentum changes very quickly," Damon said. "I'm not sure what happened, maybe I took my eye off it. It hit me on the heel of the glove. Unfortunately, when I saw it being bobbled, I tried to cradle it too quickly."

After getting only two hits against Chien-Ming Wang in a 6-0 loss Friday night, Tampa Bay tied the team record for runs set in a 19-13 victory at Toronto on June 24, 2004.

The Devil Rays, who began the day last in the AL with 445 runs, had lost 10 straight road games since beating Washington 11-1 on June 30.

"They gave us a pretty good whuppin' yesterday and we wanted to come out today and jump on them," Hollins said. "Everybody swung the bat well. It was just a team effort."

The only bad news all afternoon for Tampa Bay was this: Ty Wigginton broke a bone in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch from Shawn Chacon and is expected to miss four to six weeks.

Perez, batting ninth, scored four times and drove in two runs. He raised his average from .194 to .219, setting a franchise record for doubles in a game.

Many major leaguers have hit four doubles in a game. The last player to do it was Atlanta's Adam LaRoche on May 15, 2004, at Milwaukee, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Seo (1-5) was handed a 12-4 lead and lasted long enough for his first win since May 22 with the Dodgers against Colorado.

Acquired from Los Angeles in a June 27 trade, he had lost all five starts with Tampa Bay and seven consecutive decisions overall, dating to his stint with the Dodgers.

After cracking a nail on the index finger of his pitching hand during warmups, Seo allowed five runs and nine hits in 5 2-3 innings. He said the nail still hurt, but he expects to make his next start.

"Being that it was my daughter's first birthday and all, it was wonderful that everything kind of clicked into place," Seo said through a translator.

Wigginton was hit by a pitch in the fourth. He was replaced at first base by Lee in the bottom half.

Jorge Posada had a two-run double for New York.

Notes

Johnson dropped to 3-4 with a 5.23 ERA in 10 career starts against the Devil Rays. ... The Yankees lost for only the third time in 12 home games. ... Tampa Bay plans to play a man short Sunday and call someone up from the minors in time for Monday night's home game against Detroit -- possibly B.J. Upton. ... Seo was 2-4 with the Dodgers this season. ... Tampa Bay had scored only six runs in four games at Yankee Stadium this year. ... Seo improved to 1-11 lifetime in July.

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...the power...

the injuns are winnin 6-1 at fenway in the 9th, and the yanks take a 5-1 lead into the 8th.

could be tied for first in an hour.

Yanks won 5-1 and it was a great game to watch. I have a good feeling about the rest of the year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/sports/baseball/02yanks.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin


Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1
Yankees on Top of the World, and the A.L. East

By TYLER KEPNER
Published: August 2, 2006

There are stretches when all the world seems pinstriped, and the Yankees are in one now. They moved into first place in the American League East last night by beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-1, finding an invigorating way to cap three blissful days.

After a victory Sunday, the Yankees announced a trade for a right fielder, Bobby Abreu, and a starting pitcher, Cory Lidle. The next day, they traded for a first baseman-outfielder, Craig Wilson.

Meanwhile, the Boston Red Sox made no significant trades while losing their team captain, catcher Jason Varitek, to a knee injury that requires surgery. With the Yankees’ victory and the Red Sox’ loss to Cleveland last night, the Yankees took over the lead in the division by percentage points.

The Yankees had not been in first place since June 17. They used a three-run double from Bernie Williams to cap a four-run fourth inning last night, and three relievers followed Jaret Wright (7-6) to close out the game.

The crowd was feisty despite a game-time temperature of 96 degrees. The Yankees took a few measures to conserve energy, turning off the scoreboards now and then and dimming some lights on the concourse level.

When Alex Rodriguez came up for the first time, the crowd cheered wildly. It was also Abreu’s first appearance with a bat, as he popped into the on-deck circle.

That stretch was uneventful; Rodriguez struck out, and Abreu grounded to second. Their next time through the order showed precisely why the Yankees added Abreu.

Derek Jeter walked to lead off the fourth inning, and he stole second with Jason Giambi at bat. Giambi singled to right center, putting runners at the corners for Rodriguez.

With the crowd chanting his nickname, Rodriguez got ahead in the count, 2-0. The pitching coach Brad Arnsberg scurried to the mound to confer with starter A. J. Burnett, who fired ball three with his next pitch.

Rodriguez had the green light on 3-0, and he lashed a low liner that bounced to the wall in right-center field. Jeter scored, Giambi stopped at third, and the Yankees had tied the score, 1-1. For all the talk about Rodriguez’s inability to hit in the clutch, that double brought his average to .300 with runners in scoring position.

Abreu came up next and fell behind in the count, 0-2. He checked his swing on the next pitch for ball one and then took two more pitches to run the count full. He fouled off the next three deliveries, a stretch that included a visit from the catcher, Gregg Zaun, to the mound.

On the ninth pitch of the at-bat, Abreu, who averages more pitches per plate appearance than any other hitter in the majors, checked his swing. The umpire called ball four, loading the bases.

In the Blue Jays’ dugout, Manager John Gibbons was livid, hoisting two fingers in the air — probably a reference to the two checked swings — and shouting at the third-base umpire, Ed Hickox.

After Jorge Posada struck out, the Blue Jays were a double play away from escaping the inning with the score tied. But Williams lined Burnett’s first pitch to left, where it carried over the head of a diving Reed Johnson.

Once the ball got past Johnson, all three base runners scored easily, giving the Yankees a 4-1 lead. Williams pulled into second with his 442nd career double, tying the hitting coach Don Mattingly for second on the Yankees’ career list behind Lou Gehrig (535).

The runs put Wright in position for a victory after he completed the fifth inning by striking out Vernon Wells with his 103rd and pitch. Wright would throw no more, leaving four innings for the bullpen to absorb.

That is the reality for the Yankees on the nights Wright pitches. They have accepted him as a five- or six-inning pitcher, which partly explains their need for Lidle, who will start tomorrow.

Lidle was the first of the three new Yankees to meet the news media yesterday. He was thrilled to have left Philadelphia, where trade rumors drove players to distraction, he said. There are no such worries with the Yankees.

“I’m ecstatic to be a part of it,” he said.

On the night when the Yankees surged into first place, that was easy to understand.

Naked Yankee victory hugs for everyone!

I was in Boston Friday night and despite drowning in a sea of Red Sox caps, wore my Yankees cap all over da place (though I did get a coupla stares). Bitches need to recognize the might of Yankee nation!

That's right Dave..........YOU BITCH!

Who is the bigger Bitch? multiple choice
	Dave "I Love PixieP"Joe Mama
	Jason "my knee hurts" Varitek
Votes accepted starting: 2006-08-01 11:35 PM
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Sincerely,

Not really.

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I've noticed that Joe Mama has been strangely silent on this today....

I'll ignore the poll which, as it comes from a Yankees fan is just par for the course, and put these simple thoughts out there:

1) You DO realize that there's over two months left in the season, right?

2) You also DO realize that, if the Red Sox should give you the wank material you so desperately need and fall into second place, that gives the Red Sox earlier crack at any waiver wire players. You realize that, right?

3) With the amount of injuries we've suffered over this year, we've still lasted in first place as long as we have. Why are you so quick to dismiss the team? Oh yeah, Yankees fans. Forgot.

Keep flappin' yer gums, Mo.

Bitterness is such an unattractive quality, Joe...

EXACTLY!