Coming into yesterday Roy Halladay was 8-0 with a 2.10 ERA in his last 10 starts against the Yankees. The Yankees didn't get that memo as they put a crooked 2 on the board in the top of the first inning. I think we can safely assume that A-Rod's hip is better and he is playing as close to 100% as he's going to be. When Halladay dropped an easy out at first base last night A-Rod rounded 3rd and took off sprinting home, looking for contact. The throw beat him by a mile but A-Rod took a late and hard slide into catcher Rod Barajas, spikes up and knocked the ball right out of his glove. Is that something a player with a hurt hip would do in the first inning? My guess is no. That 2 spot proved to be important as Andy Pettite threw a hell of a game out dueling Doc Halladay pitch for pitch.
Phil ('96 Mariano Rivera) Hughes came on with 2 outs in the 7th and easily got the out he needed. He opened the frame in the 8th by allowing 2 singles followed by 2 strikeouts. This is where things got annoying. Phil is a star member of my vastly under performing fantasy baseball squad. He was not allowed to close out the inning as Girardi brought in Mariano Rivera who promptly allowed a double before getting a ground ball out that he needed. This bothers me because my friend Anthony has Mariano on his team. Hughes was charged the runs. Things like this always happen for him. A pitcher gives up a big hit and isn't charged the runs, he picked up Ben Zobrist off waivers. I can't talk about this anymore. FUCK YOU ANTHONY.
That being said the Yanks took care of business against one of the best pitchers in the game behind a strong outing by Andy. Sergio Mitre goes tonight and nobody seems to care. The Big Red Juice Box rolls into town tomorrow. Joba vs Smoltz. I'll be sitting by the right field foul pole on field level/fair territory catching every single stadium special home run the yanks send my way.
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