now if someone could just explain to me why joe buck was quoting tom cruise's oprah fiasco...

i nearly died about 68 times from sheer agita. but in the words of the blessedly inimitable tim mccarver, it was pretty, errr, "yummy."

Rodriguez walked Tony Womack leading off the ninth then walked Jeter on a 3-and-2 pitch after Womack had stolen second. Robinson Cano struck out, but Gary Sheffield, after falling behind 0-and-2, walked to load the bases. Rodriguez threw four consecutive sliders, one in the dirt for a wild pitch.

Now at 31 pitches, Rodriguez threw four wide ones to Alex Rodriguez, forcing in a run and bringing up Matsui, who jumped on the first pitch to end it. [hartford courant]

chacon was a really nice surprise, and the bullpen owes him an apology. although - supergenius put in a struggling reliever who just flew the redeye from the west coast and hadn't pitched in at least 10 days to boot... and people were disapppointed? what did they think would happen?

from the daily news:

Indeed, on his first day in pinstripes it struck him when he heard Frank Sinatra blaring from the loudspeakers seconds after Hideki Matsui's game-winning double, and for a change, "New York, New York" didn't make him break out in hives.

"Usually," Embree was saying afterward, "I'm walking off the field saying, 'Man, I hate that song.' Right now it feels good to be a Yankee and enjoy it. I've seen them do this so many times. I know what they have. I know what they can do."

...Embree had to admit it felt strange, a member of the hated Red Sox until 10 days ago showing up virtually unannounced here in Yankeeland. "I got here early this morning," Embree said, "and I had my stuff in my Red Sox bag. The first thing I said (to the Yankees' equipment man) was, 'Get this bag out of sight before anybody sees it.'"

The Yankees, of course, will be happy to accept Embree if he proves to be the reliable lefthander in the bullpen they've been looking everywhere for the last couple of years.

If not, well, people in Boston used to call Ramiro Mendoza "an embedded Yankee" when he struggled after signing with the Red Sox. Yesterday Embree was treated like he was still a Red Sox by Yankee fans, booed off the field after helping to blow a 3-1 lead in the seventh inning.

In truth, Embree wasn't hit hard. He gave up a bloop single, and then made a throwing error on Chone Figgins' bunt. It made a mess of the inning, but he was also clocked at 94 mph and 96 mph on the radar gun, which gives the Yankees hope that he can find his command and be an important piece to their bullpen.

quote of the game, from little timmy, of course: "from a strategy standpoint, this game is DELICIOUS!"

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