New York Yankees

The AAA Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees won again today, 8-7. They are now 7-0 on the season.

Alfredo Aceves started and gave up four hits and six runs with only five of them earned. He gave up two walks and struck out three.

Mark Melancon pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. He gave up two walks and struck out three. Mark Melancon has pitched 7 1/3 innings, giving up one hit, two walks, and fourteen strikeouts.

On September 21, 2008, the Yankees defeated the Orioles 7-3 at the last game ever played at the old Yankee Stadium. However, the Yankees couldn’t get it together in the first game at the new Yankee Stadium opener against the Indians. Despite being tied at one going into the seventh inning, the Yanks bullpen imploded in the seventh and the team lost 10-2.

Quick ‘Cap:

1) Yankees lucked out with the first sunny day of the 2009 season here in the New York Area...at least it seems that way.

I did notice plenty of empty seats in and around the dugouts and behind home plate.

2) The opening ceremonies were good with quite a few ex-Yankees announced, John Fogerty singing "Centerfield," and Bernie playing the guitar. Both were nice touches.

It was not all bad. The house was clean and all ready for its first of 81 home dates. What a sight it was!

You could not ask for a better day to play ball. The sky was bright and the $1.5 billion house that money built, in the face of a recession, was at its best. It was a full house.

Be it a groan, cheer, or a clever series of words strung together, everybody in and around baseball had an extreme reaction to the New York Yankees' offseason spending.

Through 10 games, it's not fair to judge the performances of CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, or Mark Teixeira so far.

Fans and critics alike must give them ample time to settle in before making the decision to laugh at the Yankees' reckless spending or write a nasty letter to their own team's front office for not shelling out the green to land the big names.

A.J. Burnett was always a thorn in the Yankees' side.

While with Toronto, Burnett continually shut the Yankees down, causing their hitters to look more like a bunch of little leaguers than professionals.

When Burnett chose to become a free agent after the 2008 season, a lot of people thought that the Yankees shouldn't go after him. Burnett has been plagued by a lot of injuries throughout his career. The last thing the Yankees needed was another pitcher with a high probability of landing on the DL.

The New York Yankees lost to the Cleveland Indians by a score of 10-2. CC Sabathia started but got a no decision. CC Sabathia pitched 5.2 innings. Jose Veras got the loss.

This is not the outcome us Yankee fans wanted in the new stadium. It could have been a historic game for the Yankees for about six innings, but the seventh changed all that.

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This was a research paper I had to write for my ENC 1145 class. Its quite lengthy but it is very interesting. The topic was to pick a source that satirizes something and analyze the satirical elements. I received an A on this paper and A's are hard to come by in this class. I chose the episode of South Park where they made fun of steroids in baseball and well, here it is:

The New York Yankees got hammered today in the home opener ten to two.

CC Sabathia grinded through 5 2/3 innings and left the game with a one to one score.

The trouble came in the seventh when Jose Veras and Damaso Marte just blew up giving up nine runs. Jose Veras gave up three runs and Marte gave up six runs.

On Sept. 21, 2008, the Yankees defeated the Orioles 7-3 at the last game ever played at the old Yankee Stadium.  However, the Yankees couldn't get it together in the first game at the new Yankee Stadium opener against the Indians.  Despite being tied at one a side going into the seventh inning, the Yanks bullpen imploded in the seventh, and the home team lost 10-2.