>as it stands right now:
Division Series
Gm. 1 MIN@NYY Wed., Oct. 7 6:07 ET {Played NYY won}
Gm. 2 MIN@NYY Fri.., Oct. 9 6:07 ET {Played NYY won}
Gm. 3 NYY@MIN Sun., Oct. 11 7:07 ET {Played NYY won}
Gm. 4* NYY@MIN Mon., Oct. 12 5:07 ET
Gm. 5* MIN@NYY Wed., Oct. 14 6:07 ET
*If necessary
All games on TBS
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A-Rod continues postseason resurgence as Yanks walk off
Fielding the Yankees’ Game 2 4-3 win over the Twins in 11 innings on a short hop …
In less then 25 words …
A.J. Burnett worked out of several early jams, Alex Rodriguez delivered two clutch hits and Mark Teixeira’s walk-off homer sealed the 11th-inning win.
Frozen moment
Shortstop Derek Jeter signaling to right fielder Nick Swisher to throw the ball to him so he could tag out Carlos Gomez beyond second base before the Twins’ Delmon Young could touch home plate. The play ended the fourth inning and kept Minnesota off the scoreboard, and a fired-up Jeter pumped his fist in the air after what was a big momentum-turner.
Big number
7: Combined total of walks and hit batsmen by Burnett, who was wild but effective in working with backup catcher Jose Molina.
Game balls
Alex Rodriguez
Despite his oft-chronicled postseason struggles, Rodriguez continued to reverse the trend, connecting for an RBI single with two outs in the sixth to plate Jeter. He then blasted a game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth.
A.J. Burnett
With all of the buzz surrounding Burnett’s preference to pitch to Molina over Jorge Posada, the right-hander stepped up and silenced his critics. He struck out six and allowed one run on three hits, walking five over six innings.
Derek Jeter
Jeter, who delivered a key two-run homer in the Yankees’ 7-2 win in Game 1, continued to thrive in the clutch, answering the Twins’ run in the sixth inning with a double that led to a New York run.
Sense of October
Pinch-runner Brett Gardner stole second base and induced a wild pickoff throw to second from pitcher Joe Nathan to put a runner on third in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Lines of the Game
Hitting
Derek Jeter
4 AB, 2B, R
Comment: Jeter had one of the Yankees’ two hits off Nick Blackburn and scored New York’s first run.
Pitching
Phil Hughes
2/3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, BB, K
Comment: The usually stoic Hughes struggled in his second career postseason relief appearance, giving way to a two-run Twins lead in the eighth.
Next step
The Yankees will fly to Minnesota for Saturday’s off-day before handing the ball to Andy Pettitte, looking for a series sweep in Game 3.
>The New York Times
Fri, October 09, 2009 ~~ 5:08 AM ET
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Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The U.S. president Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Nobel Foundation said in Sweden on Friday.
Read More: ~The New York Times~
>that as soon as I sent that e-mail post I would remember what I had wanted to say. So here goes, this morning I saw a weird thing at GCT.
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blog anymore about the Yankees. As soon as they win the World Series that is. And I won’t post any more about them until baseball season starts again. This is not a sports blog! Here is a link to a post game interview clip. I am posting the link instead of embedding the video because I know not everyone is interested. But for those who are: YouTube.
I stayed home last night, my cold feels like it is becoming a sinus infection, and I watched the game. Well, I sort of watched the game. I had it on while I was watching Wolverine. I liked it o.k., not as much as the kids I think. Boston plays tonight against the Angels in Los Angeles. I had more to say, not about baseball, but now I can’t remember.
>as it stands right now:
Division Series
Gm. 1 MIN@NYY Wed., Oct. 7 6:07 ET {Played NYY won}
Gm. 2 MIN@NYY Fri.., Oct. 9 6:07 ET
Gm. 3 NYY@MIN Sun., Oct. 11 TBD
Gm. 4* NYY@MIN Mon., Oct. 12 TBD
Gm. 5* MIN@NYY Wed., Oct. 14 TBD
*If necessary
All games on TBS
>CC, Jeter star to take down Twins in ALDS opener
Fielding the Yankees’ Game 1, 7-2 win over the Twins on a short hop …
In less then 25 words …
A two-run deficit didn’t faze the Yankees, who used their methodical offense and strong pitching from CC Sabathia in the ALDS opener.
Frozen moment
Nick Swisher’s two-handed, clenched-fist celebration at second base after chasing home Robinson Cano with an RBI double in the fourth inning. The hit gave the Yankees a lead they would never relinquish and earned a roar from the crowd in the first postseason game at the new Yankee Stadium.
Big number
29 ~~ Postseason at-bats with a runner on base between hits for Alex Rodriguez, who snapped a streak that dated back to 2004 with an RBI single in the Yankees’ three-run fifth inning. A-Rod added an RBI single off the wall in right to pad the lead in the seventh.
Game balls
CC Sabathia
Derek Jeter
With a leadoff single in the first, a game-tying two-run homer in the third and leadoff walks in the fifth and seventh innings, Jeter did his job atop the Yankees’ order. His homer, his 18th career postseason blast, tied Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle for third place on the all-time postseason homer list. He still has Manny Ramirez (28) and former Yankee Bernie Williams (22) ahead of him.
Hideki Matsui
A two-run homer to center field capped the Yankees’ three-run rally in the fifth inning and doubled their lead. That cushion proved to be of great comfort to New York when Phil Hughes helped Sabathia escape a jam in the top of the seventh.
Sense of October
After Sabathia left the game with two outs and two on in the seventh inning, Hughes entered and needed 10 pitches to dispose of pesky shortstop Orlando Cabrera. A hit would have brought the Twins within two and made the Yankees sweat, but Hughes got Cabrera swinging and exited to a roar from the 49,464 fans.
Hitting
Jeter
2 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
Comment: Jeter showed a dynamic skill set with his game-tying two-run homer and fulfilled the job of a leadoff hitter by reaching base all four times he came up and scoring three runs.
Pitching
Sabathia
6 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 8 H, 0 BB, 8 K’s, 1 HBP
Comment: Sabathia worked more than six innings in a postseason game for the first time in his career and picked up his first playoff win since 2007, when, while on the Indians, he beat the Yankees in Game 1 of the 2007 American League Division Series.
Next step
If the good A.J. Burnett shows up in Friday’s Game 2, the Yankees can put a stranglehold on the series before another off-day and a trip to Minnesota for Sunday’s Game 3.
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on my boys, saying they didn’t know how to win against Tampa Bay. Yesterday the score was Yankees 10, TB 2 – and Alex, oh now I love Alex. I mean Derek is still my Sweetie Face Honey Pie, but this week I love Alex. 7 runs batted in, in one inning! So now to the playoffs and the World Series.
Last night I downloaded Wolverine and I can’t decide if I want to watch it first thing when I get home or go get a DVD so I can burn it and watch it on my DVD player on my way to work. Tigger has already watched it. Actually the very first thing I have to do is clean that stinky litterbox. Phew! That will actually determine if I go to Target before I watch any movie.
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>The New York Times
Mon, October 05, 2009 ~~ 5:38 AM ET
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Three Share Nobel Prize in Medicine
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak for their research on chromosomes.
Read More: ~The New York Times~
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>Yanks slugger finishes one shy of Tatis’ big league record
ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Rodriguez entered the sixth inning on Sunday needing seven RBIs to reach the 100 mark for the season. He emerged holding a new American League record.
The Yankees slugger belted a three-run homer and a grand slam in New York’s 10-run frame, leading the Bombers to a 10-2 victory over the Rays in the regular-season finale and reaching a special achievement he had joked about minutes earlier.
Knowing he needed four more RBIs for the century mark after homering off Rays starter Wade Davis earlier in the inning, Rodriguez said he was telling teammate Eric Hinske that he might have a chance if Mark Teixeira got aboard to load the bases.
“I was telling him, ‘I may have one shot,'” Rodriguez said. “‘If they load the bases, I might pop one — you never know.’ Obviously, I was joking around. And when I hit it, I just thought of that.”
Rodriguez’s 30th home run of the season made him the first AL player to have seven RBIs in a single inning. The only other Major Leaguer to have seven or more RBIs was Fernando Tatis, who hit two grand slams as a member of the Cardinals to collect eight RBIs in the third inning on April 23, 1999.
Twelve American League players held the previous record with six RBIs in an inning, most recently accomplished by Boston’s David Ortiz on Aug. 12, 2008. The two shots gave Rodriguez 30 homers and an even 100 RBIs to close out a season in which he missed 28 games before coming back from right hip surgery.
“It’s incredible,” Teixeira said. “That’s a high-water mark for any hitter, no matter if he plays 162 games or whatever it is. For Alex to get that, with at least a month that he missed, that’s incredible.”
Rodriguez might never have had the chance for the grand slam had the Rays allowed Andy Sonnanstine to pitch to Teixeira, who was intentionally walked to bring up Rodriguez.
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Rodriguez said. “I didn’t understand it. I was like, ‘Great!'”
The frozen AL homer leaderboard might lend a hint as to why the Rays pitched around Teixeira with two outs. The first baseman finished tied with Tampa Bay’s Carlos Pena, each owning 39 home runs — even though Pena’s season ended on Sept. 7 due to an injury at Yankee Stadium.
Teixeira said he couldn’t tell if that was why the walk had been issued.
“I don’t know — those things don’t matter to me,” Teixeira said. “I don’t think about those things. … They’re still trying to win the game right there. Maybe the numbers worked out where they wanted to pitch to Alex, but it didn’t work out for them there.”
“You’ve got to pick who you want to pitch to, and it worked out really well for us,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Rodriguez’s two homers and seven RBIs confirmed that 2009 would be his 13th season of compiling 30 homers and 100 RBIs, giving him a new Major League record and breaking a tie for 12 seasons with Manny Ramirez and Jimmie Foxx.
Rodriguez has also reached the 30/100 mark in 12 consecutive seasons, tying Foxx’s Major League record, set from 1929-40. Yet Rodriguez said he wasn’t even trying to hit the grand slam that made it all possible.
“I wish I could tell you that,” Rodriguez said. “Obviously, I’m just trying to hit the ball somewhere hard.”
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