 Sunday, August 13, 2006
"Sir, Please drink from your water bottle." Angels at Yankees, Saturday, August 12
As I entered the Stadium, I was asked to drink from my water my water bottles. I had (non-alcoholic) apple cider in one and regular water in the other. I drank from both, didn't collapse, and the security guard let me in. (This precaution was in light of the recent terror alerts from liquids in London.)
A-Rod gets on with a walk. Giambino singles to right field and A-Rod goes to third. Posada strikes out on a nasty slider.
"It is high, it is far, it is gone!": Robinson Cano's three run home run landed about seven rows in front of me to my left in Bleachers Section 41. Yankees 3 - Angels 1.
Bernie singles to center.
"Johnny Be Gone!": Johnny Damon homers to right. Yankees 5 - Angels 1.
Jeter strikes out and the Yankees thankfully lead 5-1 at the end of 2.
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A-Rod doubles to right center in the bottom of the third with one out. Everyone including me! You see Steve, I am a big believer in positive thinking. A-Rod is getting results after I mentioned doing the Tony Robbins "Fire Walk" to relieve the stress of playing in NY.
Giambino walks after Molina gets hit with a foul ball under his chin in between the mask and the chest protector. Ouch!
Posada grounds out into an inning ending double play. Darn it! Yankees 5 - Angels 1 at the end of 3.
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Wright struggled but thankfully got through five. He is good for about 100 pitches and has "only" about 75 pitches. Scott Proctor started to warm up in the bullpen.
A-Rod hits into a double play to end the fifth. Though I credit A-Rod for his earlier double, Boston Bob continues to dig on A-Rod.
Wright comes out for the sixth. A ball goes by A-Rod and scored as the 20th error of season. I know, I know, Boston Bob. I am stuck in the middle between positive thinking Steve and negative thinking Boston Bob.
Proctor comes in to relieve Wright.
Jorge makes a great throw to Jeter to get Vladimir Guerrero at second base to thankfully end the Angels threat in the sixth.
Melky Cabrera doubles with one out in the bottom of the seventh. Johnny "Be Good" Damon advances Cabrera to third on a groundout to short. Angels go to the pen to some guy I have never heard of. Jeter strikes out to the seventh and some Red Sox fan in a pink Boston hat boos Jeter. I am against breast cancer too but remember the situation -- you're in the Bleachers at Yankee Stadium with a pink Boston hat is asking for trouble.
Farnsworth comes in for the eighth. A-Rod makes a great play and throw. I stand up and cheer like crazy. My fellow Bleachers Creatures think that I have lost it. A-Rod doubles with one out in the bottom of the eighth. Phillips walks but the Yankees don't score. Yankees 5 - Angels 2.
Time for a Metallica's "Enter Sandman" as Mariano comes in to save the ninth and then we treated to the Chairman of the Board's (Frank Sinatra, not Whitey Ford) "New York, New York" as the Yankees thankfully win!
Yankees 5 -"LA Angels of Anahiem of Orange County of Southern California of the United States of the Western Hempshire of the Planet Earth of the Solar System of the Known Universe" 2.
Posted by The Tank in New York
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