As posted Live! by Jack:
12:15pm and I've just boarded a Yankee bound 4 train at Bowling Green for what may very well be the last ever meeting of the Red Sox and Yankees at the House that Ruth built. With the way the Yanks are playing it probably will be.
I had to put in some long days at work to ensure I could take off today, the 2nd to last sales day for August (I'm a sales systems engineer for a Telecom) but how could I miss this? Especially since I'm meeting my Dad when I get there. The enormity of the closing of Yankee Stadium is setting in and I'm actually getting choked up as I type this.
For my Dad it may be more so since he's been going to Yankee since the late 40s or early 50s. He used to cut school to go with his brothers to the original Yankee.
Regardless of if the Bombers can pull off a win to avoid the sweep to the Boston sports machine or they look like little leaguers again, I will be in the sun with my Dad. The man who raised my brother and I to bleed Yankee blue. The man who still has his Mickey Mantle clippings in a folder somewhere. Priceless man. Absolutely priceless. Its what makes baseball great. Fathers and sons.
Go Yankees. Keep the faith! We've pulled off miracles before and maybe the departed. Greats can smile down on us for a few weeks till the closing curtain at the Cathedral.
2:33pm
Olympian Jason Kidd is in attendance.
Moose is at 69 pitches thru 4 and 2/3 innings but we are down 2 0.
Too many Sox fans here. Its sickening.
3:11pm
A-rod continues to be unproductive. Can't even sac fly a runner over. And again bottom of the 6th we leave 2 runners on. They were on with no outs. At least Abreu sac'd Damon to 3rd.
3:25pm
Moose 112 through 7 complete including a self fedencr 3rd out snag to end the top of the 7th.
Still 2 0 sawx.
Ronan Tynan singing god bless America
3:40pm
Cody ransom doubles then The stache rockets a 2 out 2 run homer to dead center. All tied up.
3:57pm
Bruney comes out for the 8th and gets pedroia to fly out. Marte comes in to face Ortiz. Cano playing shallow right center. Perfectly placed to field a hard liner and throw little pee pee out. 2 out. Mo comes in and gets youlkis to pop to center.
Bottom 8 now. Jeter is 3 for 3 (half of the Yankees 6 guys!) and leads off. Drives one to left center and is robbed of his 4th hit by a great diving catch from Jacoby Ellsbury. 1 away.
4:00pm
Abreu flies to left with Jacoby Ellsbury again Making the play. Long run too.
Pitching change. Justin Masterson replaces Hideki Okajima.
4:02pm
2 outs non on and 0-3 rod is up. Fear!
Just call him K-rod. I mean come on at least lean into the pitch and take one for the team. Baylor and Balboni did it all the time.
4:14pm
Bay hits a Soft grounder to jeter who throws it wide pulling giambi off the bag. E6.
Kotsay flies out to the right field warning track.
Lowrie grounds to giambi on a tough play. Bay to 2nd.
Cora grounds out to 3rd.
4:18pm
Bottom 9th. The Xman is up and rips one just foul down the left field line. Full count and he nails one up the middle. Gardner in to run.
4:21pm
Cano rockets one to lowrie. Godzilla up.
Gardner steals 2nd. 1 out
4:25pm
They intentionally walk Godzilla. 2 on 1 out pudge is up.
Pudge walks. Bases loaded. Giambi is up. How many walk offs does he have?
4:29pm
Sawx bring in an over rated reliever.
Bases loaded 1 out.
GIAMBI WALK OFF SINGLE! Yankees win this historic game in classic fashion!
Posted by Jack LIVE! At the House the Ruth Built