Back Over .500

After the strikeout to Derek Jeter I sat there wondering how the Yankees could possiby leave the bases loaded with one out in the 7th inning against Octavio Dotel, who we all know first hand is not good. But everything turned around with one swing of the bat as Bobby Abreu went deep with a grand slam off.

What a win.

Even with the grand slam to win the game, the offense on this team needs to get its act together as we are now in Game 21, and they were unable to chase even Jose Contreras from the game early on, after his pitch count.

The Bombers failed to put a crooked number on the board in the first when they were nicely setup to rattle Contreras and put Ozzie Guillen on tilt.

Watching the game on the Chicago White Sox network is torture as I am not sure how MLB Extra Innings can possibly choose the YES broadcast over the garbage that Chicago puts out there. I am positive that even the White Sox fans would rather watch the YES broadcast of the game as they should feel embarrassed at the way Ken Harrelson and Darin Jackson call a game. Whether they are ecstatic over a seeing-eye single off the bat off one of the Sox or cheering on Paul Konerko, trying to will one over the fence for him it is pretty disgusting. The line of the night had to be “WHERE WAS THAT?” after a 1-2 pitch to Jeter missed the plate by half a foot.

Anyways, back to the Yankees.

You have to love Joe Girardi sending Billy Traber out to start the 7th after the Yankees just took the lead as if Traber is automatic. And then once a guy gets on via the walk, Brian “I can’t come into an inning with runners on” Bruney comes in and walks the next guy. I know everyone in Yankees Universe wants Bruney to be the 7th inning guy before Joba and Mo, but bringing the tying run to the plate with a three-run lead isn’t exactly the way to impress. But it wouldn’t be a Yankees game if they didn’t almost give the lead right back, would it?

On a side note, how could Ensberg possibly have hit 39 home runs in a season, unless he had the help of a substance. His batting stance and presence at the plate is the farthest thing from intimidating and when he is up there it looks as though looks like a 0% chance he is going yard.

It was a solid win, but the one bad thing that came from this game was the Jason Giambi home run. While Jason was close to falling off the interstate and possibly batting himself right out of the lineup, he goes and hits an opposite field home run, which will surely make Girardi think that the Giambino is back. But maybe those thoughts were washed away when Jason failed to come up with a grounder to his right in the 7th that loaded the bases.

You gotta love Kyle Farnsworth giving up a bomb in the 9th. I am beginning to think he doesn’t like 1-2-3 innings.