Big Al Mcmordie
At 4:10 pm, our member selection is on the New York Yankees over their cross-town rivals, the Mets. Last night, the Bronx Bombers had, perhaps, the luckiest win in franchise history. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Yanks' Alex Rodriguez hit a pop fly to Luis Castillo. At the time, the Yankees were down 8-7, and had runners on 1st and 2nd. Thus, both runners were off at the crack of the bat. And, when Rodriguez made contact with the ball, it was such an obvious out that A-Rod slammed his bat to the ground, and broke it, before he half-heartedly jogged to 1st base. The 3-time Gold Glover Castillo moved into shallow right field and got under the high pop-up, but inexplicably dropped it, and allowed the Yankees who were stationed on 1st and 2nd to trot around with the game-tying and winning runs. When a team wins a game like that, it's definitely a "high," and when a team loses a game like that, it haunts them. That's not good news for the Mets this afternoon. Neither is the fact that righty Fernando Nieve will be making his first start since 2006. He will match up against southpaw Andy Pettitte, who is 8-4 lifetime vs. the Mets. Take the Yankees. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie
At 4:10 pm, our member selection is on the New York Yankees over their cross-town rivals, the Mets. Last night, the Bronx Bombers had, perhaps, the luckiest win in franchise history. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Yanks' Alex Rodriguez hit a pop fly to Luis Castillo. At the time, the Yankees were down 8-7, and had runners on 1st and 2nd. Thus, both runners were off at the crack of the bat. And, when Rodriguez made contact with the ball, it was such an obvious out that A-Rod slammed his bat to the ground, and broke it, before he half-heartedly jogged to 1st base. The 3-time Gold Glover Castillo moved into shallow right field and got under the high pop-up, but inexplicably dropped it, and allowed the Yankees who were stationed on 1st and 2nd to trot around with the game-tying and winning runs. When a team wins a game like that, it's definitely a "high," and when a team loses a game like that, it haunts them. That's not good news for the Mets this afternoon. Neither is the fact that righty Fernando Nieve will be making his first start since 2006. He will match up against southpaw Andy Pettitte, who is 8-4 lifetime vs. the Mets. Take the Yankees. Good luck, as always...Al McMordie
