On the other side of a rompI

have always been a fan of Phillip Hughes a #1 draft pick pitch like it in Motown. As he stoped the Yankees losing streak Tuesday night at 4 with an 11-0 win Phil Hughes went 6 innings with 2 hit ball and zero runs...very good.

If Hughes pitches like this it will be though to send him down. Also over the last few days one bright spot has been another pitcher out of the Yankeees system, Mark Melancon, who has a 0.00 era in a week in the big leagues. Maybe Hughes in the rotation and Joba and Melacon in the pen that's pretty good.

Weekend In New England

On Friday night going into the 9th inning I said to myself, "This would be a great win to make a statement against the Sox."

In comes Mo. You think, "One in the win column."

But what happens? Jason Bey homerun, extra inning win for Red Sox.

After we find Wang, Bruney and Cody Ranson go on the DL. The only good news is that Bruney one of the Yanks best pitchers will only be out for 3 weeks tops, not the year.

Come Saturday..AJ Burnett, who never lost to the Sox, had a 6 run lead and gave it away. Sum total: the bullpen let up.Total 16 runs in a 16-11 loss.

The bullpen one of the strengths of the team has been bad. The team looks a lot worse than there 9-8 record.

Hope This Is Not A Pattern

It's kind of like it rained on your wedding day. Or a bad thing happened. That was the case as the Yanks opened there brand new ball park. It was good till Veras and Marte came in and the Tribe lit them up.

Go to game two...another day game...the Yanks came back and won a with a classic Derek Jeter homer. Too bad we could not reverse the days.

The only thing I am seeing is a lot of things I saw last year: stranding a lot of runners and not getting the key hit. Also the middle relief is struggling. Cody Ramson is not hitting at third and with Nady possibly out for the season the Yanks might have to get a right handed hitting outfielder.

I know its early but these things might have to be addressed

The season is not over yet

After the first two loses in Baltimore a lot of the Yankee fans were ready to throw in the towel. CC was bad and Teixeira was flat and was hearing the boos.

Game 3...AJ looked great, the offense woke up and Andy was Dandy in game 4. Two and two on the season.

CC will get another shot , Joba has not gone yet and the bats look good. I said this in past blogs: I really like Nick Swisher (sliding above) who said "I Really screwed that one up" on the ball he dropped to give KC a run. He told Pettitte he would get it back for him. He got a big double to give the Bombers the lead for good. I really like this guy's attitude. The team has not had a "fire player" like that in a long time. If his bat keeps up he might find more playing time

The House That George Built

I had mixed emotions as I watched the Yankee game on Friday night. As most fans you hate to see the past end but are interested in the future. I wont hit the Stadium for a few weeks but a buddy who went to the first game last night said it was great. A lot of the old and new.

Just a few things I wanted diffrent; I was hoping that they kept the monuments on the field and made center deeper than 408 ft to center. Also more than 52.000 seats but you cant have everything. A great team on the field will make everything go away and so far this spring the Bombers look great. I cant wait to go to my first game at the new stadium it should be an experience.