A-Rod Silences Critics With One Swing.
On the first swing of first pitch of his at-abt in his first game since his injury Alex Rodriguez silenced all of his critics. People have been questioning whether or not he could perform at the same level or not. But, the with his first swing he answered that question with a resounding YES. A-Rod sent the first pitch over the wall with a three run shot and that was all the Yankees needed to beat the O’s. CC Sabathia gave the Yankees everything they were hoping for when they signed this offseason. He pitched 9 innings giving up just 4 hits giving the bullpen a much needed break and with the day off today the bullpen should be rested and ready to go against the AL East leading Blue Jays tomorrow.
Sunday the Yankees faced the O’s for the split game of the three game set. The Yankees fell behind early and were down 3-1 when Johnny Damon continued his hot-hitting sending a three run shot over the wall putting the Yankees up 4-3. In the 9th inning Mariano Rivera came on and did what he does best and closed the game out for the Yankees. Yankees win 5-3.
The Yankees record is 15-16 after 31 games. not what you would expect from this team looking at it on paper, but Teixeira is a slow starter, A-Rod has just returned, CC and AJ are doing well but the bullpen has been questionable at best. None of the bullpen pitchers have specific roles so it’s hard for them to be comfortable on the mound one night they’ll be pitching the third because the starter and the next they’ll be in the eight trying to set-up Mo.
Hopefully the Yankees will make the playoffs because I am NOT sitting through another boring postseason in the MLB.
