Yankee's Recap

After an awesome eight-inning performance by our very own Josh Beckett, a 7-5 victory over the Yankees was well-deserved. Manny reached homerun number 495 by hitting two off of Mussina last night.

We know that Manny is doing especially well when Derek Jeter, of all people, says something like this, "Manny's one of those guys, he's as good a hitter as anyone there is in baseball. When he gets hot, there's no way to get him out."

Well, Derek, I think Kyle Farnsworth tried to find a way to get Manny out--by almost knocking him out with a pitch to the head. "Farnsworth claimed the ball just "slipped," a product of his trying to pitch inside against arguable the game's hottest hitter." I thought it looked pretty intentional, but I guess Kyle's the only one who really knows.

The two-game Yankee series also brought along three very funny videos, which you can watch here. The best one, in my opinion, is Sean Casey crawling back to first base and calling himself safe as his helmet falls over his eyes (it's hard to explain, but it's great when you watch it).

The David Ortiz jersey that was buried under Yankee Stadium is now on sale (in a package with a new Ortiz jersey, a Yankee Universe (if that really exists) shirt, and tickets to a home Sox game) on eBay, where you can see some pretty cool pictures of the tattered shirt. It's a good thing the money from the jersey is going to charity because the bid is already over $36,000!
Edit: The winning bid of the Papi Jersey was $175,100. Wow!