Watch out, watch out - the Yankees are about
The Yankees completed their sweep of the A's with a 7-5 win in the Bronx last night. Among the things to note were Oakland's Barry Zito giving up an unprecented four home runs in a game, one of which was on the first pitch of the game to Derek Jeter, who finally broke out of his 0-for-32 hitting slump.
Alex Belth has a good account of the game over at Bronx Banter. His favourite moment was in the bottom of the seventh, with Bernie Williams at the plate:
With two strikes, you could see that Williams was fighting to remain patient, and keep his hands and weight back. Hammonds floated an Eddie Lopat special that tailed inside and Williams almost dropped his right knee to the ground and made a desperate stab at the pitch to foul it off. At the last possible moment, he chopped it foul toward the Yankee dugout. It looked as if a bumble bee suddenly zipped towards his face, and Bernie tried to karate-chop it away.
You could see a sheepish smile on Williams' face as he looked toward the dugout. He stepped back in the batter's box and swiftly struck out. When he returned to the bench, Williams sat next to Jeter, who was holding his stomach he was laughing so hard. The YES cameras showed Jeter immitating the chop swing several times, cracking up. It was a hearty, full-bodied laugh. Javier Vasquez was chuckling next to Bernie. Panning the rest of the bench, you could see the entire team joining in on the fun. Mattingly was dying, as was Torre. Finally, Bernie threw up his arms in mock fury and stood up in protest, going along with it. Godziller Matsui passed by and the joke was not lost in translation; he was smiling too.
I was intrigued by Alex's account, so I checked out the game on MLB.TV, and sure enough, there was the Yankee dugout splitting its collective side at Bernie's last-ditch karate chop.
As Alex says, it looks like the Yankees are "loose and smiling again. Funny what winning does to a team."
Boston - you have been warned...
Alex Belth has a good account of the game over at Bronx Banter. His favourite moment was in the bottom of the seventh, with Bernie Williams at the plate:
With two strikes, you could see that Williams was fighting to remain patient, and keep his hands and weight back. Hammonds floated an Eddie Lopat special that tailed inside and Williams almost dropped his right knee to the ground and made a desperate stab at the pitch to foul it off. At the last possible moment, he chopped it foul toward the Yankee dugout. It looked as if a bumble bee suddenly zipped towards his face, and Bernie tried to karate-chop it away.
You could see a sheepish smile on Williams' face as he looked toward the dugout. He stepped back in the batter's box and swiftly struck out. When he returned to the bench, Williams sat next to Jeter, who was holding his stomach he was laughing so hard. The YES cameras showed Jeter immitating the chop swing several times, cracking up. It was a hearty, full-bodied laugh. Javier Vasquez was chuckling next to Bernie. Panning the rest of the bench, you could see the entire team joining in on the fun. Mattingly was dying, as was Torre. Finally, Bernie threw up his arms in mock fury and stood up in protest, going along with it. Godziller Matsui passed by and the joke was not lost in translation; he was smiling too.
I was intrigued by Alex's account, so I checked out the game on MLB.TV, and sure enough, there was the Yankee dugout splitting its collective side at Bernie's last-ditch karate chop.
As Alex says, it looks like the Yankees are "loose and smiling again. Funny what winning does to a team."
Boston - you have been warned...
posted by Iain at
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