Last Night's Action: Yanks Keep Rolling

Photograph of Alex Rodriguez hitting his 599th home run by Julie Jacobson/AP

Yankees 10 Royals 4: CC Sabathia didn’t have his best stuff, but he had enough to beat the Royals. He scattered 11 hits, but balanced that with 9 strikeouts and benefitted from great defensive plays from Robinson Cano and Brett Gardner. A-Rod had a big night with four RBI’s and his 599th career homer and Derek Jeter added an inside-the-park home run for New York.
Tottenham 2 Red Bulls 1: In his debut, Thierry Henry scored, but that was the only offense for the Red Bulls. New York substituted liberally in the second half (it was a friendly match) and surrendered two goals and the game.
Dodgers 2 Mets 0 So far it has been more of the same as the Mets’ bats don’t appear to have joined them on this trip to the west coast. Hisanori Takahashi had a strong start, allowing only two runs and three hits and striking out five, but the Mets offense continued to sag.

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By Peter Trinkle in News on July 23, 2010 12:07 AM

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John_Matrix

that hot black waitress in the legends section 15-16 is looking especially good now that she's wearing a sleeveless blouse. she makes up for michael kay's grating voice.

ANGRYGOD11

She could be naked and it wouldn't make up for John Sterling's babbling.

famdoc

I'm a Yankee fan, big-time, but cannot get enthusiastic about ARod's HR chase. How many of those 599 dings were drug-assisted. AFAIC, Hank Aaron is the HR king.

As for the Yankees ability to continue to win, despite pitching weaknesses and a bullpen consisting of a half-dozen flunkies (please, please trade Joba before 7/31 trade deadline), it is a testament to the depth of the team: even when Cano, ARod and Jeter are slumping (last night's game excepted), the second stringers can produce a victory.

SP's Ghost

You're an imbecile. Every generation had cheaters. Hank Aaron included. He himself admitted to taking amphetamines. Sure, A-rod took steroids. But so did (does?) many other players, at all levels of the game. If steroids were such a magic bullet, why doesn't everyone have 599 homeruns? BEcause it's still really fucking hard to do. This whole steroid thing has been so completely over hyped, and you are a sucker who fell hook line and sinker for it. The media know that they can pander to Americans' wishy washy sense of morals, with the express goal to drive up ratings, sell more papers and books, and get more page views. And it worked.

famdoc

I've been searching for an identity for 51 years and it took just one insightful commenter on gothamist to reveal it: I'm an imbecile. Now, I can cancel my psychotherapy appointments, my Kabbalah studies, my yoga classes and my EST enrollment. Thanks.

Splicer

Steve Somers (WFAN) featured another one of his pre-recorded "disaster" bits regarding the Mets and it pretty much captures the feeling I have about this team. Nothing is going right and with the trade deadline a week and a day away, I have no faith that Omar will do anything that's even remotely logical or helpful. In all of this I feel the worst for Jerry Manuel. He's got players that are going out there and swinging at air and there's not a heck of a lot he can do about it. However, the I've heard the atmosphere in the clubhouse leave a lot to be desired with players yucking it up after a loss. Not good.

At this point and barring the fact that the Wilpons can't be fired, I'd definitely consider this both Omar's and Jerry's last year. Bring back Bobby V and a GM who knows the business and will leave the manager alone.

ANGRYGOD11

When is the last time Omar did anything at the trade deadline? Last year he did nothing, as if the Mets were not only perfect, but didn't need to even think of the future.