The New York Yankees began the day 10.5 games behind the BoSox, but with Boston visiting the Bombers in Yankee stadium, this series is an important opportunity for New York to begin chipping away at that ginormous deficit. It was the Yanks' ace Chien-Ming Wang against Boston's elder statesman Tim Wakefield, and Wang showed the Sox bats exactly why he finished second in the Cy Young Award voting last season. Though he didn't have his best stuff, Wang tossed six and a third gritty innings, hold the Sox to two runs on seven hits. Alex Rodriguez extended his lead in the major league homerun column with his 18th blast, and Jason Giambi also had a dinger to power the Yankees to a 6-2 victory. The Yanks moved to 9.5 games back of the Sox and 2-5 in the season series between the two clubs. The Texas Rangers are a team that, with their mediocre pitching staff, depend on a powerful offense to score a lot of runs in order to win games. Well, for the past two games, the Rangers offense has responded in kind. After Sunday's 14-1 blowout of the Houston Astros, Texas went back home to host the Minnesota Twins and, highlighted by an eight run fifth-inning (and catcher Gerald Laird's first career grand slam), managed to score 14 runs yet again. Frank Catalanotto, fresh off the DL, reached base three times and hit a homerun. In Bud Selig's new steroid-tough MLB, even beating around the bush about your former doping habits may land you in some serious trouble. In response to Jason's recent apology for "doing that stuff," The New York Times reports today that Selig is planning to orchestrate an interview between Giambi and one of Bud's chief labor executives. According to the article: "When The [San Francisco] Chronicle reported Giambi’s leaked grand jury testimony two and a half years ago, the Yankees investigated trying to void the $82 million left on his contract or buying out part of his deal. But the team did not have proof of Giambi’s steroid use because the testimony would not have been recognized. Now the Yankees will wait and see what Giambi, whose own remarks pushed him into a sensitive position, eventually tells the commissioner’s office." Giambi currently has one season left on his seven year, $120 million contract, plus an option for 2009 which New York was quite unlikely to pick up regardless of Giambi's off-field issues.Monday, May 21, 2007
Today in Baseball: 5/21/2001
Damn Yankees take game one, Texas plates another 14 runs, and Giambi's mouth may cost him his job
The New York Yankees began the day 10.5 games behind the BoSox, but with Boston visiting the Bombers in Yankee stadium, this series is an important opportunity for New York to begin chipping away at that ginormous deficit. It was the Yanks' ace Chien-Ming Wang against Boston's elder statesman Tim Wakefield, and Wang showed the Sox bats exactly why he finished second in the Cy Young Award voting last season. Though he didn't have his best stuff, Wang tossed six and a third gritty innings, hold the Sox to two runs on seven hits. Alex Rodriguez extended his lead in the major league homerun column with his 18th blast, and Jason Giambi also had a dinger to power the Yankees to a 6-2 victory. The Yanks moved to 9.5 games back of the Sox and 2-5 in the season series between the two clubs. The Texas Rangers are a team that, with their mediocre pitching staff, depend on a powerful offense to score a lot of runs in order to win games. Well, for the past two games, the Rangers offense has responded in kind. After Sunday's 14-1 blowout of the Houston Astros, Texas went back home to host the Minnesota Twins and, highlighted by an eight run fifth-inning (and catcher Gerald Laird's first career grand slam), managed to score 14 runs yet again. Frank Catalanotto, fresh off the DL, reached base three times and hit a homerun. In Bud Selig's new steroid-tough MLB, even beating around the bush about your former doping habits may land you in some serious trouble. In response to Jason's recent apology for "doing that stuff," The New York Times reports today that Selig is planning to orchestrate an interview between Giambi and one of Bud's chief labor executives. According to the article: "When The [San Francisco] Chronicle reported Giambi’s leaked grand jury testimony two and a half years ago, the Yankees investigated trying to void the $82 million left on his contract or buying out part of his deal. But the team did not have proof of Giambi’s steroid use because the testimony would not have been recognized. Now the Yankees will wait and see what Giambi, whose own remarks pushed him into a sensitive position, eventually tells the commissioner’s office." Giambi currently has one season left on his seven year, $120 million contract, plus an option for 2009 which New York was quite unlikely to pick up regardless of Giambi's off-field issues.
The New York Yankees began the day 10.5 games behind the BoSox, but with Boston visiting the Bombers in Yankee stadium, this series is an important opportunity for New York to begin chipping away at that ginormous deficit. It was the Yanks' ace Chien-Ming Wang against Boston's elder statesman Tim Wakefield, and Wang showed the Sox bats exactly why he finished second in the Cy Young Award voting last season. Though he didn't have his best stuff, Wang tossed six and a third gritty innings, hold the Sox to two runs on seven hits. Alex Rodriguez extended his lead in the major league homerun column with his 18th blast, and Jason Giambi also had a dinger to power the Yankees to a 6-2 victory. The Yanks moved to 9.5 games back of the Sox and 2-5 in the season series between the two clubs. The Texas Rangers are a team that, with their mediocre pitching staff, depend on a powerful offense to score a lot of runs in order to win games. Well, for the past two games, the Rangers offense has responded in kind. After Sunday's 14-1 blowout of the Houston Astros, Texas went back home to host the Minnesota Twins and, highlighted by an eight run fifth-inning (and catcher Gerald Laird's first career grand slam), managed to score 14 runs yet again. Frank Catalanotto, fresh off the DL, reached base three times and hit a homerun. In Bud Selig's new steroid-tough MLB, even beating around the bush about your former doping habits may land you in some serious trouble. In response to Jason's recent apology for "doing that stuff," The New York Times reports today that Selig is planning to orchestrate an interview between Giambi and one of Bud's chief labor executives. According to the article: "When The [San Francisco] Chronicle reported Giambi’s leaked grand jury testimony two and a half years ago, the Yankees investigated trying to void the $82 million left on his contract or buying out part of his deal. But the team did not have proof of Giambi’s steroid use because the testimony would not have been recognized. Now the Yankees will wait and see what Giambi, whose own remarks pushed him into a sensitive position, eventually tells the commissioner’s office." Giambi currently has one season left on his seven year, $120 million contract, plus an option for 2009 which New York was quite unlikely to pick up regardless of Giambi's off-field issues.
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