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Ladies and gentlemen: you can untie those nooses, turn off your cars and open those garage doors, put away those knives and step back from the ledges as everything is right world. The Yankees finally won a game in 2010. Thanks in large part to Nick Johnson’s bases-loaded walk and a strong showing from the bullpen, the NY panic level dropped a few thousand notches as the Yanks scratched out a 6-4 victory over the hated Red Sox on Tuesday. Though one has to wonder how the game would have played out if Scutaro didn’t botch that throw to first.

After a shaky start from AJ, Ace took over and made the Sox pay by throwing two innings of no-hit ball before Joba and Mo eventually slammed the door shut. Mo gave us a scare but, as usual, handled his business to record the save. D-Rob only faced one batter and Marte had an errant pickoff that (thankfully) didn’t bite the Yanks in the ass. It’s still early, but I liked what I saw from the ‘pen.

It was a much better showing than the opener, although Tex and A-Rod combined to go 1-for-10 with two RBI and a run scored and the team committed three errors. I’m not sure I can agree with Thames starting in left over Gardner, but you can’t argue with a W.

Andy (Can I) Pettitte is on the bump tonight going against the mouth breather (John Lackey), who is making his Red Sox debut.

News and notes:

As Mo made his first appearance of 2010 on Tuesday it marked another first in pro sports: Jeet, Georgie and Mo became the first trio in the history of the NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB to play together for 16 consecutive seasons. Pettitte could have gotten in on that if he wasn’t a bitch and didn’t go to Houston for those three years…oh well, it’s his loss.
Big Papi is a big bitch. Hey fatso, if you can’t take the heat stay out of the majors. It makes me wonder if this was just a case of ‘roid rage. I realize it’s a small sample size, but I’ve got a feeling that the Sox probably won’t be picking up that $12.5 million option for next season.
Yanks prez Randy Levine to Brewers owner Mark Attanasio: Get off our nuts, we’re playing by the rules. Randy does have a good point, if the Yanks are doling out all that revenue sharing money, the other teams receiving it should be forced to spend it. If they don’t, blame the owners for not putting together a competitive team…don’t hate on the Yanks because they’re run properly.
Earlier today, the Yanks claimed 1B/LF Chad Huffman off waivers from the Padres. According to RAB this is strictly a move to bolster their AAA depth.
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