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| View from Section 420B |
With that being said, here's how it played out.
On
Sunday afternoon, I arranged to get my pal & fellow road tripper
Blair Long a ticket for the game in the row right in front of the King
& I in section 420B. Since there were a few empty seats by us he got
to sit with us for the duration of the afternoon. It worked well. That
way we were able to enjoy the game together. It was nice to see him
again.
As for the game we saw, former Yankee Phil
Hughes pitched eight strong innings just allowing two runs. The Twins
trailed, 2-1 after eight innings. In the ninth inning, Josh Willingham
lead off with a solo homer which tied the game & got Phil Hughes off
the hook for the hard luck loss. The Twins wound up batting around as
Josh Willingham flew out to center field to end the inning. In between
the Twins added five more runs as they made a winner out of Phil Hughes
who got the last laugh on this day as his new team, the Twins beat the
Yankees, 7-2.
Monday night marked the return
to the Bronx again for Robinson Cano. He & his new team, the Seattle
Mariners came back to the Bronx to play the make up game. Not only did
the Yankees see their former teammate but they wound up facing Felix
Hernandez who's one of the best pitchers in baseball.
As
for the game we saw, the Mariners lead off hitter James Jones played
college baseball at LIU in Brooklyn. My pal David Sack has seen him play there. It was a homecoming for him. He had
a rough night though. He went hit less in five at bats which included a
sacrifice bunt which was part of the decisive four run seventh inning
which gave the Mariners' the lead for good. Robinson Cano once again
heard the boos as he walked a few times, got picked off first base &
he singled in his last at bat to finish the game one for three. Felix
Hernandez pitched well. He gave up two runs in seven innings to earn
the victory as the Mariners broke open a 2-2 tie as they went on to whip
the Yankees, 10-2.
Tuesday night after work I
returned to the Bronx hoping to make it three days in a row seeing three
different teams play. Mother nature did her best to put a damper on
that but thankfully she cooperated after an hour & twelve minute
delay. With that being said, first pitch wound up being at 8:17PM. As
they say, better late than never.
As
for the game we saw, the starting pitchers pitched well. Scott Kazmir, a
former Met, went six & a third innings. He allowed two runs while
he striking out ten. Hiroki Kuroda who started for the Yankees gave up
just one run in six & two thirds innings. The Athletics tied the
game at two in the top of the eighth inning so neither starter got a
decision. The game went into extra innings. The Yankees bullpen sprung a
leak as Adam Warren got tagged for three runs in the top of the tenth
inning which proved costly as the Yankees fell again, 5-2.
Wednesday
night when I got to Yankee Stadium I went to get my 25 game MLB
Pass-Port book stamped at the Guest services booth by gate 6. While I
was doing so, I saw a familiar face. It was my buddy Steve Cirvello who
works as a business partner with my pal Rick Morris of the FDH Lounge. Steve told me he bought
a bleacher ticket off of Stub Hub. I told him to come upstairs with me
instead. It worked out well as there were some empty seats near the King
& I. As a result, we got to enjoy each others company for the rest
of the night. Steve can be found on Twitter. His handle is @FDHNYB. Please feel free to follow him & show him some royal love.
As for the game we saw, the Athletics overcame a 4-0 deficit as they went on to cruise past the Yankees again, 7-4.
Stay
tuned for some special posts that will go into detail about our weekend
getaway to Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Reading & Baltimore.
Thank you for reading & following along.
Yours truly,
Gary Herman
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