Cool Hand Wang

Monday, July 17, 2006
Home Game 47
Yankees 4 Mariners 2
Subway Race Winner: B train
Cap Game: #3



On the hottest night of the season so far, Wang was as cool as ever. It wasn't a pretty game. Worm Killer Wang™ got himself into some tight spots, but he managed to come away nearly unscathed, giving up 2 runs over 7 innings. The defense behind him didn't help matters, making 4 errors on the night (3 of which came from A-Rod). Seattle had their troubles in the field as well, recording 3 errors. Three of the Yanks 4 runs were unearned. But, a win is a win. I'm not too worried about A-Rod at this point. He had a great game on Sunday and a clunker yesterday. It happens. I don't think he's heading for Knoblauch territory, no matter how much the Baseball Tonight talking heads wish it to happen.

It was nice to see Mike Myers used for a second game in a row. He got his man once again in the 8th, inducing a ground out from Ibanez. Then Proctor came in and struck out both Sexson and Everett. Scott went back to using T.N.T as his warm up song. Luckily he didn't explode last night. Mo closed out the game in the 9th. For the 3rd straight time he put runners on before retiring the side. Maybe he's bored and needs to make things interesting. Luckily the rest of the bullpen should be rested tonight for Sir Sidney's pinstripe debut. With any luck he'll go 5 or 6 innings and the offense will give him some nice support.

Random Notes
– Hot weather really brings out the mook in people. There were some guys behind me who seemed upset that the bleachers were fairly low key last night. This one guy was yelling at us (the collective us) in the bottom of the 3rd because we weren't up on our feet screaming for Jeter leading off the inning. There's a time and a place dude. The score was 3-1 in the 3rd inning. We don't need to be on our feet trying to get a rally going against the Mariners on a hot Monday night.

– Speaking of annoying fans, the wave was getting started during the bottom of the 7th. As per usual, when it made its way to the bleachers there was booing and "Take the wave to Shea" chants. Some guy right behind, who was all giddy that the wave was coming our way, was upset by the booing and said that's why Yankee fans suck. I asked him "why, cause we don't do the wave out here?" He said "yeah, the wave is fun." I told him the wave is stupid. Especially at this point in the game. The bases were loaded, it's a 2-run game. There are other things to do than the wave. It's just distracting. People should be watching the game, not waiting for their turn to stand up. I told him that they do the wave at Shea. He said he liked Shea better anyways. So I suggested he leave and go there instead. People like that will just never understand.

– Dunkin' Donuts is back sponsoring the Subway Race.

– In the top of the 7th a police helicopter flew by. Usually this isn't abnormal, but this one was circling the Stadium and had the searchlight going. At one point it hovered just beyond the left field wall, swirling the light around the area. I hope they found what they were looking for.

In attendance record: 18-13