Monster Mash

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Home Game 77
Yankees 16 Orioles 5
Subway Race Winner: D train
Cap Game: #1



So I guess Giambi's wrist is OK. Hell, everyone's wrist seems OK. Congrats to Wang on his 19th win. Too bad about that heartbreaker in D.C. Not much else to add, so onto the notes.

Random Notes
– Before the game, Darrell Rasner (tonight's starter) was presented with the Yankees Pitcher of the Month award for September.

– The Mid-Island Little League All Stars from Staten Island stood with the Yankees at their respective positions during the national anthem. Damon seemed to give each player a special high-five before they left the field. The kids were booed by some fans for not winning any games during the Little League World Series tournament.

– There was a Japanese man sitting in front of my, with a little paper Japanese flag that he would wave every time Matsui was up. And any time he got on base, whether it was a single or a walk, he was high-fiving everyone.

– It's weird not having to scoreboard watch to see what the Red Sox are doing. Instead, I have to wait for the DET to pop up on the out of town scoreboard.

– Some guys behind me were really getting on Sheffield. There were a couple ground balls that Cano just missed. They thought that Sheff should've had those. But I never see any other 1B range to get those either. In fact, I think Sheff did stray that far during Mussina's last start and it got them in trouble.

– Speaking of Sheff, I think he's going to go deep tonight.

– After Abreu's dinger (his 3rd in 3 games), they flashed "El Come Dulce" on the side screens.

– Bruce Springsteen was in attendance last night. They started playing "Rosalita" and I thought they would show Leiter in the booth or something (I don't even know if he's doing these game). But then I heard a big cheer and there was Bruce on the big screen.

– Towards the end of the game, Bob Sheppard announced that with the paid attendance, the Yankees once again have topped the 4 million mark. They have to just be going by ticket sales, because there were not more that 50,000 people there.

– Listening to the post-game, Sterling did a promo for StubHub.com. Kind of odd considering that the Yankees cracked down on season ticket holders who sold their tickets through the web site.

In attendance record: 31-20