Sucesivamente: Dominicans Go Deep, Yanks Win Again

The Yankees are once again victors, as thanks to homers by my fellow Dominicans Melky Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez, and one by the gringo Johnny Damon, too, we beat the Mariners 4-2. Andy Pettitte, the veteran lefty, pitched 7 strong innings, holdng the Mariners to only those two runs and picking up his 8th win of the year.

  Mo Rivera got another save.

But there's also a very startling statistic which I heard after the game. The Yankees have not trailed in a ballgame since the 6th inning of last Wednesday, in Atlanta. Then Joe G got ejected, Cervelli served one, and the rest be history, yo.

And we're only 2.5 games out of first place, though the chances of us catching up to them Red Sox are pretty slim. There Julia, does that satisfy you?

Jeez.

  My Song of the Day today is known for being Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays' entrance music. The song is called Down and Out by Tantric.

CC Sabathia, the ace of the Yanks, is up against Jason Vargas of the Seattle Mariners, who's having a pretty good season statistically. I wouldn't underestimate the abilities of Vargas, but clearly the matchup favors Sabathia, who, even though he's not been his usual overpowering self, is coming off a terrific performance in the Subway Series and has much, much more ability than Jason Vargas does. That's pretty clear.

And what a pleasure it is to have Sabathia out there pitching for you. You look at his last 10 ballgames, and aside from his start against the Marlins down in Miami where he got taken out for some minor(from what we know now) biceps injury in the 2nd inning, he hasn't pitched any less than 7 innings. He's a fantastic help to this ballclub and this bullpen that has been so good recently partially because of good performances by our starting pitchers.

It's looking to be a really nice year in the Bronx.

Stay positive, Yankee fans.

-EJ the Kid From New York