Another bit of Yankee history.

Tonight (8 August 2009)
First time to new Yankee Stadium.

First time seeing Yankees play the Red Sox (I know. . .)

Witnessed 8th inning rally (Sox jumped up 2-1, ripping out my heart at the top of the 8th (Victor Martinez two run homer off of Phil Coke)

Alas bottom of the 8th:
H Matsui hit for J Hairston Jr..
H Matsui grounded out to second.
D Jeter grounded out to pitcher
J Damon homered to center
iM Teixeira homered to right.
A Rodriguez walked.
H Okajima relieved D Bard.
J Posada doubled to right, A Rodriguez to third.
N Swisher singled to center, A Rodriguez and J Posada scored.
R Cano singled to right, N Swisher to second.
M Cabrera grounded out to shortstop.
Rivera shut it down in the 9th game over.

Witnessed Yankee four-game sweep of the Red Sox.
Half the crowd screaming sweep, half the crowd screaming Red Sox suck.

Even Stephanie's mother loved it. She doesn't even like baseball; plus, she's French and the French are hard to please. This is how fans are made.

Second best Yankee game I've ever seen (really hard to top 21 September 2008; Kenji scored tix to the last game at former Yankee stadium; Kenji, Steph Wang, Michael, and I witnessed the Yankees beat the Orioles and keep season alive for one more game)

I am in heaven. Who are the Angels?


Stephanie Atkinson is an angel. Thank you so much Stephanie!!!