Turn around ...
These Yankees are so vastly different from the April, May and most of June Yankees. The pitching has been fine, but the hitting these last few days in the wake of the All-Star break has been fantastic.
Robbie Cano has awoken. Jeter's driving the ball. The crack of the Yankees' bats just sound different. And the Yankees batters aren't missing pitches when they get them. Even tonight, Captain Clutch botched a sac bunt situation ... and then ripped an 0-2 double down the line for two runs that eventually was built to an 8-2 lead.
The bad ... Melky Cabrera. Does he have to swing at the first pitch every time? He's a fine fielder, with a great arm. But boy, his head seems jammed up his own arse sometimes.
Also, while Tim McClellan has the most annoying strike call in baseball, he also is coming up fast on CB Buckner for the worst zone. At least he doesn't have that ridiculous mustache anymore. We all know those only help former steroid abusing weak-fielding, power-hitting first basemen.
Stupid stat of the night: Kyle Farnsworth's "no hitter." Nine straight innings - probably in nine, maybe 10 appearances - without surrendering a hit. Wow. Baseball is it's numbers, but it ain't that number.
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