I can honestly say the 2007 NY Mets are done. Thier slogan coming into this season: "Your Season has Come." I think that seems more apporiate for the Phillies. The slogan for the final weekend of the regular season at Shea might as well be "Your Season has Come and Gone." I might be stepping on some toes when bashing the Mets but isn't that what makes the Yankees-Mets fan rivalry so great?I honestly thought that last night the Mets would turn it around, but quickly it turned ugly. 2-0 in the 1st inning and the rest is history. As a die-hard Yankee fan, I am loving every minute of the Mets fan's misery. I mean come on, why not? All year long all I heard was "..at least we're in first place" and now finally, when it's really matters..on the...

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Tags: Baseball, Derek Jeter, Jimmy Rollins, Jose Reyes, Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Yankees

Start spreading the news...the Yanks are in. After tonight's 12-4 win win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the Yankees have clinched a playoff spot. A feat that seemed improbable back in May when New York was flirting with disaster, being 14.5 games back and in last place. With the clinch of the playoff spot, it marks the 13th year in a row the Yanks have made it. Via By Fred Goodall, AP Sports Writer/Yahoo.com"We've come from a long ways this year and a lot of adversity, a lot of injuries," Alex Rodriguez said. "This team has a lot to be proud of.""This ballclub never stopped believing," said Yankees manager Joe Torre, his voice choking with emotion."It never gets old," Mariano Rivera said during a champagne celebration in the clubhouse. "Everybody...

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Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, Joe Torre, Mariano Rivera, Yankees

24 innings in 24 hours, 9 and a half hours of baseball and 1 step closer to October. That was the end result of yesterday's 12-11 Yankees victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. For the second straight day, we got "free" baseball and Melky Cabrera had a chance to send the remaining crowd of 56,000 home happy. Unlike Friday night when he failed to get the game winning hit in the bottom of the 9th with the winning run only 90 feet away, the Melk man completed a long exhausting back and forth battle with a game winning single in the bottom of the 10th.Via Anthony McCarron NY Daily News "He's important to this lineup," said Jorge Posada, who started the 10th with a ground-rule double. "He's been slumping a little bit and he had a big hit. That tells...

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Tags: Baseball, Jorge Posada, Melky Cabrera, Robinson Cano, Yankees

The Yankees are coming, the Yankees are coming! Boston knows all about invasions and they've seen the Yanks do this before. After Wednesday night's 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees moved 1.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox who lost in Toronto 6-1. They also moved 5.5 ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the Wild Card.The seemingly magical September continues in the Bronx. It's been awhile since we had games that have meant a lot this time of the year but here we are, 3 and a half months removed from the days of the Yanks being 14.5 games behind Boston (May 29th). Seems like an enternity ago but the Yankees have done a good job of erasing our memories of those woeful days. Mariano Rivera made it interesting in the 9th but held on,...

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Tags: Andy Pettitte, Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Mariano Rivera, Standings, Yankees

A pitchers' duel that resembled Game 7 of the 2001 World Series; a sellout crowd at Fenway Park; bright lights and a nationwide audience watching at home; clutch pitcher against clutch hitter; Curt Schilling vs Derek Jeter. Two balls, two strikes, two outs, and two on for the Captain, No. 2, score tied 1-1. On a cool brisk Sunday evening, that was the scene in the top of the 8th inning in Boston. It had all the makings of a classic, but when don't these teams give us something to remember? And with one swing, the Yankees hope to win the A.L. East was still alive. Jeter hit a Schilling fastball over the Green Monster for a huge 3-run HR that puts the Bombers up 4-1. It also knocked Schilling out of the game.The Red Sox had a chance to steal...

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Tags: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Derek Jeter, Joe Torre, Yankees

April was quite a month for Alex Rodriguez, but September is looking like one he wants us to remember. On Sunday he homered again giving him 52 on the year. It was his 7th in 5 games and his 9th in the last 11 games. With 19 games to go, A-Rod can only further cement his candidacy for the American League MVP. The stats: .318 AVG. 52 HR 140 RBI...and counting. Via SI.com:''I'm enjoying it,'' said Rodriguez. ''It says a lot about the three guys who are hitting in front of me and the protection I'm getting behind me. The reason I'm getting pitched to is those guys behind me - they get a lot of respect. I just want to finish strong.''As it stands now, the Yankees sit 4 games ahead of the Detriot Tigers in the wild card. This past weekend saw Ian...

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Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Andy Pettitte, Baseball, Chien Ming Wang, Yankees