Yankees Win 8-5

As Rivera notched up his 501st save, the Yankees notched up their 6th win in a row.  After losing the first game to Atlanta a week ago, the Yankees seemed to be in a downward tailspin, but they took the last two, swept the Mets, and now look strong against Seattle.  A-rod hit a 2 run HR to put the Yankees up 5-3 but Bruney couldn't hold the lead in the 8th and gave those two runs back.  However, an "old-school" Yankee rally put them back up by three, and Rivera came in to record the final 3 outs; which of course he did.  Melky had three RBIs including the leading one in the btm of the 8th and Jeter drove in two more in that inning.  

Joba Chamberlain however did not put up a performance that he needs to do.  He gave up 3 runs in only 5 1/3 and allowed 12 H/BB in the process.  What's more alarming is that again he could not escape the 6th inning and forced the bullpen to get 11 outs.  Coke and Hughes pitched extremely well but Bruney allowed two runs in the 8th and of course Rivera pitched flawlessly.  All-in-all, the bullpen played well, and with Pettite on the mound tonight, should be able to take a break.  Meanwhile, Hughes has proven that he can be the dominate 8th inning man that Bruney used to be and the Yankees have been looking for since Stanton/Nelson left almost a decade ago.  He hasn't allowed a run since he became a permanent relief pitcher, and has not allowed a hit in his last 6 innings.  

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Mario Urrutia

The Jets signed Mario off the Bengals practice squad this past week.  He is a 6'6 wideout from Lousiville who was drafted in the 7th round of the 2008 draft.  While he may not be a perennial pro-bowler he could give the Jets a large target, especially in the red-zone.

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Jordan Hill

Wow, thats a surprise.  Why would the Knicks take a forward if they already have one by the name of David Lee??  It only means one thing, they're planning for a future without him.

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Stephen Curry

Now with Curry gone, it is all but guaranteed that the Knicks will take Jrue Holliday.  Yo could hear the Knicks fans in the background booing when Curry was just taken.  I wasn't enthralled by him, but I guess most other people were.

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Ricky Rubio Gone

The Timberwolves just drafted him.  So we here at the blog project the Knicks to take either Jrue Holliday, or Stephen Curry.  Basically it will boil down to whoever is available then.  Chances are one of them will.

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Who will the Knicks take???

We'll keep you posted.  So far the Knick major targets; Ricky Rubio and Stephen Curry are still on the board.  I'd like to see Curry as I generally tend not to trust the foreign players, although Curry has his downsides also.  They could even trade the pick, and Darren Collison later with the 28th pick.  I'd place bets that they'll take Stephen Curry.  However, if I were drafting, I'd take Jrue Holliday.  

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Yankees Win 8-4

Joba had a solid performance and A-rod finally got a hit and the Yankees finally won a game.  It seems like its been way too long.  Joba only went 6 1/3 but that certainly is much longer than some of his previous performances.  However, the story of the night has to have been the Yankee offense.  After they were shut down over the previous night and essentially being completely turned off over the last 3 games, they finally got it together and tacked up a big 8.  A-rod had a big hit to give the Yanks a 3-1 lead, and they never looked back.  Nobody know for sure what tomorrow will bring, but if A-rod can keep those hits coming, then the pitchers will fear him and start throwing better to Teixara.  Once that happens, the Yankees will return to their winning ways. 

 Important note, Francisco Cervellis hit his first home run of his career.  It seemed for forever that nobody could ever replace Posada.  Now it looks like Cervellis could take over when Posada's career is over.

Player of the Game:  Mariano Rivera; He struck out the final four batters of the game, the first of which with runners on first and second in the 8th.  After a weeks rest, it was good to see Mo get back on track.  It alway inspires confidence to seen Rivera on the mound.  

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