Russell Martin's big game on 8/25/11

5/5 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs

Why Yankee nation

yankee nation

As referred to by George Steinbruner, the belief that all yankee fans create a "nation". You're part of yankee nation if you're a yankee fan. This was George Steinbruner's way of saying that the yankees have more fans than any other major league baseball team. (Urban Dictionary)

Yankees make MLB history with three gand slams on 8/25/11

Yankees became the first team to hit three grand slams in a single game against the Athletics on 8/25/11. The Yankees made a comeback after being down 7-1 in the fourth inning to an amazing 9-22 victory. Robinson Cano, Russel Martin, and Curtis Granderson each put on a show with all of them hitting a grand slam. Russel martin had two homeruns on the night with a solo shot in the fourth. Martin finished the day 5/5 with 2 HRs and 6RBIs. It was his fourth multi homerun game of the year. I will post the video of Russel Martins 5 hits in a few days.

photo taken from The New York Times

Russell Martin's three hit game on 8/14/11

This is why I love Russell Martin.

Yankees win 1 of 3 in series with Boston

The Yankees took game one in the three game series. Boston tied the series in game two and took the series with a close game three that went into extra innings. The Yanks need to start playing better against the Red Sox this year. This is the first time since 2004 that Boston clinched a win in the season series against New York Yankees. Im not worried at all but we would have had 1st place on lockdown if we played better against the Red Sox. It will be a very close finish for 1st place but all im concerned with is october but being at the top of AL East would be nice also. Lets hope the Yanks can turn it around and win the next series against the Angels. Tuesday Aug 9th 7:05 start time at Yankee Stadium. Burnett vs. Haren

Yankees vs. White Sox 8/02/11

The Yankees won 6-0 in Chicago. The game was called after six and half innings due to rain. Phil Hughes pitched a great 6 scoreless innings. He got the win on the night with 4 Ks. He had good velocity on his fastball. Joe Girardi was very impressed with Hughes start. This is going to make things very difficult with deciding on who to keep for the pitching rotation. Right now they have a six man rotation with Nova going on thursday. At some point it will come down to Hughes or Nova for a five man rotation. I ask the question again Hughes or Nova? I really like Nova but Hughes did pitch very good last night. The only thing that makes it not so great was that it was against the White Sox. It will be very intresting to see how Nova does on Thursday.

Also big news on the night Mark Teixeira sets a record for with HRs from both sides of the plate. Making a major league record 12th time tuesday night. Thats not easy to do! Also Russel Martin had a long solo homerun. I really like both of these two players. Thats why both are on my fantasy team. So it was a good night for me with the both of them combining for 3 HRs and 4 RBIs.