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What's the old baseball saying about bleeders, soft, seeing-eye singles--"They all look like line drives in the score book."

So, that's essentially the story of the Yanks 10-inning loss to the Rangers last night.  Michael Young's infield single deep in the hole, fielded by Derek Jeter, Josh Hamilton's ball that trickles into right, narrowly escaping Robbie Cano...set up the intentional pass to Nelson Cruz and the eventual game winning solid line drive by Daniel Murphy.

Kudos to A-Rod for an outstanding play on Vlad Guerrero's hot smash to prevent an earlier end to the game in the tenth.

The glass half full says that AJ Burnett turned in a very solid night's work in the Texas heat.  Anytime we can see him issue just 2 walks in seven full innings and yield six hits, we'll take

Whenever you hear a fan use the word "IF" after a ballgame, chances are their team didn't win.

That's what Yankee fans were saying after the opening of the four-game series with Boston.

In a 6-3 loss, "IF" NY pitcher Javier Vazquez and catcher Francisco Cervelli had communicated better, it's likely Boston would not have gone on to pick up three unearned runs in the game's second inning en route to the victory.  It was obvious that Vazquez was prepared and well-positioned to make the play on a medium high pop-up that was at the center of a Bermuda Triangle between the mound, homeplate and the first baseline.  But, as most baseball defenses are designed, the catcher takes just about everything he can in front of the plate.  In doing so he has to get his back turned