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The Yanks jumped on Texas righty Robinson Tejada with four straight hits and a walk for four quick tallies in the bottom of the first in an eventual 6-2 win on May 9, 2007. Mike Mussina scattered three hits through six frames for the win, and Derek Jeter carried the 1,300th run of his career when he crossed with run number two. Jeter added a two-run double in the home fourth. Continue reading May 9 in Yankee History
Even if you forgot his stellar postseason, you would have to acknowledge that aside from being one of the best in the game, Alex Rodriguez is something of a magical force as well, based on the explosive way his 2009 regular season both began and ended. It began on May 8, the day he was activated from the 15-day disabled list following hip surgery and rehab. Debuting in Baltimore, Alex crushed Jeremy Guthrie’s first pitch to him (the first Alex saw this year) for a three-run bomb in a 4-0 Yankee win. In a flurry of moves that same day, the Yanks designated righthander Steven Jackson for assignment to make needed room on the 40-man roster, and optioned righty Mark Melancon to AAA Scranton-Wilkes Barre to clear space on the 25 for Rodriguez. Further, catcher Jose Molina was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left quad. To replace Jose, they called up catcher Kevin Cash from Scranton-Wilkes Barre; the deignation of Jackson was to make room for Cash on the 40-man list. Continue reading May 8 in Yankee History
Given the way the 2009 season came to an end, particularly as it relates to this one person on each team’s 25, it’s hard to remember what befell the Yanks on May 7 of that year, or to even believe what took place. But to anyone like myself, sitting in new Yankee Stadium watching them play the Tampa Rays, it was a very sad night indeed when Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria homered off Mariano Rivera back to back in a ninth inning that began with the teams tied 6-6. The Yanks were behind early in this one, but thanks largely to Johnny Damon’s two-run double and two-run home run, they made a nice comeback, only to lose 8-6. Continue reading May 7 in Yankee History
The Yankees and their home crowd were stunned on May 6, 2008, when one-time Yank David Dellucci reached setup man Joba Chamberlain for a three-run, eighth-inning home run to beat the Yanks 5-3 on a gorgeous Tuesday night in Yankee Stadium. Jason Giambi had homered off Fausto Carmona earlier, and Hideki Matsui had three hits and a walk. Three members of the NFL Super Bowl Champion New York Giants did the fifth-inning chore, moving the games-left in Yankee Stadium counter from 66 to 65. Continue reading May 6 in Yankee History
On May 5 (Cinqo de Mayo), 2001, Andy Pettitte beat the Orioles 5-2 by holding them to two hits and no earned runs over seven. Derek Jeter became the first Yankee to steal home in eight years when he accomplished that feat in the fourth inning. Continue reading May 5 in Yankee History
In an electrifying performance on May 4, 1981, Yankee reliever Ron Davis struck out the last eight Angels batters in a row in a 4-2 win. In so doing, he tied Nolan Ryan’s (accomplished twice) AL record for consecutive strike outs. Continue reading May 4 in Yankee History
On May 3, 1936, Joe DiMaggio made his regular-season debut. Joe’s three hits included a triple, as he scored three runs and knocked in one in a 14-5 victory over the St. Louis Browns. Continue reading May 3 in Yankee History
There is plenty of note that took place in the Yankee 5-1 win over Seattle on May 2, 2008, but I was shook to see that the games-left counter in the Stadium was reduced from 69 to 68 by none other than the beloved Bobby Murcer, whose subsequent passing shook the most stoic of Yankee fans to their emotional core. In the game, Chien-Ming Wang threw a beauty, allowing the run on just three hits and one walk through six. Melky Cabrera had a two-run double. Continue reading May 2 in Yankee History
A Mark Teixeira first-inning home run and a three-run Curtis Granderson shot in the fifth carried Ivan Nova and the Yanks to a 5-2 win over Jesse Litsch and the Blue Jays in the Bronx on May 1, 2011. Continue reading May 1 in Yankee History
Although I do sympathize with fans’ ire at long games, the Yanks have been having them with the Orioles for years, but particularly since the park at Camden Yards has been open. Taking advantage of a lull in my midweek work schedule in 1996, I traveled to Baltimore to see a two-game Yankees/Orioles set. The first became the longest nine-inning game in baseball history (to that point anyway), on April 30, 1996. The Orioles jumped all over poor Andy Pettitte for a 9-4 lead after two innings, but the Bombers fought back and tied it in the fifth, and won it 13-10, largely on the strength of a late Tino Martinez three-run home run. Jim Leyritz and Paul O’Neill homered too, and Paul’s was a mighty drive to right center that landed on a tile next to Boog’s Barbecue on Eutaw Street. The tile was marked to commemorate Paul’s homer’s landing point the next day (though no evidence remains except my eyewitness account, I believe). Last quirk: One of the Yankee innings was pitched by the soon-to-be-lost-to-surgery Scott Kamieniecki. He retired the side in order despite going 3-0 on all three batters. Continue reading April 30 in Yankee History
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