Kissimmee, FL, March 3 — The Yankees experienced their first significant drawback to 2008 Spring Training when Mike Mussina failed to record an out in the third inning of a 7-6 win over the Astros in Kissimmee. A less than glowing subplot involved some shaky play at first base, the most unsettled defensive position on the team. Continue reading →

Kissimmee, Fla., March 3 — I should have known better. It took 40 years of watching baseball to come to see that a visiting team up by two with a man on base and two outs in the bottom of the ninth was a team in danger of losing. And it held true today, even though we added three in the top of the tenth. Poor former prospect Ryan Bradley is #93 now, and he showed why in the 10th, a 5-run frame that ended on a first-pitch, no-doubt-about-it grand slam.

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