Jeter seemed to be having trouble seeing the ball. He was looking around for help. Gardner saw that, and ran in. Damon didn’t, though he was closer.

Gardner later dropped what looked like a fairly easy catch. I really think they were having trouble seeing the ball in the twilight.

Keep us updated on Aydin.

Xavier Nady took himself out of the Scranton game tonight when he felt pain making a throw.

“We don’t know what he did yet but it could be the worst-case scenario,” Brian Cashman said.

UPDATE, 9:06 p.m.: This whole mess started when the pop-up fell between Damon, Jeter and Gardner. Damon’s ball all the way, too.

i’m not sure what ballgame Petey was watching, but the ball wasn’t ANYWHERE close to Damon. it was on the 2nd base side. Damon didn’t even need to flinch. the ball was hit kinda in no-man’s land. this is tailor made for Jeter and he had a beat on it.

but Gardner is so freaking fast (he really is, esp in person. wow!), he was making way. it’s easier charging, than going back, so i guess he called off the Captain. Jetes was closer to the ball but looked up at Brett toward the last second. Gritner just couldn’t come up with it. Damon coulda been hangin’ in the bullpen, as it was nowhere near him and NOT his ball!!!

who knows what it looked like on the replay. perhaps someone spiked my smart water. but from where i was, it had NOTHING to do with Johnny.

btw, near the end of the contest, these 2 young, idiot, drunk kids, moved to the front row and were heckling johnny, trying to impress their girlfriend’s. it was excessive though. one dude was a racist and making “oriental” eyes at Johnny. the dipshit probably doesn’t realize Damon’s mom is from Thailand. the other schmuck was calling him a sellout for shaving his beard. apparently, he didn’t remember that A) Damon played for TWO other teams before the Shit Sox and B) the ONLY reason he grew the beard and his hair, was b/c of the nasty concussion he suffered in the collision with Damian Jackson.

heckling is cool, but don’t be racist and know your facts. don’t worry, us Yankee fans in the section drowned the dumbasses out pretty well! : )

Also, for the record, usingenglish.com defines “asleep at the wheel” as:

“If someone is asleep at the wheel, they are not doing their job or taking their responsibilities very carefully. ‘Asleep at the switch’ is an alternative.”

In other words, by failing to lift Pettitte, I think Girardi was not doing his job very carefully. One might disagree with that assessment, but the reasoning definitely fits with the idiom.

Finally, while it’s great that they held on to win, you can’t simply ignore what was a very glaring mistake. I can understand why one would get weary if every move Girardi made was scrutinized, but the reality is he is making high profile mistakes in key situations that deserve inspection.

i had no idea which kids were related, if they were related, and didn’t see any parents. after a few minutes, the little one decided to go to his mom, who was 1 row behind me and off at the end (i was in the middle). i held the seat down for the kid to hop the row and was gonna tell him of my plan, but he was really shy with his head down. i eyed the kid back to his mom and we smiled. she was a VERY pretty lady and had no ring on her finger. i gave her a quick smile and focused on the field, hoping a ball would find my glove.

it did.

i believe it was Coach Mike Harkey who threw it. even little underhanded lobs coming straight at your face, seem fast and tough to catch. or maybe, i just got old along the way and lost all of my skills! the ball was coming straight toward me and i knew no matter how many arms jumped in front of me, it was mine. it hit right in the webbing of my old, red daryl strawberry mitt and i felt the ball run up. i couldn’t lose it and squeezed tighter.

in one fell swoop, i caught the ball, hopped a row behind me and walked it over to the little boy. he was thrilled. it had the MLB logo and a fresh grass stain. i don’t know who hit it. doesn’t matter. the mom thanked me, i smiled and returned to my perch, in hopes of snagging another, which would’ve gone to my aforementioned nephew. (sorry Ms. October!!!)

not long after, the mom came up to me with her eyes filled with tears. turns out, little Aydin had a seizure on Saturday, out of the blue. his jaw locked up, he couldn’t speak and half of his face was paralyzed. he was completely healthy prior to that and seemed to come out of the seizure okay, but tests have proven otherwise.

he just had an MRI and brainwave exam on tuesday (EEG, i think?). anyway, he was scheduled for tests a coupla weeks from now, but the Dr.’s didn’t like what they saw and moved the appointments up. apparently, it’s not good and the little boy is VERY sick. we’ll know more on Tuesday…

the mom is a lifelong Yankees fan from Massapequa. turns out, she is married (boo!) and the husband/father, is in Boston on business. she invited me to watch the game in their empty seat and i happily obliged. so, i didn’t pay quite as much attention to the field as i did yesterday. there was an older brother too, and he was a great kid and outgoing.

i left my info. with the woman and hope she’ll contact me with some wonderful news regarding her baby boy, sometime in the near future.

illness & death doesn’t discriminate against age. my grandpa would’ve been 97 about 2 weeks ago, but left the planet in March. this little boy is only SIX!!! please let him be okay. please.

i wish i could share this story with Todd Drew.

i hope to go to Aydin’s Little League games in the future…

met Evil Empire and his buddy. he’s a super nice guy! that’s the 4th person i’ve met from the Banter and it’s always been great!

once again, insanely ridiculously HOT girls everywhere. just unreal. Evil and I saw a perfect supermodel. Jazz Tokyo would completely disagree! ; )

90+ degrees, is REALLY just too damn hot. ugh.

i didn’t pay quite as much attention tonight as i did last night, but for good reason. i’ll spell that out in a separate post. it’s worthy…

bruney was lookin’ spry in the outfield, shaggin’ flies during BP. toward the end of the game, he climbed the dugout wall and waited there for quite awhile for a little boy to make his way thru. bruney handed him a ball. it was really nice. now if he’d only shave that godforsaken ‘stache…

hughes was good again shagging balls and didn’t pay much attention to the crowd hounds. Mo, was his typical self during BP. no Wang, AJ or CC out there today.

A-rod came thru with some big clutch hits! Cody even got in the act. Andy totally fell apart. i think it was in the 4th…

47,508 at the game. i’d say a solid 30,000 Yanks fans. it wasn’t quite as loud as yesterday, but we still outnumbered Braves fans, both in number and volume!

i still hate Garret Anderson.

i still hate the NL. did NOT need to see Coke foul out bunting, but whatever. i haven’t read the game thread yet, but from texting with Cult, it appears my “nostralarmis” tag might be getting “pipped”! just to let you all know – i called McCann’s shot in the 9th. it’s true…i did!

Mo shouldn’t have been in the game, but i’m soooo glad he was. once again, the place just erupted when he entered. it’s so cool to watch his measured gait to the mound. the place was emptied out by then, but us Yankee fans made some SERIOUS noize there at the end. it was awesome.

our bats came alive. i think we scored in the last 4 frames yesterday and the first 4 today. good work! must be all Cashman. ; )

i will be the BIGGEST braves fan this coming weekend, though i will stay faaaaar away from that stadium.

yesterday, i saw 1 “B” hat and t-shirt. today, was just a little more. buuuuut, there were 2 idiots clout out in FULL shit sox uni’s. weird. one was papelbitch, the other lowell (who i don’t like). anyway, Yanks gear was covering the entire stadium. beautiful!

i think that about does it here. i’ve got a wonderful story i’d like to share with you guys, if that’s okay. here it comes…

Way to go!

Mets are next!

Have a great evening everyone!

: )

People may have been upset with a loss but my point was attempting to use the Red Sox one loss @ Nats to mock the reaction to the two Yankee losses at home to the Nats is either deluded or disingenuous.