Official New York Yankees Bleacher Creatures Team Thread

[X*Cell]

Wednesday

(2-0) VS. (0-2)

Pitchers:

Tim Wakefield @ Mike Mussina

Key Players:

Boston Red Sox

Tim Wakefield = (VS. Yankees 2004) 1.83 ERA, 8 SO, .179 AVG, 1-0, 19.2 IP


New York Yankees

Hideki Matsui = .667 (6 for 9), 2 HR's, 5 RBI's, 4 Runs, 12 TB's


Key Concerns:

Boston Red Sox

Mark Bellhorn = 5 SO's, 5 LOB


New York Yankees

Mariano Rivera = 10 Blown Saves vs. Red Sox since 2001


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My Prediction:

Red Sox: 6
Yankees: 5

The Yankees have always had problems winning against Tim Wakefield . He will have a good long game, before the Red Sox bring in Relief that will surrender to a couple runs scored. Unfortunately, the hole that Mussina got the Yankees into over a course of 5 innings, will be too much to overcome.

Player of the Game: Manny Ramirez (2 for 5, 1 2B, 3 RBI's)

[deeman11747]

I <3 Jeter

[3rdAnswer]

Matsui is tearing it up. I want him to have a monster year.

[gypsytea]

So do most Yankee fans. If only he could speak English and tell us Americans what his plans are himself instead of going through an interpreter....

"I asked [Matsui's] interpreter: 'How do you say awesome in Japanese'? He replied: 'Psycho.' I hope he wasn't kidding with me because I called him 'psycho' after the game."
-- Randy Johnson, talking about Hideki Matsui

[3rdAnswer]

I thought he could speak some English?

[deeman11747]

Quote: Originally Posted by 3rdAnswer

I thought he could speak some English?

Very basic.... just enough to understand what the coaches are telling him I think,

[3rdAnswer]

Great game today against the Sox. Jeter took a shot to the helmet though, but he shook it off. That was very scary.

[elicoleman]

Sox in scoring position now, with 0 outs.

Come on Mo.