Lost in the hoopla of A-Rod’s historic asterisk yesterday was the fact that the Captain went 4 for 4 yesterday, with 3 runs scored, and 2 doubles.  This was a good sign, and he is hitting over .300 since the All-Star break.

ESPN had some nice Jeter tidbits concerning yesterday’s game:

  • With his 4-4 day, he passed Joe Dimaggio on the Yankee list with 35 4-4 performances.
  • With 2 doubles he now has 460 doubles, passing HOF Jimmie Foxx with 458 doubles.
  • With 3 Runs scored, he now has 1652 Runs scored, passing HOF Joe Morgan (1650).

Not a bad day for the Captain.  Oh and Rivera pitched another perfect inning in relief (lowering his ERA to 0.91).   Do you realize of the 40 appearances he has made this year, in 23 of them No one has even reached base?  Of the remaining 17 appearances, 11 times only one man got on base via Hit or BB. The man is unbeleivable.

Now on to more important point.  The series against Boston lines up well pitching-wise for Boston:

  • Friday - Vazquez vs. Buchholz (advantage Bos)
  • Saturday - Sabathia vs. Lackey (advantage Yankees)
  • Sunday – Burnett vs. Beckett (advantage Bos)
  • Monday – Moseley vs. Lester (advantage Bos)

The Boston lineup has been decimated by injuries (Youkilis, Pedroia, Cameron and Varitek are on the DL, and Martinez just came off it last week and Elsbury came off yesterday).  So the Yankees pitchers need to take advantage of this lineup and the Yankees batters need to beat up on Boston pitching.  You can’t let Boston back into this race.