The Yankees win 2 games in a row and Chien Ming Wang doesn't pitch in either of them! Today's start was huge as Darrel Rasner did something Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy could not, throw a quality start for the Bombers. Given it was against Seattle, not exactly the West Coast Bombers, but I'll take 6 innings, 5 hits, 4 Ks, and 2 runs any day of the week. With Mike Mussina showing a wily veteran side and Chien Ming continuing to slice up opposing hitters, if the Yanks can get quality out of the 4 and 5 spots this season may be not be a total loss. Imagine if Phil Hughes can get past his Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn moment and be the guy we thought he was when the season started, there may even be cause for optimism.
All year we've been handing out the Minky, well this week I'd like to give out the anti-Minky to Melky Cabrera. Where would this team be without Leche? Not only is he playing lights out in centerfield, he is hitting .293, getting on base at a .363 clip and slugging .485, to go with 5 homers, 15 RBIs and 15 runs scored. While Damon is hotter right now and Bob Abreu has been solid, I'd argue that the Milk Man is our MVP so far. And all you Boston white hats who think Jacoby Ellsbury is better - you can only grab the sack because even Joe Sheehan, editor of Baseball Prospectus, says that Melky's the man (read here http://www.baseballprospectus
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