Great night for the Bombers. Mike Mussina turned the clock back with 6 innings pitched, 2 hits, 1 BB, 1 ER, and 3 Ks. If Mike Mussina can be merely above average this is a huge boost for the staff. The Yanks offense, led by Bobby "Walk Year" Abreu, showed signs of life as Abreu nearly hit for the cycle. Kyle Farnsworth threw a whole shutout inning - given it was in a low leverage situation and even Mr. Head for the Exits himself managed not to blow a five run lead, heck he even managed to strike someone out (after giving up a hit and a walk of course).
On a down note, Derek Jeter was taken out of the game with a strained quad. However, unlike years past instead of having to watch suckers like Miguel Cairo and Nick Green trot out, Girardi was able to slide Morgan Ensberg and Wilson Betemit in without the Yanks taking a major hit - happy days indeed.
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don't you get it by now? mussina will give you a respectable first half of the season with a few of his classic seven innings of one run ball against the royals and orioles. after the allstar break he will get worse and worse and eventually turn back into his craptacular self when it matters down the stretch in september. its been the same story with this baby the last three years, dont get yer hopes up too much
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