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Listen to my exclusive 1-on-1 interview with the 4-time world champion all-star catcher Jorge Posada.  We talk about his son, the Jorge Posada Foundation and of course, the New York Yankees.  Check out his website www.jorgeposadafoundation.org  Enjoy!

The Captain Derek Jeter has cemented himself as a Yankee legend.  On September 11, 2009 he became the all time hit king for the New York Yankees by surpassing the previous mark set by the first Yankee captain the “Iron Horse” Lou Gehrig.  Lou had 2,721 hits in pinstripes.  Jeter is in a class by himself, he is the consummate professional and he is what athletes should be.  The Yankees continue to press toward the AL East crown, something that has eluded them for the past few seasons.  This team is primed and ready to go for October, the only piece I have cause for concern with is AJ Burnett.  We have seen him at his best this season and right now he is really struggling.  Which AJ will we see in October?

Hideki Matsui is having a season to remember and tonight was just another piece of that.  He came up in the bottom of the eighth inning and hit a game tying two run homerun to tie the Blue Jays at four and set up the dramatics in the bottom of the ninth inning for Fransisco Cervelli, ya you read that right!!  Cervelli had the 14th walk off win for the Yankees this season in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Yankees their 94th win of the season.  Who are your top five Yankees?  Is Jeter on of them?  Congratulations Derek Jeter!

What a weekend performance by the New York Yankees.  Whether it was a blow out on Thursday, 15 innings on Friday, a shutout Saturday five to nothing and then a trio of Yankees homers on Sunday to slap the Red Sox out of the Bronx.  What was a two and a half game lead entering play on Thursday, it is now a six and a half game lead.  This sweep reminds me of the five game sweep in Fenway at the end of August in 2006.

The Yankees pitching was phenomenal and hitting was clutch as can be.  Is this the end of the Red Sox dynasty?  All signs point to yes!!  This is turning into a great season and who now is talking about the Red Sox winning the first eight games against the Yankees.  CC, Andy Pettitte, Joba and A.J. Burnett all were outstanding and they are all on track possibly for 15 wins each.  The chemistry in the Yankee clubhouse is a level is has not been in years.  I think they may put the egos aside and do the unthinkable and WIN.  Let’s continue winning ways a  go deep into October baseball.  Here come the Pinstripes!!

After leaving Chicago one and three in the four game series, and the Red Sox beating up on the Orioles I was getting worried heading to Toronto and facing the Yankee killer Roy Halladay.  But that was then and this is now; we are leaving Toronto after sweeping a two game series and finished the road trip five and four.  Now, its time to take control of the AL East.  The Yankees are oh and eight so far against the Red Sox this season.

            This in my mind is the biggest series so far this season.  We need to AT LEAST split the series and finally earn a victory against Boston.  The Yankees are two and a half games ahead of the Sox entering this four game series in the Bronx.  Sit back relax and enjoy the best rivalry in all of sports.  Let’s Go Bombers!!

Its time for the Bombers to take the field for the second half of the 2009 season. The Yankees take the field three games behind it the AL East and two and a half games up in the wildcard. 

The first half of the season definitely had its ups and downs.  The Yankees are oh and eight against the Red Sox and two and four against the Angels, two possible teams they can face in the post season.  CC is pitching OK, but I think he will turn it on in the second half, AJ is pitching better as of late.  The hitting is always there, the pitching will be the decided factor.  The bullpen needs some help and the back end of the rotation also needs help.  My prediction is that the Yankees will make the playoffs and definitely contend for #27.  Let’s play ball!!

  It is such a good feeling to see the Pinstripes on top.  We are oh and eight against the Red Sox and yet we are on the same perch they are.  The Yankees sweep the seven game season series with the Twins and Mark Teixeira ends his career long home run drought of 23 with a blast in the seventh inning to give the Yankees a two run lead.

This team is finally starting to click.  The pitching is improving, the hitting is clutch and this team is right where they should be……in FIRST PLACE.  Unfortunately after winning 10 of their last 12 now they head to a place where it is so difficult to win, in Anaheim.  The Angels are hurting so hopefully the Yankees can take advantage and end this weekend alone in first place.  Yankees on a roll as they continue the quest for number 27.  The Red Sox finish the weekend with a series at home with the Kansas City Royals.  GO ROYALS, HELP US OUT!!!!

The New York Yankees in years past have always played well in Minnesota against the Twins.  The Bombers are on a roll and playing great baseball before the break.  Try and figure this one out, the Yankees are oh and eight against the team from Boston and yet they are only one game back in the division and they are two and a half up in the wild card.  The pitching staff is slowly coming around.  Although I think Wang won’t return to his form of years past, and against Joba to the pen.  If we have a bullpen of Phil Hughes in the seventh, Joba in the eighth and Mariano in the ninth, that works for me. I am wondering what moves the Yankees will make before the trade deadline, they always seem to make a blockbuster deal, we will see what happens.  The Yankees continue to roll and they have five more games before the break.  Finish on a winning note.

Stay tuned for an exclusive interview with Jerry Ferrara “Turtle” from the HBO series “Entourage.”  We will talk Yanks, the tv show and what ever else comes to mind.  This is a MUST listen for all Yankees, Turtle, or Jerry Ferrara fans.

OK enough already with the suspect pitching.  We didn’t spend all this money in the off season on pitching so that in the middle of June we would be two games behind Boston in the division.  CC had pitched pretty well, AJ on the other hand, not so much.  Sure Burnett can pitch well when his team is up 13 to nothing but how about a solid performance when the game is close and your team really need you.  He blew a six to nothing lead in Boston earlier this season, which the Yankees eventually lost 16-11.  he didn’t pitch well on the last road trip in Boston AGAIN.  These are the types of games we signed him to win, step it up AJ.  The rest of the staff is mediocre, the middle relief is suspect and our amazing closer has struggled this season.  So what is the answer Joe Girardi….Oh ya here it is PUT JOBA IN THE PEN!

The Yankees welcome in the current world champs to the “house that________ built?” Stay tuned to Yankeescast for the latest on the team with the best record in interleague play since it began in 1997.  The Yankees have won 9 in a row.  Watch out AL East here come the Bombers!!