1. Burnett - at times he can't find the strike zone, and he doesn't get a long with jorge which take a pretty good bat out of the lineup (assuming Molina goes in). 

2. Red Sox - Nothin like Sox vs Yankees in October, but lately the Sox have dominated in the postseason. Not that big of a worry though, unless the sox learn to hit  :)

3. Joba - The inconstant Hot Head/95 Miles per hour/ Hometown Hero has been question mark for a long time 

(attitude, negativity, .257, temper, its Milton Bradley)

thanks for reading 

Johnny

Images from ESPN.com

and the yankees win it

Thanks for reading

Johnny

GAME 1

With Joba on the mound and Yankee fans not sure what to expect this was what I think the pivotal game. Joba was real shaky, seven walks! That did not matter though cause our offense POWERED through. Tex, Melkey, Jorge, and Damon all hit round trippers as the Yanks crush the sox 13 - 6!

Thats how you start a series 

GAME 2

Classic Pitchers duel.

Yankees have Burnett, the Sox have Beckett. This game went a LOOOOOONG time, 15 innings, but then Mr. Attention himself came through in the 15 with a 2 run homer. YANKS 2

SOX 0

GAME 3

what do ya know its Robby Cano!! The 24 wearing second baseman went 3 for 4. BUT who really stole the show was non other than the Beast. CC SABATHIA. He went 7 and 2/3 and allowed one hit. He shutout the Sox in a dominating fashion. Mr. Sabathia welcome to New York. We got ourselves an ACE!!!

GAME 4

This reminded me of some sort of boxing match! The Yanks hit first with a A - Rod home run then in the top of the 8 BAM! V - Mart Came in with a 2 run SMACK!. Score 2 - 1. Then came Johnny and Tex! BACK TO BACK Cannon Shots. Yankees 3 - 2. By now I was jumping up and down! YANKEES TAKE THE LEAD. Nick Swisher got the KO with a 2 RBI single.

Thats about it. We sweep Boston and its on to Toronto! 

Thanks for Reading 

Johnny

PS  Joey called me on the phone, right when we got the first 3 comments on the last entry. He was very excited!! Maybe he'll come back again.

Me: Joey, how did you become a fan of the Houston Astros

Joey: My uncle introduced me to the astros while we lived in Houston when I was little.

Me: Does it suck being an astro fan?

Joey: As much as it suck to a Yankee fan.

Alright! Now that we know a little bit about Joey and his self proclaimed hilarious sarcasm. We shall travel into the deep depths of his mind!

Me: So Joey, what did you think about last nights Yankee game?

Joey: I thought it was a good game, I am not normally a fan of the yankees, but I like some of their players.

Me: How do you think Joba did last night?

Joey: He had a shaky game, but this will not phase him, he is going to be one of the dominate starters for the Yankees.

Me: What do you think about John Smoltz performance yesterday?

Joey: Well, I think he is over the hump. They should use him as bull pen help instead. Then talk to him about retiring. If he does better use him as trade bait. If you can get some prospects out of him. John Smoltz is a future Hall of Famer right now so if he starts getting better give one more chance as a reliever. 

Ok now we are going to talk about the sensitive topic of the Houston Astros

Me: I just have one question about the Astros. What Happened, man?

Joey: Roger Clemens happened,he won the Cy Young Award then the next year it sounded like he was going to retire but NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO The Rocket doesn't quit he plays half of our 2006 season and we paid him more than are most paid player for half of a season. Then the whole thing about steroids got attached to him and of course he was using them when he played for the Astros. I really question ever little thing our management does. that is the reason we suck right now. another thing that helped contribute to the suckiness is when Jeff Baggwell and Craig Biggio retired. It is almost like we can not get over them leaving. Our management is always been terrible almost as much as the broncos right now (Johnny's fav. NFL team) i have four examples of terrible management by the Houston Astros. 1, they passed up Derek Jeter in the 1992 MLB Draft. 2, They also passed up manny Ramirez in the 1991 MLB Draft, 3,  the yankees selected Reggie Jackson 1 pick ahead of the Astros. I am mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last and final thing that the Astros did that made me even madder than ever is when i went to the Nolan Ryan exhibit and found out that we passed him up in the 1969 draft and then we signed him later in his career then we cut him because our owner thought he was over the hump. and then he went to the Texas Rangers and then he broke like four records and sold so many tickets for the rangers. He went in to the Hall of Fame as a Ranger after he left the Astros! The best thing that they have done recently is sign Carlos Lee and trade for Michael Bourn. but even though the Astros are very stupid, i still love them. Please comment on my article, i would love to hear what you say about the Astros.

Me:.... Thanks Joey, I hope you feel better

Joey: I hope so to johnny

Thanks for reading

                                         by Johnny and Joey 

Best - World series, Worst - NLDS

Their are not any other stand out teams, The Phillies are going to win their division only because, they have no challenger. The Mets are falling apart (again), the Marlins need another year before they are contenders. The Braves you never now. The Nationals........

Thanks for reading the first part of THE MONSTERS, THE MUFFLED, AND THE MUTE.

The second one will come shortly.

Thanks for reading

Johnny

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as you all know the all star game is coming up. one of the most exciting races is boston red sox

first basemen kevin youkilis and new york yankee first baseman mark teixeira. VOTE TEX everyone so we can have our new home run hitting, 25 wearing slugger in the all star game!!!!!

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In other news Julia here is your candy bar (picture)

mmmmmm twix....

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In ROYALS news -  Yep this is new. I think that yesterdays game was great, I thought we would pull through, especially with Negro league Jerseys, and Gil Meche on the mound.

The Royals Catcher Miguel Olivo tied the game with a solo shot to left, but the bull pen was not good enough and they let it slide 5 - 3. Wish we could of won, but it was a fun game to watch.

Today we have Grienke on the mound which is gooooood news. Watching the game now its the bottom of the second Royals up 2 - 1.

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Have a great May 31 everyone

Johnny