Yankees Recap and some notes

The New York Yankees were defeated in Clearwater today by the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. It was a wet day and after traveling around Chieng-Ming Wang made the start for the Yankees and pitched 5 innings giving up 5 hits and 3 runs with 2 walks and strikeouts. Brian Bruney allowed 2 runners to score when he came in relief of Wang and he gave up 2 hits and 2 runs of his own in 1 inning. He is having a rough spring and joked about making the team, that is a lock though but Girardi said he has to do better soon. Dan Giese vying for the long relief role pitched 1 inning giving up 4 hits and 3 runs with 3k. Brett Tomko who appears to be the frontrunner for the long relief job pitched 1 inning giving up 1 hit, 0 runs with 1k. Kei Igawa was sent down to the minors so he is out of the mix and Dan Giese hasn't shown much so it appears Tomko may win the job, he has had a great spring posting a 1.46era. Alfredo Aceves is still in the mix but I have a hunch they would prefer him in AAA pitching every 5 days. Opening day is 2 weeks from today in Baltimore so this should be decided by early next week before they head north to take on the Cubs to open the new stadium in 2 exhibition games. The offense had both Johnny Damon and Brett Gardner going 1-2, Jorge Posada was 0-2 but had a walk. Mark Teixera was 1-3 and Xavier Nady was 1-2 with a rbi. Joe Girardi basically announced him as the starting RF earlier in the day and Swisher said he isn't going to get himself in trouble although he would like to play everyday. He did say they have a great team that is going to do special things and just wants to help in anyway he can. Melky Cabrera was 1-3 and Ramiro Pena who has opened some eyes was 2-3, i don't see him winning the utility role though, i think it will be Angel Berroa with Ransom the 3b until Alex Rodriguez gets back. Chieng-Ming Wang did have to bat but did not swing at all and according to Peter Abraham it was hilarious to watch as he stood at the edge of the batters box and just watched the balls being thrown, the funny thing is they couldn't throw a strike to him though although he eventually did strike out. The Yankees will take on the Red Sox tomorrow night in Tampa and it will be on YES at 7:00pm. Derek Jeter will be back tomorrow and in the lineup to face the hated Sox. Dan Giese and Brett Tomko will both pitch Saturday against the Braves while Wang works in a minor league game. A-rod will not make it back to Tampa while the team is still there, im sure everyone is just so dissappointed. I can't wait to next week when the new stadium opens, i said earlier today that I will be at the Saturday game and I plan on giving as much of a in depth look at the stadium as I can, I hope to post some pics and give you some good stuff about the new stadium.