I'm getting nervous now-Yanks win again

The New York Yankees have now won 8 in a row and 17 of 19. They keep winning and of course some people are saying its because Arod is away LOL. The bottom line is if the Yankees are healthy and they pitch they will win, they have great pitching. I would like them to lose friday, not Saturday when I am there. They won today by a score of 8-5, they were winning 8-2 and one of the minor leaguers I don't know anything about gave up 3 runs in the 9th. CC Sabathia started and gave up 2 runs in 3 2/3 innings giving up 6 hits, he had 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. This was just a tuneup and he said he is ready for Monday when the season starts. Jose Veras pitched 1 1/3 innings, 1 hit, with 1 walk and 1 strikeout. Damaso Marte pitched a perfect inning and s did Brian Bruney who had a strikeout. Bruney has put it together lately after a rough start. Steven Jackson closed out the game getting the one batter out he faced. Mark Teixera was the offensive star going 3-3 with 3rbi. He stated he has loved working with Kevin Long and wished he could start the season tomorrow. He was on Michael Kay today and said they are having so much fun, working hard and they have the attitude if they continue to work hard and stay healthy then no one can beat them, its all up to them. Hideki Matsui was 2-3 with 2 rbi and a walk. He hit a 2 run homerun, Jorge Posada was 1-3. Robinson Cano was 1-2 with a walk, Nick Swisher was 1-1 with a rbi and Cody Ransom was 1-3 with a rbi. The Yankees may be on their way home now, im not sure what time the plane left. They will have a workout tomorrow from 1:10-3:10, gates open at 11:00am. The workout is not open to the public, members of the community and certain season ticket holders got tix for this event, also tomorrow they have the special ceremony with Bernie Williams at the Hard Rock Cafe in the Stadium. Check out the lohud yankees blog with Peter Abraham for reports at http://yankees.lhblogs.com/ I will have my report from the Stadium at some point on Saturday evening.

Yankees recap and some notes

The New York Yankees defeated the Atlanta Braves by a score of 6-4 today in Orlando. Brett Tomko started and pitched 3 innings giving up 0 runs, 3 hits a walk and strikeout. Alfredo Aceves also pitched 3 innings giving up 1 run, 2 hits a walk and strikeout. Dan Giese didn't help his chances which I think were long anyway by giving up 3 runs in 2 1/3 innings, only 1 was earned though, 3 hits, 2 walks and 3 strikeouts. Joe Girardi after the game threw a curveball and said they may not carry a longman. Brett Tomko is clearly in the lead and you would think would win the job if they do carry a longman. The problem is if Tomko makes it they have to clear space on the 40 man roster for him. The offense had Mark Teixera going 2-2 with a rbi and walk. He hit a solo hr. Johnny Damon had a walk and rbi, Xavier Nady was 3-4 with a rbi. Robinson Cano was 1- 3 with a rbi being a solo homerun. Melky Cabrera is still fighting going 3-4. Cody Ransom was 1-4. The Yankees made some cuts after the game reassigning 8 guys to minor league camp. The 8 that were reassigned are Shelly Duncan, Todd Linden, John Rodriguez, Doug Bernier, Justin Leone, P.J. Pilittere, Chris Stewart and Dave Robertson. The only suprise here may be David Robertson, he pitched very well this spring: 8 innings, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 2 walks and 12 strikeouts. He will be in AAA Scranton and if he continues to pitch well and one of the other guys are struggling or get hurt he will get another chance with the Big club. The Yankees will unveil a monument to the victims of Sept 11th at Steinbrenner Field tomorrow. The monument contains actual pieces of steel from the World Trade Center that were donated by retired NYC firefighters. There are two towers with the base being in the shape of a pentagon and on grass which represents the field one of the planes crashed into in Pennsylvania. Jennifer Swindal-Steinbrenner will represent the team, Joe Holland who is a retired NYC firefighter will throw out the first pitch. His son was killed in the North Tower. An armed forced color guard will be present along with representatives of local law enforcement agencies. Taps will also be played.