Wang's 9th win!

It's beeeen hot lately. This afternoon we went to root for Wang. With the help from GL, we got tickets on ebay for two fantastic seats behind the home plate (well, still some distance from the top, but the view was great!!). The best thing about these seats is that we were sitting underneath the roof and the shadow kept us from being scorched by the sun. The temperature was about 95 degrees, you can imagine how those people sitting under the sun felt, sweating and crying for water (well, beer actually, spend 8 bucks for one Becks!!!).

With the loss yesterday after the extra inning efforts, we thought the Yanks would be pretty tired and frustrated today. Losing so many games must have worn out their spirits. But the game turned out to be totally different. First inning, with two men on base, Matsui clubbed a home run and gave the Yankees an early big lead. Wang wasn't steady in the beginning but somehow managed to strike out two batters and allowed no runs.


A-Rod and Cano followed Matsui and hit two three-run homers in the fourth. Such a big lead actually made me lose focus a little bit and I started to wonder when the Angels would get a hit and make it to first base. Throughout, there were only five sporadic hits today and brought me the only disappointment of this afternoon: there were not double plays for Wang because there were not many people on base!!! And the ground balls he induced were way too easy for Jeter to handle. I was waiting for Jeter's jump and making a perfect throw the first base. Regardless, the Yankees won and closed their gap with the Red Sox to a mere 10 games (look how happy I am). Keep up the good work! Take some good rest during the All-Star week! I'm still hoping the Yanks can make it to the playoff and eventually win a number 27!!!