Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Theeeee Yankees Finally Win! And Other Short-hops from Around Sports

-The Yankees have snapped the longest losing streak of the Joe Girardi era, six games. Ivan Nova pitched well enough to get the win and Alex Rodriguez busted out of his slump with two homers. Even Jorge Posada joined in the action, going 2 for 3 with a double. David Robertson saved the Yankees bacon though after Ivan Nova got into a bases loaded jam in the 6th inning. With the bases loaded and only one out, Robertson slammed the door shut on the Rays fingers by striking out B.J. Upton and Casey Kotchman to end the inning. Where would the Yankees be this year without David Robertson?

-The Cleveland Cavaliers "won" the NBA Draft lottery. Kyrie Irving, welcome to Cleveland.

-Speaking of the NBA Draft, do you think the T'Wolves draft another point guard? Kemba Walker should be there and the T'Wolves did draft about 40 PG's a year ago. I wonder if Ricky Rubio will make his NBA debut next season or if he will hold out until he goes to a better team.

-The death of Harmon Killebrew is a blow to Major League Baseball. He was truly a remarkable man and exceptional player, he will be missed.

-Errors by Carlos Pena, Matt Garza, Welington Castillo, and Kerry Wood led to a total of seven unearned runs for the Reds. The Cubs lost 7-5.

-Braves catcher Brian McCann had a game kids dream about. He entered the game in the 9th as a pinch hitter and hit the game tying home run. Then in the 11th inning, McCann hit the game winning homer. Talk about a good day! And to think, this was his off day!

Well, that's it for now on this late-night edition of Sportsaholics Anonymous. Have a good night.

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