This faithful little guttersnipe is Gerrit Cole, pictured here at the tender age of 11 attending the 2001 World Series, who this week was selected as the Yankees first-round pick. Yesterday capped a pretty good week for Cole, as the Bombers returned to .500, where they seems to be teetering lately, with a 12-11 Yankees win over the Royals. Johnny Damon had the first 6-hit performance ever by a Yankee in Yankee Stadium. Glad they got that out of the way before they close the place down. Jose Guillen had a solid performance in a losing effort, homering twice and driving in seven runs. And Andy Pettitte pitched remarkably well for a guy who gave up 10 runs.
Joe Crede Is The Life Of The Pants Party: The Pale Hoser socked two three-run homers, marking his second straight two-homer game. According to the AP write-up, "During a session in the batting cage, hitting coach Greg Walker told Crede to separate his hands from his body. And the advice just made sense." So stub-armed is definitely the way to go, young hitters.
Cody Ross Delivers For Large-For-The-Marlins Crowd: Ken Griffey's lengthy 600th homer tease attracted the third largest crowd for the Marlins this year, a robust 25,289 fans. Instead they were treated to a walkoff homer by Cody Ross, who has now 11 homers in 119 at-bats, to beat the Reds 8-7. Winslow doth praise!
Nats Being Natty: Yup, those sluggers of Southeast mustered a whole four hits against Jonathan Sanchez and the Giants, losing 6-0. When does Ryan Zimmerman get off the DL again?