[新聞] Yankees: The Best of 2007
再過10個小時就要進入季後賽了，
這篇文章是球季賽的review，很多畫面值得大家回頭看看，
當然，A-Rod是裡面的要角！
From: http://tinyurl.com/2btust
Yankees: The Best of 2007
By MARK FEINSAND
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 1:52 PM
April 7: Alex Rodriguez hits a walkoff grand slam vs. Orioles at Yankee
Stadium
A-Rod scores grand finale
Fifteen feet from the plate, Alex Rodriguez shucked his batting helmet and
tossed it into the air. A moment later, he disappeared into a throng of
teammates waiting at home to celebrate his mammoth game-ending grand slam
that gave the staggering Yankees a much-needed lift on a cold day.
Rodriguez hit a two-out, two-strike home run into the black "batter's eye"
well beyond the center-field fence off Orioles closer Chris Ray, turning what
had been a bad day for the Yankees into the stuff of pinstriped lore.
Rodriguez's homer, his second of the game, turned a one-run deficit into a
10-7 Yankee victory yesterday in front of the bundled-up remnants of a crowd
of 50,510.
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* * *
April 19: A-Rod completes four-run comeback with three-run walkoff vs Indians
In the ninth, A-Rod A-gain!
It's difficult to consider a walkoff home run routine, but the way Alex
Rodriguez is swinging the bat, it was hardly a surprise when he lifted the
Yankees to victory with one mighty swing yesterday at the Stadium.
A-Rod finished off the Indians with his three-run homer off closer Joe
Borowski that completed a six-run, two-out rally and sent the Yankees to
Boston on a high note following their 8-6 victory in front of 40,872 elated
fans.
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* * *
May 5: Chien-Ming Wang takes perfect game into the eighth inning against
Seattle
Nearly perfect and totally clueless
Around the fifth inning, several Seattle Mariners thought they might not get
a hit all day, considering the way Chien-Ming Wang's sinker was plunging
through the strike zone. Over in the Yankee dugout, Joe Torre began to take
Wang's bid for a perfect game seriously when Wang struck out Raul Ibanez to
end the seventh after throwing Ibanez three straight balls to begin the
at-bat.
Around that time, the crowd of 51,702 started cheering every one of Wang's
pitches, wincing at the balls, screaming at the strikes and urging him to
rush one of baseball's most exclusive fraternities.
But on the mound, Wang was oblivious. He probably was the only person at the
Stadium yesterday who didn't realize he was taking a perfect game into the
eighth inning against a team that had pummeled the Yankee pitching staff the
night before.
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* * *
May 6: Roger Clemens announces his return to the Stadium crowd from owner's
box
7th-inning delirium in the Bronx
The Rocket is ready for liftoff.
Legendary pitching ace Roger Clemens thrilled fans yesterday by agreeing to
rejoin the injury-riddled Yankees during a heart-stopping return to the
Stadium.
With no advance warning, the future Hall of Famer grabbed a microphone during
the seventh-inning stretch and announced he was coming back to the Bronx.
"Well, they came and got me out of Texas and I can tell you it's a privilege
to be back," Clemens said in his trademark drawl. "I'll be talking to y'all
soon."
Stunned fans in the crowd of 52,553 had no idea Clemens planned to make the
momentous announcement, which many said could save the Yanks' season from its
crippled pitching staff.
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* * *
May 20: Tyler Clippard beats Mets in big-league debut
Subway stop is Tyler-made
The t-shirt read "Senior League Baseball World Series, 2001, Kissimmee,
Florida" and Tyler Clippard, the 22-year-old wearing it, looked as if he just
as easily could have been preparing to pitch in that teen tournament instead
of on national television at Shea.
But Clippard, who is only in the majors because the Yankee rotation has been
decimated by injuries, didn't pitch like some kid, regardless of his gangly
look and wide grin. With his new, richer and more accomplished teammates
desperate for a win to take some heat off Joe Torre and Brian Cashman,
Clippard was brilliant in his major-league debut.
The 6-4, 170-pound righty with the herky-jerky motion fooled the Mets for six
innings and the Yankees got home runs from Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Alex
Rodriguez and a bloop two-run double from Johnny Damon to salvage the final
game of the Subway Series at Shea, 6-2, in front of 56,438, the largest crowd
ever to see the Yanks there.
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* * *
May 30: A-Rod's "Ha!" play helps cap win over Toronto
A-Rod call gets Jays
TORONTO - Even when the Yankees win, Alex Rodriguez loses.
That was the case following the Bombers' much-needed 10-5 victory over the
Blue Jays last night at the Rogers Centre, as the controversial third
baseman, already a headliner for his after-dark activities in Toronto, was
the hot topic on the field and especially in the Blue Jays' clubhouse.
With his team leading by two runs following his RBI single in the top of the
ninth, A-Rod was running between second and third after Jorge Posada had
popped up the potential third out.
As Rodriguez went behind third baseman Howie Clark, who had camped under the
ball, he appeared to shout something toward Clark, causing him to back off
the play. The ball fell in for a single, allowing a run to score and
extending an inning that wound up breaking the game open for the Yankees.
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* * *
June 3: A-Rod's 9th inning homer off Jonathan Papelbon
A-Rod's blast is punchline
BOSTON - As the ninth inning was set to begin, Johnny Damon had a feeling
that last night's game would come down to Alex Rodriguez.
Even though A-Rod was slated to hit third in the inning against Boston closer
Jonathan Papelbon, Damon had a message for his teammate.
"I told him, 'We need you right here,'" Damon said. "We knew the rain was
coming, we knew Papelbon was in there, and I told him we needed him."
Rodriguez, who was the No.1 target of the Fenway faithful over the past three
days, delivered, crushing a two-out, two-strike, opposite-field home run off
Papelbon to lift the Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox.
CLICK HERE for complete story.
* * *
June 9: Clemens makes season debut vs. Pittsburgh
Bronx rocks with Rocket
The last pitch Roger Clemens threw yesterday was an 84 mph splitter that Ryan
Doumit swung at and missed to end the sixth inning. Clemens began walking
toward the Yankee dugout while everyone in the sellout crowd popped to their
feet to celebrate his successful return to pinstripes.
Elton John's "Rocket Man" streamed through the Stadium speakers and the fans
were cheering loudly, but Clemens did not look up. He trudged into the dugout
and accepted some slaps from teammates as the din from the stands rose. The
54,296 souls watching the so-called "Rocket Re-launch" wanted a curtain call,
but Clemens was not going to give it to them.
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* * *
July 22: Shelley Duncan homers twice in 21-run outburst vs. Tampa Bay
Bomber bash is a swinging time
Shelley Duncan stood "frozen right there in the moment," as he put it, on the
dugout steps during the curtain call for his second home run yesterday, one
of several snapshots from the Yankees' 21-4 victory over the Devil Rays at
the Stadium that seemed to leave the players as giddy as the fans who chanted
Duncan's name.
Alex Rodriguez slugged his 498th homer and Hideki Matsui, Bobby Abreu and
Robinson Cano also had home runs as the Yankees set their season-high for
runs and hits (25) for the second straight day and delighted the 54,751 souls
in the stands. Nearly every time a ball rose into the air, whether it was
headed over the fence or into a fielder's glove, the crowd roared.
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* * *
Aug. 4: A-Rod hits 500th home run vs. Kansas City
500th quite a club for Alex
Alex Rodriguez paused at the plate as the ball soared toward the left-field
stands, unsure whether his drive would stay fair. Slowly, Rodriguez started
toward first, still watching, and when the ball dropped beyond the fence,
fair, he raised his arms, a grin spread wide across his face and the entire
Stadium roared.
Finally, after one of his longest homer droughts of the season, after
hundreds of camera flashes had glinted in his eyes before each pitch, after,
as he put it, five days of "trying to will myself to hit a home run," A-Rod
had his 500th homer, becoming the youngest player in baseball history to
reach the milestone.
The historic homer came on the first pitch Rodriguez saw yesterday from
Kansas City Royals righty Kyle Davies. There were two runners on base and the
blow gave the Yankees a first-inning lead in a game they went on to win,
16-8, in front of 54,056.
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* * *
Aug. 7: Joba Chamberlain's debut in Toronto
As new Bomber, Joba looks quite striking
TORONTO - Most minor leaguers tread lightly when they arrive in a big-league
clubhouse for the first time. Not Joba Chamberlain.
Chamberlain, the Yankees' highly touted righthander, walked into the visiting
clubhouse at the Rogers Centre and gave Jason Giambi - his teammate at
Triple-A Scranton for the past few days - a big bear hug.
"It was kind of surreal," Chamberlain said. "This is what we all work for.
It's one thing to get here. It's another thing to stay here."
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* * *
Sept. 8: A-Rod hits 50th homer in Kansas City
Alex Rodriguez's historic pair of homers sparks Yanks' rout
KANSAS CITY - Even if Alex Rodriguez opts out of his contract and leaves the
Yankees at the end of the season, he'll always be part of an elite club in
Bombers history. Hitting his 50th and 51st homers in an 11-5 win over the
Royals last night, Rodriguez became the first Yankee to reach the
half-century mark since Roger Maris set the record with 61 and Mickey Mantle
blasted 54 in 1961. The only other Yankee to do it was, of course, Babe Ruth.
Johnny Damon and Wilson Betemit also homered, as the Yankees (80-62) won
their fourth straight game, remaining three games ahead of the Tigers in the
wild-card race. The Yankees also closed back within 5-1/2 games of the Red
Sox in the AL East - a race they haven't given up on with three big games at
Fenway next weekend.
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* * *
Sept. 26: Yanks clinch and celebrate in Tampa Bay
Yankees rout Devil Rays to clinch playoff spot
ST. PETERSBURG - Champagne sprayed all around the Yankees clubhouse last
night as the Bombers completed their improbable march to October by clinching
the final playoff spot in the American League with a win over the Devil Rays.
But while the elation was evident, so was the attitude that the Yankees'
journey won't be complete without a World Series title.
"We're just getting started," said Derek Jeter after the Yankees' 12-4 win
over the Devil Rays punched the Bombers' 13th consecutive ticket to the
postseason. "It feels good and we're in the playoffs, but we have a lot of
work left. This is a starting point. We haven't accomplished anything yet."
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