Sunday, March 23, 2008

Yankees-Pirates, top of fourth

One year in Connecticut, we left Easter church service to discover it had been snowing for 2 hours. That was something to be thankful for -- we got the next three days off from school.
Matsui leads off against Maholm as the Yankees try to get something going. A ground-ball single into the hole between first and second may be the igniter.
Instead, Maholm shows another dimension, picking Matsui off first base for the first out. You rarely see a veteran such as Matsui make that kind of mistake.
This game is airing back in the metropolitan New York area on the YES Network. With the NCAA Tournament also on and Tiger Woods trying to make up a 5-shot deficit at Doral, it's a busy afternoon for sports fans.
Maholm appears to be pitching with great confidence and purpose. He gets Wilson Betemit to flail at a 1-2 off-speed pitch to end the inning with Pittsburgh ahead 1-0.

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