I'm watching the Yankees get manhandled by the Mariners. It's Seattle 7 Yanks 0 in the 8th.
Derek Jeter has just stepped up to the plate, 0-2 on the night, and Yankees announcer Michael Kay said, "Jeter has a 4-game hitting streak on the line."
Really Michael? Are you trying to drum up some drama for that at-bat?
When should someone get excited over a hitting streak?
When a guy gets to 7 or 8 it's mentionable. Once he gets to 10 it becomes interesting. Past 15 it gets compelling. A hitting streak of 20 or more starts to excite me. A 4-game hitting streak? Seriously Michael, you're better than that.
I don't think Joe D. is spinning in his grave right now over the possibility of Jeter extending his hitting streak to 5.
Notes: Jeter struck out swinging. His hitting streak appears to be over at an astounding 4. Joe can stop spinning.
Mariners won 7-0. How would you like to have paid $1,500 to sit behind home plate at the new Yankee Stadium for this one?
Felix Hernandez went the distance allowing 2 hits, one of them a pop up to second base that Chone Figgins lost in the twilight that went for a double for rookie Colin Curtis.
Speaking of Figgins, he is a dead ringer for former Yankees second baseman Willie Randolph.
The lowly Mariners have taken the first two games of the series against New York, both complete game efforts, first Cliff Lee and now King Felix.
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