We beat Verlander, hitting two home runs and scoring five runs against him. This after Derek Jeter said the Yankees would never score again. Looks like Verlander took that one a little too literally and got lax, now he's paying for it with his ERA and significant emotional damage. Did you see the look on his face when he was sitting in the dugout in the seventh? He looked like the Yankees were eating his ice cream as they rode away on his new bike. Damn.
The Yankees lost the middle game when some guy did something in the ninth. Blah, blah, blah.
After Sunday's game, Verlander refused to accept responsibility for his poor performance in his recent outings.
"It's not my fault," explained Verlander. "I've been afflicted with the Stuxnet virus and none of my centrifuges are working. How do you expect me to pitch like that?! Everybody knows I'm a flame-thrower, but I've got the Flame virus too. Every time I try to locate my fastball it's all zero, zero, one, zero, one, one, zero. I can't concentrate!"
Informed that he's neither a computer or living in the Matrix, Verlander retorted, "That's what they want you to think!"
One reporter then asked whether it was selfish of him, being aware of the Matrix, to use that knowledge to become a successful baseball player rather than, you know, trying to save humanity. That's when the interview abruptly ended with Verlander assuring us that, "You just don't get it."
The Power Stroke (Stop Laughing)
The Yankees hit no home runs in the middle game, but hit two yesterday (one each from Jeter and A-Rod). That's $4 more for the kids.
Raul Ibanez 9hr = $18
Nick Swisher 8hr = $64
Andruw Jones 5hr = $10
Derek Jeter 6hr = $12
Curtis Granderson 17hr = $34
Alex Rodriguez 9hr = $18
Robinson Cano 8hr = $16
Mark Teixeira 9hr = $18
Eric Chavez 3hr = $6
Russell Martin 4hr = $8
Jayson Nix 2hr = $4
Total 80hr = $160