I was talking to a friend on the phone with the game on mute when Alex Rodriguez popped  a home run over the Green Monster in the first inning. Course I had to interrupt our conversation to report what had just happened. My friend was amused, “Oh, you’re rooting for Alex Rodriguez again?” And I told him, I’d never stopped.

It was an evening of good news for the Yanks. Big Mike pitched very well, his offense got lucky, thanks to some fast runners taking advantage of a couple of fielding gaffes by the Sox, and The Twin Towers closed it out in the final two innings. By that time the Yankee lead was four runs but Joe Girardi wasn’t leaving anything to chance–his best two relievers were going to nail this one down (after the game, Girardi told reporters that he wants Miller to pitch twice this weekend but not on back-to-back days, so we can expect to see him again Sunday).

Last piece of good news–especially to our pal Dimelo, president of Stephen Drew Fan Club–is that Rob Refsnyder is joining the big league club today.

Final Score: Yanks 5, Sox 1.

[Photo Via: NYC Nostalgia]