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05/26/2005: "Project Baseball: Part 14"
I can't believe that it's late May and it was as cold as it was last night at Yankee Stadium last night. At least the rain held off and it turned out to be one of the best-played games I've seen all season, a solid pitching matchup between Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Maroth. From the way they both pitched, it's hard to tell that Wang is a rookie and Maroth is two years removed from being a 21-game loser.
May 25
Tigers at Yankees
Seats: Main Box 295 (down the right field line)
Who I Went With: Caroline
Hot Dogs: 1
Beers: 0
Game Highlight: Well, it made the back page of the Daily News and Newsday, and it was undoubtedly the play of the game -- Derek Jeter's catch of Marcus Thames' flare into short center field. At the time, it looked like Jeter and Robinson Cano were occupying the same space. Best play I've seen this season.
It Was Over When: Well, Jeter made that catch to end the seventh inning. Tom Gordon pitched the eighth, Mariano Rivera handled the ninth, and it was time to go home.
Go To The Ballpark & See Something You've Never Seen Before: The catch. I've seen two players dive for a ball at the same time, but never diving in the same direction to the point where one lands on top of the other.
Season Totals (14 Games)
Teams Seen (14 of 30): Angels (1-0), Astros (0-1), Athletics (0-1), Braves (1-0), Cardinals (1-0), Devil Rays (1-0), Mariners (0-2), Marlins (1-0), Mets (3-3), Phillies (0-1), Red Sox (1-1), Reds (0-1), Tigers (0-1), Yankees (5-3)
Hot Dogs: 20
Beers: 7
Game Log
Home team in CAPS
April 5: YANKEES 4, Red Sox 3
April 6: Red Sox 7, YANKEES 3
April 13: METS 1, Astros 0 (11)
April 17: Marlins 5, METS 2
April 19: Devil Rays 6, YANKEES 2
April 27: Braves 8, METS 4
April 27: Angels 5, YANKEES 1
May 5: METS 7, Phillies 5
May 7: YANKEES 5, Athletics 0
May 10: YANKEES 7, Mariners 4
May 11: YANKEES 13, Mariners 9
May 15: Cardinals 4, METS 2
May 18: METS 10, Reds 6
May 25: YANKEES 4, Tigers 2
Games decided in the 8th inning or later: 4 of 14
Home Runs (38)
Garret Anderson, Angels (off Mike Mussina)
Wilson Betemit, Braves (off Tom Glavine)
Bret Boone, Mariners (off Carl Pavano)
Mike Cameron, Mets (off Matt Morris and Danny Graves)
Sean Casey, Reds (off Tom Glavine)
Victor Diaz, Mets (off A.J. Burnett)
Steve Finley, Angels (off Mike Mussina)
Cliff Floyd, Mets (off Mike Hampton)
Jason Giambi, Yankees (off Hideo Nomo)
Ken Griffey Jr., Reds (off Manny Aybar)
Raul Ibanez, Mariners (off Carl Pavano)
Derek Jeter, Yankees (off Keith Foulke and Matt Thornton)
Andruw Jones, Braves (off Heath Bell)
John Mabry, Cardinals (off Aaron Heilman)
Tino Martinez, Yankees (off Tim Wakefield, Joe Blanton, Aaron Sele and Matt Thornton)
Hideki Matsui, Yankees (off Matt Clement)
Doug Mientkiewicz, Mets (off Mike Hampton)
David Ortiz, Red Sox (off Carl Pavano)
Eddie Perez, Braves (off Tom Glavine)
Eduardo Perez, Devil Rays (2 off Randy Johnson)
Mike Piazza, Mets (off Tim Worrell)
Jorge Posada, Yankees (off J.J. Putz)
Alex Rodriguez, Yankees (off Tim Wakefield and Jarrod Washburn)
Jimmy Rollins, Phillies (off Mike DeJean)
Reggie Sanders, Cardinals (off Aaron Heilman)
Richie Sexson, Mariners (off Carl Pavano)
Gary Sheffield, Yankees (off Matt Thornton)
Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners (off Carl Pavano)
Jason Varitek, Red Sox (off Mariano Rivera)
Chris Woodward, Mets (off Eric Milton)
David Wright, Mets (off Danny Graves)
Three-Hit Games (14)
Garret Anderson, Angels (April 27)
Sean Casey, Reds (May 18 -- five hits)
Derek Jeter, Yankees (April 19)
Andruw Jones, Braves (April 27)
Hideki Matsui, Yankees (April 5)
Kevin Millar, Red Sox (April 6)
Bill Mueller, Red Sox (April 5)
David Ortiz, Red Sox (April 6)
Mike Piazza, Mets (May 5 -- four hits, May 18 -- four hits)
Jorge Posada, Yankees (May 11)
Jose Reyes, Mets (May 18)
Gary Sheffield, Yankees (April 27)
Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners (May 11)
Three-RBI Games (13)
Garret Anderson, Angels (April 27)
Miguel Cabrera, Marlins (April 17)
Sean Casey, Reds (May 18 -- four RBI)
Raul Ibanez, Mariners (May 11)
John Mabry, Cardinals (May 15)
Tino Martinez, Yankees (May 11)
Hideki Matsui, Yankees (May 11)
Eduardo Perez, Devil Rays (April 19)
Mike Piazza, Mets (May 5)
Alex Rodriguez, Yankees (May 7)
Jimmy Rollins, Phillies (May 5)
Richie Sexson, Mariners (May 11)
Gary Sheffield, Yankees (May 11)
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