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May 11

On May 11, 1965, former Yankee pitching coach and righthander with the club Mel Stottlemyre bested the Red Sox, 5-3, as Mickey Mantle reached base four times, including a long blast over the wall.

May 11, thirty-five years later (2000) was a big day for yours truly, as I witnessed Devil Ray (currently with the Orioles) Steve Trachsel, in the best two-week span of his career, shut out the Yankees and Orlando el duque Hernandez 1-0 after having done the same to Pedro Martinez and the Red Sox the week before. The game was a reschedule of the day before's rainout, and I took advantage of the sparse crowd to move to my left in an empty row to catch Fred McGriff's foul line drive. Unfortunately, the same Mr. McGriff would homer in the eighth for the game's only run.

The Yanks took the field in Yankee Stadium vs. the Red Sox on May 11, 2006, a bit undermanned with Gary Sheffield having been placed on the disabled list the day before with what was hoped would be a minor wrist injury, but things took a nasty turn eight pitches in. Left Fielder Hideki Matsui charged a soft liner off the bat of Mark Loretta hard and broke his wrist on a diving attempt at the catch. And it was a Loretta infield single in the seventh that turned the game, as the Red Sox came from behind for a 5-3 win. Both Matsui and Sheffield were lost for most of the year.

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The View From Box 622
What, Me Worry?

Bronx, NY, May 8 — Nature abhors a vacuum, or so I was told in science class a significant number of years ago. This thought popped up as I watched the Cleveland Indians not take batting practice about noon Thursday afternoon. The Stadium staff had it all set up for them, with green tarp stretched on the field around home plate, various screens propped up through the infield and outfield, and the big batting cage sitting empty as well. more...

Parsippany's own Dr. Garrett Reisman displays his Yankee pride while tossing out the ceremonial first pitch from the International Space Station, miles above the Stadium during their last homestand.

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