On Fire

The New York Yankees are absolutely on fire. They have won seven games in a row, three of them being walk off wins. A-Rod has homered in four straight games, and Mark Teixeira is sizzling hot. C.C. gave them another great outing last night. All of this is being done without Chien-Ming Wang in the rotation, without Jorge Posada behind the plate, and without Brian Bruney in the bullpen.

The Yanks are doing what they needed to do. They came home for a 10 game stand against teams that they really need to beat to get over that 500. hump, and they are succeeding. It wasn't hard to tell that as soon as Alex came back the Yankees would see much more production from Mark Teixieira. Pitchers have to show him pitches because they don't want to walk him and face A-Rod with men on. So far, the two have been quite a tandem, getting homer after homer, and RBI after RBI. Phil Hughes is on the mound tonight vs. the O's, he could use a good outing. Keep it up Bombers.