I know that it is spring training. I know that these lineups are nothing like we will see in April. I know everything you can say about this not meaning anything…after all it is only spring training. Not so when it is Yanks-Sox. There is something different about these games. When you have a declared enemy, you never want them to win at anything. Even if it is just spring training.
Well the Yankees did meet their sworn enemy, and going into it, the Sox were hoping to get some luck from the Irish. They entered the contest with a spring training record well under .500, and seem to look a little sluggish. Andy Pettitte was on the mound, threw about 65 pitches in 3 and 1/3 innings. Gave up 3 runs, on 3 hits, and seemed very happy with his performance.
Derek Jeter was hit in the left forearm by a pitch in the second off pitcher Tavarez. No real harm seemed to be done as Jeter stayed in the game afterward.
The Yanks came away with the victory 8-4 in this one, and can proudly add (even if it is spring training) another notch in the win column of this long, historic rivalry. Sorry Red Sox fans, you will have to wait until next time to try to get in talk of your last World Series victory parade. And how they had to shut the whole city down. Turns out it wasn’t as tough as they thought…They weren’t doing much of anything anyway!
