THE YANKEES ARE BACK

Well, Mark Teixera being the tying run (with weirdo Italian catcher Cervelli being the go-ahead) wasn't good for my Fantasy standings, but I don't care because THE YANKEES ARE OFFICIALLY BACK. I mean, not that they've gotten ahead in the standings, but it's vibes...cosmic vibrations. Yankees Universe re-ascendant.

5/13/09 Commentary (Starting off with Popperstein biases)

Detroit vs. Twins

Not Fantasy-related, but Dontrelle Willis returns to the mound! I have no interests in the Twinkies (nickname courtesy of "Hawk," the TV announcer for the White Sox) so I hope, for Fantasy purposes and real-life purposes (are they really separable?) that Dontrelle gets past the 5th inning and some run support.

Okay, he made it to 4.2 innings pitched, Leyland just took the ball out of his hand. GO DONTRELLE!

Okay, as I write, Inge just homered and the game is now 5-4 in the sixth inning. Inge is benched for me, but IT'S TO SUPPORT DONTRELLE even if he doesn't get the win! I don't know why I'm madly rooting for the Tigers, and it doesn't make sense since they're White Sox division opponents, but WHATEVER.

Yankees vs. Bluejays

As usual, Scutaro starts things off for the Bluejays by walking. He's really good at this; my Yahoo! note on him says he leads the league in walks right now, or something like that. The Yankees seem to be taking advantage of Mr. Halladay no longer pitching, as they lead 8-2 now.

Brewers vs. Marlins

Jorge is on my bench (I still insist, as a mere observation, that he reminds me of Robert Redford in both complexion and eyes), but he matters with respect to Hit By Pitch's Hanley if Hanley doesn't homer every time he goes up to bat. The Brewers seem to be on fire, and here they are again, leading 8-4 in the fifth inning. Princey has no double homeruns (yet) but he has so far had a hit and 2RBI. Thank you sir.

Okay, the Marlins are creeping up, it's now 8-7, Brewers.

Reds vs. Diamonbacks

Cueto pitches, with real-life teammate/fantasy-opponent Brandon Phillips backing him up. Phillips' real-life opponent but Fantasy-teammate is Felipe Lopez, but they don't seem to be aware in real life:

It looks like Phillips is in the midst of clapping his hands (I like how both feet are on the base, so as to elevate himself) and Lopez is in the midst of shaking his head.

Alright I have no volition to go on with the other games, I suspect everyone is paying attention to their own interests. Good luck to all.

Conflict of Interest, 5/12 Night Commentary

Although Swisher's on my bench and Jeter's on Girardi's, I still have a few uncomfortably contradictory investments in tonight's Yankees-Blue Jays game. Halladay v. Burnett, Cano and Lind. I think this is the first time I've had Fantasy pitchers go against each other, so far.

At times like this, I have to remind myself that I am a real-life Yankees fan, first and a Fantasy manager, second.

I also have baby-faced Clayton Kershaw pitching for my real-life second favorite team.

So, NOBODY WALK ANYBODY AND EVERYONE THROW STRIKES.

Lots of big games tonight! Good luck, all!