Hideki Matsui gave the fans a birthday present on his birthday, a Grand Slam in the 6th inning of last nights game against the Oakland Athletics. That was enough for us to win the game after the defeat the other night. Andy Pettitte pitched a great game going 8 innings before handing the ball to Mariano to finish the game off nicely. During the telecast on mlb.tv the As broadcasting team said that before the game that Mo and Andy Most wins for a starter with 51 , a head of Mo and Moose but they were just behind Dennis Ekersley and Bob Welch with 57. I found that an impressive stat. I wonder if that is all time?

It was nice to see the pen getting a bit of rest last night with the great preformance of Andy. I really hope that he will take up the player option that he has got for next year. It would be good to see him on the mound in the first game at the New Yankee Stadium.

I am still sad that the stadium is going and i am ticked off that they have reduced the capacity of the new ballpark. It means its going to be even more difficult to get a ticket to a game .

Next Stop Minute Maid: Joba v Shawn Chacon.