Santana pitches into 8th, Mets top Yanks (AP)

The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus found this 5/18/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]

Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to top the Yankees 7-4 Saturday in the opener of a rain-shortened Subway Series. [link]

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The Gold Shift
Published 5/18/2008 by Metstradamus (noreply@blogger.com) at The Musings and Prophecies of Metstradamus
... Sure, Jason Giambi might have the golden thong, but as the Mets are the team of the people, they would never be caught dead in fancy schmancy gold thongs. For example, Luis Castillo's luck comes from a ratty old thong he borrows intermittently from some stripper named Diamond*. And that good luck charm was instrumental in Castillo's 40 foot grass hugger giving the Mets the lead for good in their game against the Yankees on Saturday. ...

Yankees Suck Against NL too!

fastbreakblog posted 5/18/2008 from www.fastbreakblog.com

Mets whack Yanks, 7-4

Yankees vs Mets? Yawn!

ETVal posted 5/18/2008 from www.bugsandcranks.com

Yeah, I know. There’s a Subway Series being played this weekend. Yankees vs. Mets. American League vs. National League. New York City bragging rights. Johan Santana sticking it to Hank Steinbrenner and the Yanks, which he did Saturday. I’m supposed to be all fired up. The baseball world is supposed to stop. Only, I find myself not really giving a damn. Let's look at why.

Johan, Mets draw first blood in Bronx

yankeesdaily.com found this 5/18/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

Johan Santana gave up four runs - all of them coming on three Yankees homers - in a season-high 7 2/3 innings, while Billy Wagner followed up a couple of controversial days by recording the final four outs to nail down a 7-4 win.

Yanks Lose 1st Game Against Mets

gridtalker posted 5/18/2008 from www.yankstalk.com

YANKEES 4 METS 7 Saturday afternoon at the Stadium, the Yankees fell to the Mets, 7-4. Andy Pettitte had a rough 4th inning, giving up 3 runs in the inning, and the bullpen couldn’t hold it together for the Yanks. Andy Pettitte, although having a troubled 4th inning in which he gave up 3 runs, he actually settled down and gave the Yankees 6 innings, allowing only those 3 runs. ...

Giambi, other Yanks use thong as slump antidote

Unbiased Yankee Fan found this 5/18/2008 on msn.foxsports.com

The New York Yankees ' first baseman caused a bit of a stir Saturday when the Daily News reported on the front page, no less that he often wears a gold thong under his uniform pants when trying to snap out of a slump. "I was blown away," ...

Efficient Johan lifts Mets over Yanks
Despite surrendering three homers in his introduction to the Subway Series, Johan Santana allowed the Yankees little else on Saturday, lasting 7 2/3 innings in the Mets' 7-4 win. Jose Reyes and David Wright hit late homers to add insurance.

SANTANA PITCHES METS TO 7-4 VICTORY OVER YANKEES
Johan Santana gave the Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to...

BIG CY OF RELIEF
Johan Santana was worth every penny of his $137.5 million salary yesterday. The beleaguered Mets forked over that club-record payout for Santana to be their stopper, and the ace left-hander couldn't have come through at a better time - for them or...

Santana pitches Mets to 7-4 victory over Yankees
Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter. The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to ...

Santana hardly dominant but stops Mets' bleeding
Both the Mets' and Yankees' seasons will be graded on a curve - or rather on a fastball, changeup and slider. The latter three constitute the repertoire of Johan Santana, the pitcher the Yankees didn't get and the Mets did. He will be the New York ...