OLDB: Yankees-Blue Jays, Innings 1-3 (Let's Try This Again!)
sports.aol.com 4/1/2008 — It's still raining in the Bronx, but lighter today, and barring any stray storms the Yankees and Jays should at last get to start their season. A nasty storm prevented them from playing yesterday , much to all the fans' chagrin, particularly those ...
Melky Cabrera BOMBS the Blue Jays
yankeesdaily.com 4/2/2008 — A little description of the Yankees first win of the season along with links that are NOT original material.
Yanks prevail in final Cathedral opener
newyork.yankees.mlb.com 4/2/2008 — NEW YORK -- Eighty-five years after Babe Ruth christened Yankee Stadium with a home run, the Yankees kick-started the ballpark's glorious sendoff season with the creation of a new set of memories, posting a tight 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays. With ...
Bill James: It Wasn't The Curse That Doomed The Cubs
wrigleyville23.com 4/2/2008 — Bill James answered questions on the New York Times Web site today, including this one on the 100-year thing and the Cubs : Q: Why can’t the Chicago Cubs get into the World Series? Is it the small park? Low salaries? The curse of the billy goat? ...
Short Stops Around the League for April 1, 2008
blog.baseballdigestdaily.com 4/2/2008 — Yanks win in final opening day at the Stadium, Pedro Martinez is injured in Mets loss, Dice-K baffles Oakland hitters, and Josh Hamilton is back with more heroics...
columnists | 'Suspended' Cabrera steals show
thestar.com 4/2/2008 — Richard Griffin NEW YORK B y all rights, the star of last night's game for the Yankees, centre fielder Melky Cabrera, wasn't supposed to be playing. But he has appealed his three-game suspension. Contributing spectacular back-to-back catches off Lyle ...
Blue Jays vs. Yankees - Box Score - April 01, 2008
scores.espn.go.com 4/2/2008 — Toronto Blue Jays Hitters AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG D Eckstein SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 S Stewart LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .250 A Rios RF 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 .500 V Wells CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 F Thomas DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .250 L Overbay 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250 A Hill 2B 4 0 ...
Melky’s defense deserves a catch-phrase
bugsandcranks.com 4/2/2008 — When the YES Network starts replaying last night’s season-opening 3-2 victory over Toronto as a Yankees Classic (c’mon, you know that is inevitable) they will have to sub-title it “The Melky Game.”
That’s Melky as in ...
Yankee night an eye-opener —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 4/2/2008
The Yankees may have had to wait an extra day to start the 2008 campaign, but the wait was worth it for the sellout crowd in the Bronx, as the Yankees opened with a 3-2 victory over the Blue Jays before a crowd of 55,112.
Yankees Edge Blue Jays in Final Stadium Opener —
Wash Post MLB 4/2/2008
NEW YORK -- The final opener at Yankee Stadium ended like so many that came before _ with a victory by the home team. Chien-Ming Wang shut down the Toronto Blue Jays for seven innings, making Joe Girardi a winner in his rain-delayed debut as Yankees ...
