The hits and runs just keep coming.

The Yanks scored four runs in the first inning and three more in the second and cruised to a 9-4 victory over the Royals in Kansas City.  Chien-Ming Wang wasn't great, but he was good enough as the Yankees won their fifth in a row.  New York now stands 7.5 games back in the AL East and only 4.5 games back in the wild card.

I have to admit, I was in and out of consciousness after the sixth inning of this game.  The four hour contest was too much for me, especially since the game was decided after the first two innings.  I must be getting old.

The Good:

Derek Jeter.  Jeter is putting together another solid season and it seems to be flying under the radar.  The Captain collected four more hits on Tuesday night and is batting a "Jeterian" .335 on the year.  DJ finished 4 for 6 with a run scored.

Johnny Damon.  Damon is starting to look like the Damon of last season.  When he's hitting, the Yankee offense has the chance to be unstoppable.  Maybe he's due for a hot August and September since his first three months were so terrible.  Johnny D finished 2 for 5 with a walk, a stolen base, 2 runs scored and an RBI. 

Bobby Abreu.  I still believe Abreu should be batting seventh instead of third, but El Comedulce is making me look foolish.  Bobby knocked in the first Yankee run with a sac fly in the first and then got the Yanks rolling in the second inning with an RBI double.  Keep proving me wrong, Bobby!  Abreu finished 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBIs.

The Bad:

Alex Rodriguez.  Again, things have been going swimmingly in Yankee Land so this is really nit-picky of me.  A-Rod went 0 for 4 and left four runners on base on Tuesday night.  He also committed his sixth error of the season.  Not to worry -- everything's gonna be all right.

The Ugly:

Say what?  I've been wanting to write about this for a long time now.  The Yankee flagship radio station WCBS 880 runs a commercial that is hysterical.  I'm not even sure what the company does and I really don't even hear the commercial until they mention the number: 866-SHIPBAGS.  I nearly ran off the road the first time I heard that.  Good stuff.

Mike Mussina will take his putrid numbers (4-7, 4.97 ERA) into KC on Wednesday night.  I'm not even sure if the Yankee bats can give Mussina a chance at a win.  He's been that bad.  The Royals will send Gil Meche, probably the biggest winner in this off season's spending splurge, to the hill.  Meche may be overpaid, but he's putting together a pretty solid season (7-6, 3.63 ERA).

C'mon Moose, surprise me.

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