Dont Look Now

But here come the New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez is back in the lineup and since his return the Yankees are 4-1 and have scored 27 runs in those 5 games. Just one game under .500, the Yankees sitting at 24-25 are getting things going the way they should have been. They are still missing Jorge Posada who will start his rehab stints in AAA Scranton next week.

Currently the Yankees are on a 4 game winning streak, the longest in the majors and are proving that their early season slump was just that. In the last 2 games they have exploded for 25 runs and with solid pitching those bats are waking from their slumber. The main key for this resurgence, "Alex is back" said Bobby Abreu. Since last years MVP has come back to the line up he has hit 3 home runs, 2 which counted, many extra base hits and has paced this Yankee team. Also coming along is Robinson Cano who went 9-20 this week chipping in with the game winning single on Wednesday and a 4-4 performance on Saturday in a 12-6 win over the Seattle Mariners.

The great hitting is proving to be contagious as Jason Giambi is off the interstate and tearing the cover off the ball hitting well all week, gold thong or not. Giambi who belted a opposite field 3 run home run on Saturday is finally off the interstate with his batting average, and also playing great defense at first base.

Darrell Rasner has plugged the hole for the New York Yankees as Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy started off the year struggling. Rasner is 3-0 pitching phenomenally in all 3 games sporting an impressive sub 2.00 ERA.

And it has begun, the process of Joba Chamberlain becoming a starter in underway as Chamberlain threw a career high 40 pitches Saturday after throwing 2 innings on Wednesday as well. Chamberlain struck out 3, giving up only 1 hit in his 2 innings of work on Wednesday against the Orioles and struck out another 2 in his 2 innings of duty on Saturday against the Mariners.

The pieces are coming together for the Bronx Bombers and thats something they are in desperate need for. It's a long season and baseball isn't truly the same without the Evil Empire lurking in the back round.