Yankees down Jays 6-4

Even though Kei Igawa issued four walks and gave up two home runs, he managed to give the Yankees five acceptable innings, and A-Rod hit his billionth home run of the season. Mariano Rivera notched his third save in as many games. Mo has only give up five runs since he gave up four to the Red Sox on April 27th, lowering his ERA from 12.15 to 3.41 over that stretch. Mo regaining his form seems to have brought a sense of normalcy to the season. I mean, when he gave up a walk-off home run to Marco Scutaro on April 15th, many of my fundamental perceptions of reality were called into question, and I spent weeks wandering the streets in an existential haze.

Satan Starting from the Touch of Scutaro's Spear

It's also great to see Andy Phillips getting a shot at playing every day at first and succeeding. I believe that his stigma as a "quadruple-A" player is unwarranted. I simply don't see how a player who has torn up AAA the way he has shouldn't have the ability to be an above-average major league hitter. If he builds up some confidence, he is capable of a solid .275/.350/.475.