Wang is clearly ace of staff

When the Yankees signed Roger Clemens last month, it was under the premise he'd be only part of the solution and not carry the team. Over his last two starts, it appears that Chien-Ming Wang has assumed the role of staff ace.
Runs were at an expected premium against reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Brandon Webb, who shook off a three-run first inning to limit the Yankees to three singles over the next six. A runner-up to Johan Santana in last season's AL Cy Young voting, Wang continued to build another case when he neutralized the Diamondbacks and paced the Yankees to a 4-1 win. Though Tuesday was the first time D-Backs manager Bob Melvin had seen Wang in person, it was enough for him to put Wang in place with Webb and Toronto's Roy Halladay as the game's premier sinkerball pitchers.
"He's outstanding," Melvin said. "Similar to Webby you know what's coming but there are times where there's very little you can do with it, except hit it on the ground."
The funny thing is, Wang thought he was only "so-so." He complained about leaving too many balls up, which deviated from his strength. Out of his 24 batters retired, just seven were via the ground ball, but it was still enough to hold Arizona to one run over seven innings that followed a complete game last Wednesday in Chicago. In his last six starts, Wang has allowed three earned runs or fewer, good for a 2.30 ERA during that stretch.
By Jon Lane / YESNetwork.com

A-Rod, Sheffield share weekly honor

Last season, Tigers designated hitter Gary Sheffield and Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez shared the same field in New York. This week, they're taking home the same American League award.
On Monday, Sheffield and Rodriguez were named the Bank of America Presents the AL Co-Players of the Week for the period of June 4-10, 2007.
Sheffield was Rodriguez's teammate last season in New York but signed with the Tigers as a free agent during the offseason. So far this year, he has been everything Detroit was hoping for. The 39-year-old is hitting .281 and ranks third in the AL in home runs (17) and 10th in RBIs (43).

Clemens earns "W" in return

Making his first start with the Yankees since 2003, Roger Clemens encountered little trouble, holding the Pirates to three runs and striking out seven batters in six innings to pick up the win and extend the Yankees' win streak to a season-high five games.

All the Yankees desired, as Clemens journeyed to the big leagues and clicked the meter on a lucrative contract, was for him to slot as a productive member of their rotation, promising them a stable effort every fifth day.

Mission accomplished. Clemens' Bronx relaunch was a success, as The Rocket notched a win in his first start of the season, pitching six innings in the Yankees' 9-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.

Clemens threw 108 pitches in the start, limiting the Pirates to three runs and five hits in helping the Yankees extend their winning streak to a season-high five games. New York is now two games under .500 at 29-31 and had been showing signs of renewal even before Clemens jazzed things up. The Rocket also achieved a milestone of sorts, earning career strikeout No. 4,606 to pass Randy Johnson for second on the all-time list with his second punchout in the top of the first inning.

By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com

Too Easy for Wang

I like the title.Chien-Ming Wang's best game of the season was probably last month in Seattle, when he lost a perfect game in the eighth after retiring the first 22 hitters.
"That game was pretty good," Yankees manager Joe Torre said, shaking his head. "Why do you have to remind me about those things?"
Maybe Wang's stuff was a touch off his Seattle best on Wednesday in Chicago, but his performance was more meaningful and just as dominating. Wang threw the Yankees' first complete-game victory since, well, his last one on July 28, 2006, against Tampa Bay (a 6-0 win), as the Yankees backed him up with a four-run third inning en route to a 5-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox for their second straight win.
The 27-year-old Wang notched his third complete game, using all of his pitches -- slider, curveball and sinker especially -- to shut down an occasionally potent White Sox lineup. Wang, who won for the fourth time in five starts to improve to 5-4, gave up five hits and one walk, while striking out four. He needed only 104 pitches. To put that number in perspective, he threw 112 pitches in 5 2/3 innings in his last start.

By Jon Greenberg / MLB.com

Goodbye April Hello May

Mr. April: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees. Rodriguez tied for the Major League record with 14 homers in April. Rodriguez, who leads the Major Leagues in both home runs and RBIs with 34, wrapped his historic month by batting .355. He equaled the 14 home runs hit by St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols, who accomplished the feat last April. Rodriguez finished one RBI shy of Juan Gonzalez's Major League record for most RBIs hit in April, set in 1998 with the Texas Rangers.

May pick to click: Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins. The AL batting champ hit .369 in April, fifth best in baseball, and look for Mauer to continue that torrid hitting in May, traditionally Mauer's best month (career .355 average, including .386 last season). The May schedule also includes several opponents the catcher has fared well against in the past, including Tampa Bay (.415 career average against), the Chicago White Sox (.300), Detroit (.348) and Milwaukee (.327).

F1

The car is belong to Mercedes Benz F1 Team. It's call Mp4-21. Now Mercedes Benz leads every team such as Ferrari ,BMW . I have not seen the race after I graguated from junior high school.
At that time, Ferrari was the King of the race. But after M.Schumacher retired, Ferrari never get the first place. I was so sad.

Clemens to make Triple-A start Monday

Roger Clemens will make a third and likely final Minor League start as he works toward duty in the Yankees rotation, tuning up on Monday with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Clemens will be supervised every step of the way by Yankees executives Billy Connors and Gene Michael, who will accompany Clemens to PNC Field in Moosic, Pa., for the start.

Following the start for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the seven-time Cy Young Award winner would have his fifth day align for Saturday against the Red Sox, a start that is presently lined up for Mike Mussina.

We'll just take it one start at a time, and we'll evaluate him after that," Cashman said. "We want him when he's ready, and it's our job obviously to determine that. I do believe he's going in the right direction."

Manager Joe Torre did not want to shy away from the idea of having Clemens pitch at Boston, but said that it was not necessary for Clemens to make his re-entry in such a dramatic fashion.

Ichiro, Felix overwhelm Royals in win

Today,let me interduce a famous baseball player,Ichiro Suzuki ,who is really good at hitting.Ichiro hiked his average to .339 and is hitting .443 in his streak yesterday. "Nothing out of the ordinary," Hargrove said of Ichiro. "He's just real productive right now. He's just a very special hitter, and right now he's got it going in that direction, so his at-bats are nice. He's just Ichiro."

Homework

What a good day? On the top of the picture, there are clouds over the mountain. Under the clouds, mountains are decorated by many trees and flowers. Lake is around the mountains, and the reflection is in the lake. There are some handrails between the lake and the land. On the land are covered a lot of tiles. On the left side, there is a person sitting on the black chair. That guy wears a green jacket, brown pants and black shoes. He or she uses a umbrella to avoid sunlight, so we can’t differentiate the person is a man or a woman. The person draws a painting .Under the chair , there are some tools that is about painting. There is a water bag near the person’s legs. The tool box is on the right side of the water bag. There are some colorings in the tool box. The plastics board which use to mix color is on the left side of the water bag. There are a lot of pens next to the plastic board. Hope the people can make a good painting.

Today Andy,Natalie and I desided to see the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End".

I like Jonny Depp very much.

After Elizabeth (Keira Knightly), Will (Orlando Bloom), and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) rescue Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from the clutches of the Kraken, they must face their foes, Davey Jones (Bill Nighy) and Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Delma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng (Chow-Yun Fat), to a gathering that will make their final stand against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

In this movie,there is a fantastic sea war between Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow . You won't want to miss the war at Black Pearl and Flying Dutchman.

What are you waiting for? Go to the theater!!!

Wang pulls Yanks closer to Red Sox

Alex Rodriguez clubbed his Major League-leading 18th home run, Jason Giambi homered, Johnny Damon had three hits and Robinson Cano added a two-run triple to blast the Yankees past Boston and starter Tim Wakefield.

Wang made one start against the Red Sox earlier this season, an April 29 effort at Yankee Stadium, and came away dissatisfied concerning how the potent lineup had pounced on him for four runs in six innings.

Thus, the plan was hatched to soften things up the second time around. With catcher Jorge Posada calling the shots in a renewed approach, Wang discovered that he could work around the sinker, retiring the leadoff batter in each of the seven innings he started. Lesson learned.

Giving the Red Sox a new look for a night was one thing for Wang, who held the offensive output to two runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings, striking out five. But anyone expecting Wang to completely abandon his bowling ball-esque sinker -- as Guidry is fond of comparing it -- may have a long wait in store.

Hughes flirts with no-no bittersweet victory

Rookie Phil Hughes was going to throw a no-hitter on Tuesday. The 20-year old who was tabbed only a few hours earlier by his general manager as a work in progress -- the top pitching prospect but furthest thing from the pitching staff's savior -- was going to really do it.
He was about to become everything the Yankees hoped for but were afraid to say in public just yet. He was on his way to becoming a bedtime story for Little Leaguers in the Bronx. A nickname was just around the corner.
Then his left hamstring finished the story 2 1/3 innings before he could, leaving the Yankees on the winning side of a 10-1 romp against the Rangers but feeling like the real losers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
Hughes, a young man who was on his way to fame after throwing 6 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball in his second big-league start against the Rangers, is now on his way to the disabled list. Yankees manager Joe Torre estimates that the phenom will miss 4-6 weeks.
"We didn't talk about it, but everybody couldn't wait for him to get out there again," Torre said. "We seemed to have a lot more energy tonight. Whether it was the spark from the way he was going about his business or [that] the players feel good about themselves, whatever it was, it worked for us."
As good as Hughes was, the Yankees hitters were almost better.

Win gets away from Yankees' bullpen

Wang gave 6 1/3 strong innings to keep the Yankees in the game until he reached his predetermined 80-pitch count today. Wang was replaced by Luis Vizcaino after he'd given up a single and a double in the seventh. Vizcaino, in turn, intentionally walked the bases loaded to pave the way for teammate Mike Myers. New York had a 3-2 lead at that point and hopes of ending a sour road trip on an upswing. That's when things took a bad turn.

"I left a breaking ball over the plate, and it's something that's very easy to hit," said Myers of the seventh-inning pitch he watched sail out of the park for a grand slam.With six straight losses away from home, the Yankees are now in the middle of their longest road skid since losing nine straight from Sept. 19 to Oct. 1, 2000. It's a pattern they're eager to break.

By Dawn Klemish / MLB.com


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A-Rod saves Yanks

In the begining of the season,they seems been not ready for the games. Derek Jeter made some mistake. After Carl Pavano threw 4 1/3 innings on Opening Day and Andy Pettitte lasted four-plus innings on Thursday,Mussina and Igawa didn't control the game. Fortunately ,Rodriguez hit a game-winning grand slam off Chris Ray in the bottom of the ninth inning to sink the Baltimore Orioles, 10-7, and set off a raucous celebration at Yankee Stadium.

Want to Learn Another Language

Once I linked to my friend's blog, I saw they write something in some language I don't understand. She write her blog in German.

I gegan to think I have to learn more language. Not only can I read her blog,but also can talk to some foreigners who could't speak English. But now, I hope I can learn English well in my university life and have a chance to study oversees.

2007 Electronics Championship

This weekend,the Electronics Championship was hold in National Chung Hsing University.On March 23rd,we took a bus to Taichung.On last Saturday,we got up early to prepared the first game at 7:30 A.M. The competitor was Da Yeh Electronic. In the first inning,we tied two to two.
In the second inning,they began to score more than us.But we never gave up.We tried our best to defaet them. Unfortunately,8:10we lose.Our second game was at 2:30P.M.This time we won Southem Taiwan easily(15:5).

Wang to start season on disabled list

What a brokenhearted news! After Pettitte felt the injury while performing squat exercises on Monday ,one of my favorite players in MLB(Major League Baseball)─ Chien-Ming Wang was injured ,too. Now he is expected to miss at least the first three weeks of the season. Because of suffering a Grade 1 strain of his right hamstring while performing conditioning exercises on Friday. A candidate to pitch on Opening Day on April 2 in the Bronx, Wang was the runner-up in last season's American League Cy Young Award voting. Lots of people hope he can pitch in the Opening Day.

I don't want stuff like this happen,but unfortunately,this does happen.Manager Joe Torre said that the Yankees will select from a group including Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa and Jeff Karstens to throw the season's first pitch on April 2. It sound a bad idea. They are trobule makers!

English Writing Class

This paragraph is complished by me and myclassmates. Our teacher want us to write something we want to write. It is a little bit difficult because we don't know what things have be written before. Although it is hard,it is very fun. This is my composition:

This weekend our softball team joins a game. In order to get a good grade, we practice very hard. All of my team players have a very great goal. This weekend we will go to Yai-chung to jo
join the softball competition. Everyone wants the champion so we buy a lot of equipment.
Practice as hard as possible. No matter how hard we try, the feel isn’t good enough. I think it is a mistake to practice at that day.

HOW ABOUT YOU

Wise men talk because they have something to say;
fools, because they have to say something.
--Plato


How about you ,friends?

Or just like me?

Want to say something,but only can say nothing in English.

I'm free to be whatever I want

A song that I like very much. A song that I heard from my friend's blog. It is sung by oasis who sing a song "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" in the movie─The Butterfly Effect. Lyric is written by Noel Gallagher.
After I listened this fantastic song,I gebin to think what is I really want. Maybe I just be the one my parents want me to be. Maybe I can only see something that anothers want me to see,like the lyric said. Since I was a child,I have been taught to do something that lots of people think those things are right.
By the way ,hope you guys can enjoy this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tuPBrSl9Nw


Oasis Whatever


I'm free to be whatever I
Whatever I choose
And I'll sing the blues if I want
I'm free to say whatever I
Whatever I like
If it's wrong or right it's alright
Always seems to me
You only see what people want you to see
How long's it gonna be
Before we get on the bus
And cause no fuss
Get a grip on yourself
It don't cost much
Free to be whatever you
Whatever you say
If it comes my way it's alright
You're free to be wherever you
Wherever you please
You can shoot the breeze if you want
It always seems to me
You only see what people want you to see
How long's it gonna be
Before we get on the bus
And cause no fuss
Get a grip on yourself
It don't cost much
I'm free to be whatever I
Whatever I choose
And I'll sing the blues if I want
Here in my mind
You know you might find
Something that you
You thought you once knew
But now it´s all gone
And you know it's no fun
Yeah I know it's no fun
Oh I know it's no fun
I'm free to be whatever I
Whatever I choose
And I'll sing the blues if I want
I'm free to be whatever I
Whatever I choose
And I'll sing the blues if I want
Whatever you do
Whatever you say
Yeah I know it's alright
Whatever you do
Whatever you say
Yeah I know it's alright.