Maybe the local teams should have skipped breaking in their new ballparks with preseason exhibition games. After winning both of those unofficial affairs a couple weeks back, the Yankees today joined the Mets in earning a 0-1 home record in their opener. The Yankee bullpen burst apart at the seams today in a 10-2 loss to the Indians.
CC Sabathia only gave up one run pitching into the sixth, but threw 122 pitches. Things for the Yankees started falling apart in the 7th with Jose Veras and Damato Marte getting banged up for nine runs in the dreadful inning. Grady Sizemore put the nail in the coffin with a grand slam off of Marte.
The first hit in the new ballpark came from the bat of Johnny Damon and Jorge Posada sent the first ball deep with a solo homer in the 5th. Yogi Berra threw out the first pitch and George Steinbrenner was in good enough health to be in attendance. The Daily News says that following Sizemore's grand slam, the Bleacher Creatures started chanting, "We want Swisher!" after the right fielder's scoreless relief performance in Tampa the other night.
