I am on spring break vacation this week with my family in Houston, so I've piled this series all together.  With my XM radio, and of course Yanks on national television, it was easy to stay up with the series.

Game 1.
Sonnanstine was great.  This is a pitcher I've always had a good feeling about.  Last year, I thought was a pretty good year for him even if the record didn't show it.  This year a great outing against the Yanks for his first win.  TB 13 NY 4

Game 2
I've not always had a good feeling about our 4 and 5 starters.  In my mind, they just aren't reliable. Jackson is good, but not great, and totally beatable.  I was tentative thinking the Yanks would want some revenge for the drubbing yestersday.  He pitched very well, even though you never had the feeling the Yanks were out of it, and a 6-1 lead isn't rock solid against this lineup.  Jackson had some high pitch counts but did a great job. TB 6 NY 3

I have to say a word about the Yanks radio team.  XM carries every game and they default to the home team's broadcast team.  I found them very enjoyable to listen to, and they were never condescending.  Of course it is hard to look down on a team that is currently winning the game.  Listening to a woman color commentator was interesting, she definitely knew more about the game than the guy and corrected him repeatedly.  They were fun.

Game 3
Out all day so I missed Shield's gem.  The only mistake,  a two run homer to Matsui.  Otherwise a great outing.  This puts a serious hole in my 20 win goal for Shields, but against Wang you are going to have to pitch perfectly. One mistake was all it took to lose the game. Hats off to their starting pitcher.  NY 2 TB 1

Game 4
This game was on national televsion, so I was able to watch.  I was impressed with Hammel through the first five innings.  As I said before, I'm not comfortable with our 4 and 5 guys, but he did all right.  Mussina was in his "good" phase, setting down almost everyone on our teamOf course in the latter innings, even though we were down by 1 run, you didn't have the feel that the Rays were going to come back from this one.  When the Yanks piled on more, you knew it was over.  NY 6 TB 1

3-3 is not a horrible road trip.  It's not that great, but splitting a four game series in NY isn't something to be ashamed about.  Home opener tonight, wish I could be there.