In what was a clinic of how to blow four-run leads and influence pitching changes, the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays put on a marathon slugfest that just didn't want to see the holiday weekend end.  Manager Joe Girardi commented after the game that he thought the game would never make it to the 9th.  And as yours truly can attest from attending my first game at the "New House," one will have to forgive me if Derek Jeter's go-ahead HR in the  5th felt more like the 8th instead.

It surely was "Nintendo baseball" at its best with both teams accounting for a combined 18 runs on 26 hits.  

Starting the ball rolling was the captain Jeter with a lead-off single up against the rightfield wall in the 1st.  After the first of three walks on the day to Mark Teixeira