Yankees vs. Rockies

The Rockies love it when the Yankees come to town. They have trouble drawing crowds to the park at other times but when the Yankees show up that's no issue. Not a seat left in the house last night as far as I could see. What gets me about the Rockies and the Yankees coming to town is this: they double the prices of every seat for the Yankees games. Talk about sleazy. They're struggling to gather fan support for a team that really isn't that bad (two games over .500) so the thing to do is to cater to the fan base, not alienate it by making a cash grab. But maybe they are right in doing this...80 percent of that crowd seemed to be Yankees fans anyway, so it's not like they'll be back when the Yankees are gone. A solid fan base can be had in Colorado, it was proven when they drew in excess of 4 million in their inaugural season. However they need to make a playoff run before the fans come back...

Anyway, I'm rambling. Here are the lineups for tonight:

YANKEES
Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez 3B
Posada C
Matsui LF
Cano 2B
Phillips 1B
Pettitte LHP (4-4, 2.93)

ROCKIES
Tavares CF
Matsui 2B
Holliday LF
Helton 1B
Atkins 3B
Hawpe RF
Tulowitzki SS
Torrealba C
Francis LHP (6-5, 3.61)

The Rockie batters have not experience much success at all against Pettitte. That coupled with how well Andy has pitched this season has me predicting a Yankees win over the talented Rockie team and their starting pitcher, who happens to be very good, Jeff Francis. Again, my prediction: 4-2 Yankees the final.