Game 2 of the ALDS: Twins @ Yankees

Round 2. The Twins slept late after dealing with the hangover in Game 1. The Yankees will try to build on what CC and A-Rod did in Game 1. I will be there (albeit in 431A, row 12...so all the way up) tonight. But I will be there which is what counts. I will make sure to send a post from the game. Here is the lineup for tonight:

YANKEES
1. Jeter SS
2. Damon LF
3. Teixeira 1B
4. Rodriguez 3B
5. Matsui DH
6. Swisher LF
7. Cano 2B
8. Cabrera CF
9. Molina C

P. A.J. Burnett

TWINS
1. Span RF
2. Cabrera SS
3. Mauer C
4. Kubel DH
5. Cuddyer 1B
6. Young LF
7. Gomez CF
8. Tolbert 3B
9. Punto 2B

P. Nick Blackburn

A few other articles:

• Bloomberg says that what's good for the Derek Jeter is good for baseball. There is certainly a lot of revenue to be had when the Yankees are playing and winning.
• Joel Sherman breaks down the Joba situation perfectly: he should have been a starter this year, his move the bullpen is what makes them a better team in the postseason because of how scarcely a #4 starter is used, and that he's ultimately a starter.
• Bob Klapisch says that A.J. Burnett is facing the game of his life. He missed the 2003 playoffs when his Marlins won the World Series so you can be sure he'll be jacked up to prove himself. Hopefully not too jacked up, though.
  
• The New York Times has uncovered some old video which shows Babe Ruth playing right field. Pretty awesome stuff (and the picture above on the right)
  
• Lastly, I know people claim that Derek Jeter is totally overhyped. And I agree sometimes. But this stat is truly awesome from Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information via Buster Olney:

What is the value of a Derek Jeter postseason game-tying home run? Pretty extraordinary. Some may scoff at comparing Jeter's home run total to those of Reggie Jackson and Mickey Mantle, but Jeter has hit so many home runs of significance that he belongs right there with them. Jeter's home run in Game 1 of the ALDS marked the fifth time that he's hit a game-tying postseason home run. No one else has hit more than three. Those five game-tying home runs have another layer of significance. In all five instances, the Yankees went on to win the game. The first such occurrence was the Jeffrey Maier-aided home run in Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS against the Orioles (the Yankees would win on a walk-off home run by Bernie Williams). The next was against Al Leiter in Game 5 of the 2000 World Series (the Yankees would win on a ninth-inning hit by Luis Sojo). The third round-tripper came against Pedro Martinez in Game 3 of the 2003 ALCS, a game the Yankees would win 4-3. The fourth, and last before Wednesday, was against Brad Radke, leading off the bottom of the first of Game 2 of the 2004 ALDS. The Yankees had lost Game 1, and the Twins scored in the opening inning before Jeter matched in the home half. The Yankees would win in the 12th, with Jeter scoring the winning run on Hideki Matsui's sacrifice fly.

Let's go Yankees!