It's hard to believe that the month of April is almost over. Baseball season is long, but when you love it as much as me, Eden, and Kathleen do, it can't be long enough. 

My Yankees struggled the first week of April, but I'm happy to say that we've now found our groove. They are known as a home run hitting team, and since a lot of our home run hitters are on the DL, everyone said the Yankees were going to have to learn how to manufacture runs. I think they have done that in some ways, but with the addition of Hafner, Wells, and Youkilis they are still hitting them out of the park. You add Cano in the mix, who is always a BIG bat in the lineup, and we still are known for the long ball. We are only second in all of baseball in home run totals. I believe Eden's Braves are first. See, I can praise another team for their accomplishments...sometimes. :) 

You will have to wait till next Monday to catch up on Kathleen's Dbacks, as she is on vacation this week, but for the next chapter in Guarding the Line, please jump over to Eden Connor's blog. Are you loving that story as much as I am? 

How did your team do this month? Who leads the team in home runs?

I have to admit that I was on edge Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday because my Yankees were taking on Kathleen’s Diamondbacks. I would probably have to quit all social media outlets and stop the Baseball Babes blog, because I knew if the Yankees didn't do well Kathleen and Eden were going to let me know about it every chance they got. Don’t ever let those sweet Babes fool you. They're lethal when it comes to a Yankee fan. 

Lucky for me, the Yankees won the series 2-1. Game one, with Robinson Cano hitting a 3 run homerun, the Yankees won 4-2. The next night (game 2), with our ace C.C Sabathia on the mound and once longtime Cleveland Indian’s player Travis Hafner making a pitch hitting appearance in the eighth, the Yankee beat the Diamondbacks with a score of 4-3. Unfortunately, in extra innings, the Dbacks beat the Yankees Thursday (game 3) with a 6-2 score. Overall I’m very happy with how my guys preformed. It was an exciting series.

This past weekend the Yankees traveled to Canada to face the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays spent a lot of money in the off-season and were expected to be the leader of the AL East. After watching the Miami Marlins, who were expected to make a big splash last year, but failed to do so, I never determine a team by what’s on paper anymore. Players get injured and sometimes a team just doesn't mesh. We’ll see how it works out in the end. The Yankees also took this series 2-1. :) 

Make sure you stop by Eden and Kathleen's blogs. What about you? Did your team make you proud this week?

How did your team do this past week? I want to know. 

If you haven't already done so, jump over to Kathleen Grieve and Eden Connor's blogs-my fellow baseball babes. :)

I know I write romance, and one of books features a hero who is a former major league baseball player, and at least two of my heroines in the Patience Series love the sport, but sometimes during this season I will just put the writing on the back burner and just talk baseball. This is one of those weeks. I hope you don’t mind.

New York Yankees record after week one – 2-4

So, there is no sugar coating the Yankees first week of ball—it stunk. *I don’t want to hear it, Kathleen and Eden* Yep, I’m admitting it. I was going back and forth with another Yankee fan on Facebook this week, and we concluded it just didn’t look like our team out there on the field. I can name all the players, and have seen them play on other teams, but the everyday players we (fans) are accustomed to watching have either moved on or injured.

Let’s take the Captain, Derek Jeter. I mean, come on, Opening Day didn’t feel right without him in the line-up. If I can recall, I think this is only the second time since Jeter was brought up that he didn’t play on Opening Day. Then, on top of our everyday short-stop being hurt and rehabbing in Tampa, our centerfielder, third baseman, first baseman, and back up short-stop are all on the DL.  On a good note—two additions to the team, Vernon Wells and Kevin Youkilis have made a big impact. Yeah, I can’t believe I’m thankful for a damn ex Red Sox player at the moment either. 

Yesterday they played the Detroit Tigers, and went up against Justin Verlander of all pitchers. He’s considered to be one of the best, if not the best, pitcher in all of baseball right now. The Yankees had, C.C. Sabathia, their ace on the mound. They won the game 7-0. To see a lot of these bench players and newcomers step up was a bright spot in this miserable week.

How about you guys…how did your teams do this week?

If you haven't already done so, jump over to Kathleen Grieve and Eden Connor's blogs-my fellow baseball babes. :)