NEW YORK -- "Ballgame over, the Yankees win. Thu-uuuuuuugh Yankee win!"
It had been nine days and seven games since longtime play-by-play man, John Sterling, had put his unique exclamation point on a New York Yankees victory. At the end of Wednesday's 8-4 triumph over the Los Angeles Angels, Sterling could have amended his call and belted out, Thu-uuuuuuugh Yankee [finally] win!"
The Yankees lost seven games in a row, so they were due for a little success. They got it and, with a Boston Red Sox's meltdown in Kansas City, the Yankees, even after winning just their first game since June 12 in Anaheim, are atop the AL East.