Enemy Mine
It was an evening to embrace one’s nemesis. The fans at Fenway chanted for Derek Jeter even though he had the evening off. Jeter played his last game as a shortstop on Thursday, a night where he sparked a storybook ending at Yankee Stadium. But he will make an appearance as designated hitter at Fenway because he acknowledges the importance of the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry. And so pinstripe devotees and carmine hose followers alike feted Jeter.
Dan Butler tried to make peace with Steve Wright’s knuckleball but the backstop had a trying game behind the plate. He allowed two passed balls, and they were the only passed balls he has tallied as a major leaguer.
Joe Girardi took advantage of his manager’s challenge in the first inning. Yoenis Cespedes was called safe when he stretched a single Chris Young into a double. Replays showed that there was a split-second in time where Cespedes wasn’t touching the keystone sack and Jose Pirela had kept the tag applied.
I even softened my stance against Yankee fans and their grammatical errors.
| Game 160: September 26, 2014 | ||
 New York Yankees83-77 |
3 | W: Chris Capuano (3-4) H: Shawn Kelley (12), Adam Warren (23) S: David Robertson (39) |
| 2B: John Ryan Murphy (4) | ||
| Boston Red Sox 70-90 |
2 | L: Steven Wright (0-1) |
| HR: Rusney Castillo (2) | ||
