WHY THE BILL HALL TRAIN'S ROLLING & PINEDA LOOKS GOOD

The Yankees won today and it had everything to do with the Bill Hall audition. Hall signed a minor league deal with the Yankees and has played hard to be noticed among a group of superstars. It was my feeling just a few short days ago that the way Bill Hall is playing is significant in the decision making when cuts come for the Yankees. I want Bill Hall to make the pro team. I like his bat, I like his ability and I love his guts. He’s played hard everywhere he’s been throughout his career and he’s the perfect piece for the Yankees bench. Read WHY I LIKE WHAT I SEE FROM BILL HALL.

That being said, let's get to today’s Spring Training game, a game the Yankees won over the Nationals 8-5. Read the story HERE. Highlights included Michael Pineda pitching 3 and 2/3 innings and striking out 4. Pineda no doubt did not think about media reports that he’ll start in the minors… that speculation about him gets us nowhere right now… let’s give it a week or 2 before we start having that discussion, right? Read Marchand HERE.

Chien-Ming Wang pitched for the Nationals and it was good to see him but this poor guy cannot get a break. He was fielding a Russell Martin ground ball running toward first and fell down and apparently is now hurt. What a shame. Later on, John Lannan was in for the Nationals and the Yankees scored 4 runs off of him.

There were hits from Justin Maxwell, JR Murphy Jose Gil and Bill Hall who drove in 2. Look, I’m not saying Bill Hall’s a superstar, I’m just telling you he needs to be strongly considered…that’s it.

Fun game today…more to come. Look for it here. Also, if we haven’t reminded you enough, let’s remind you again, you can buy Bleeding Yankee Blue T-Shirts by going to the home page of our website and clicking on the Buy Now button right under the picture of Mikey’s Dad. It’s a fun shirt and I know you want one.

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