Impressions from Sox vs. Yankees May 14

1. Don't look now but Josh Beckett has a streak of 17 1/3 innings without being scored upon. He's pitching about as well as I've ever seen him.

2. So glad we got Matt Albers. He looked great tonight and pitched two scoreless innings, sparing Papelbon and Bard from being overworked in the bullpen. Great fastball and curve.

3. Youkilis is swinging at bad pitches. It's the first time that I've seen that. He seems like he's chasing pitches out of the strike zone. Seems like he's now seeing the ball well right now.

4. Cano is definitely the Yankee hitter who scares me the most at the plate at the moment.

5. Reports of Jeter's demise are vastly overstated. He's still an opposite field double waiting to happen.

6. Adrian Gonzales makes it look effortless.

7. Lots of empty seats in the 9th at Yankee Stadium. Sox fans would not leave early.

8. Really enjoyed Sarah Silverman's appearance. Was fun to watch the smug Fox announcers squirm a little bit, especially when she brought up Doc Ellis' no hitter on LSD.

9. This team inspires a lot more confidence than they did a few weeks ago. Since starting 2-10, Sox are 16-10 since then to be at 18-20 on the season. In that 16-10 stretch, their winning percentage is .615. At that pace, counting the bad start, the Sox finish the year with 94 wins.

10. The Yankees have had an easy schedule thus far, with lots of home games, and have not excelled. They seemed a bit tired in this game. They will definitely start to hit as it gets warmer but I wonder if they have enough pitching, as they're constituted right now.

11. If Posada is not their DH, do they have a rotating DH or do they acquire another bat? I bet on the latter. Very curious to hear what happens with him. Since the end of last year, the Yankees have had lots of controversy; usually it's us.

12. Intriguing question about the ethics of Bartolo Colon and his stem cell treatment. Can't believe he's throwing 98 mph at 37 years old. Most pitchers are out of the game by that age.