NEW YORK STATE OF MIND : Yanks pick up Richie Sexson while Mets win 10th Straight and move into 1st place!

The New York Yankees have reached a tentative agreement with Richie Sexson, who was released by the Seattle Mariners a week ago.

Sexson

Sexson fits in New York because the Yankees needed a right-handed slugger to match up against left-handed pitching -- and Sexson had a .344 average with five home runs in 71 at-bats against lefties this year. He'll be in the lineup Saturday against Oakland.
The Yankees will have to pay Sexson only the prorated minimum of $390,000 from his $14 million salary with the Mariners. Seattle is eating the remainder of the nearly $6 million Sexson is owed for the season.
Sexson was batting .218 with just 30 RBIs in 74 games when the Mariners cut him loose, on July 10. He hit a career-worst .205 with 21 homers and 100 strikeouts in 2007.

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The NY METS Score 4 runs in the 9th inning to come back for the 3rd time in a wild one where Ace Starter Johan Satana left in the 4th inning after giving up 5 runs off a few homers!
Mets go for their club tying record 11 in a row tonight and possibly sole possession of 1st place in the NL EAST! Pedro Martinez will skip his start Sunday after getting an injection into his groin!

Series Pitching Matchups:

Fri 7/18	NYM (Maine) @ CIN (Arroyo)	7:10 ET
Sat 7/19	NYM (Perez) @ CIN (Fogg)	7:40 ET
Sun 7/20	NYM (Pelfrey) @ CIN (Volquez)	1:15 ET