Bombers Keep Earning Their Nickname
For the second straight night, the New York Yankees pummeled the White Soxs pitching staff like a black-and-white striped piñata. The Bronx Bombers clobbered five home runs in an [8-1 rout] of Chicago, just one day after launching a [team-record eight home runs](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270731110) on Tuesday. Catcher Jorge Posada (pictured) led the festivities by clouting his 13th and 14th homers of the season and driving in a team-high three runs, and Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and Shelley Duncan also hit homers in the win.
Also for the second consecutive game, however, Alex Rodriguez wasnt invited to the party. While his teammates celebrated moonshot after moonshot last night, A-Rod remained stuck on 499 home runs for the sixth straight game. Hes an abysmal 0-for-21 since hitting No. 499 last Wednesday, and continues to feed fodder to his detractors who claim he cant perform under pressure. The biggest of those haters, the New York Post, even decided to put his failures on [their cover yesterday], inexplicably making that the lead story rather than the Yankees historic eight home runsit was the first time theyve accomplished such a feat in the 16,218 games theyve played since becoming a team in 1903. Way to demonstrate objective reporting, guys. Kudos to you.