The Yankees ended their 4-game losing streak last night, beating the Twins 9-6 on 12th inning home runs by Alex Rodriguez and Xavier Nady.  While they are looking at it as an end to their skid, the Yanks aren’t technically considering this a win, as any progress it helped make will inevitably be canceled out by a Darrell Rasner loss tonight.

Hallelujah!  The Mets bullpen didn’t blow a win!!! Oh, also they won 4-3 on a controversial walk off HBP for Damion Easley.  But you’ll have to read at least halfway through the recap article to see any sort of explanation of that, because clearly, the proverbial victory of the Amazin’s pen discontinuing the skyrocketing of their ERA and the collective blood pressure of their fan base is way bigger than the actual victory here.

New York Islanders GM Garth Snow announced yesterday that the team’s new head coach would be the reigning AHL coach of the year, Scott Gordon.  Said Snow of the decision, “It was simple.  A team who raises AHL level interest is a team that deserves the best coaching the AHL has to offer.”

Michael Phelps continued his quest for 8 gold medals in the summer games, winning his fourth and fifth yesterday, and setting new world record times in the 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay.  Chinese gaming officials, wary of his unbelievable prowess, are making assertions that Phelps’ records should not count due to the fact that his mother is a former pro athlete and his father is a shark.

The Red Sox and Rangers tied an American League record last night, combining for 36 runs in an eventual 19-17 win for the Sox.  Continuing his amazing story of redemption, the Rangers’ Josh Hamilton was credited with all 17 RBIs for Texas, and also managed to notch another 6 RBIs for the Red Sox.