After the game, it was revealed that the Yanks’ loss was due to a hex placed on the team by a Red Sox fan who buried Scott Schoeneweis under the new park’s bullpen.

Willie Randolph was on hand for the Yankee Stadium opener thanks only to the police escort that was needed to get him through traffic on the Cross Bronx Expressway. Nooner legal experts say the law hasn’t intervened in Willie’s baseball activities since cops had to forcibly restrain him from using Guillermo Mota in close games.

CC Sabathia battled through 5 2/3 innings and allowed only one run, but was frustrated that he needed 122 pitches to get to that point and disappointed that Cleveland batters weren’t more intimidated by his trademark Walrus face.