Game Thread: New York Yankees @ Atlanta Braves 8/28

My happiness has turned to giddiness as the New York Yankees filed into Turner Field tonight to take on the Atlanta Braves. It is amazing how the little things in life can really make you happy and make you smile, isn’t it? The Yankees will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound tonight to face off against the Braves starter Williams Perez. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

The Yankees have two more games in Atlanta and three in Boston before an off day and a trip back to the Bronx and Yankee Stadium. To have your Yankees tickets for when the team comes home or to see the team in Atlanta if you’re a New York transplant like myself be sure to click the Yankees Tickets link at the top of the blog now while you still have time. If you can’t make it live then be sure to give @GreedyStripes a follow to interact with us and root for the home team during each and every Yankees game for the remainder of the season.

Brett Gardner and company are ready to wake up and ignite the offense and I’m ready to send a bunch of co-workers the sarcastic “are you watching the Braves game?” texts when the Yankees get up big. Go Yankees!

Game Preview: New York Yankees @ Atlanta Braves 8/28

Words cannot describe how excited I am to be writing this game previews. As many of you already know I was born in the Bronx, New York but due to circumstances beyond my control my mother moved me down to Atlanta, Georgia in 1999. I was crushed obviously because I would be leaving my favorite MLB team and half my heart in the Bronx but thanks to Interleague Play being implemented I at least get to see my team once every three years. That three year drought comes to an end tonight when the New York Yankees make the trip to Turner Field to face off with the Atlanta Braves. The Yankees will send Masahiro Tanaka to the mound tonight looking to put this train back on the tracks while the Braves will counter with Williams Perez. The game will be played at 7:05 pm ET and can be seen on the YES Network and MLB TV.

• Tanaka heads into Atlanta tonight looking to improve on his 4-2 career Interleague record and 1.66 ERA in six starts. Tanaka has never faced the Braves in his career and will look to rebound off a tough loss to the Cleveland Indians last time out after allowing four runs, three of them earned, over six innings.

• Perez is in the middle of his rookie season with the Braves and has battled with the inconsistency that many rookies face in their careers. Perez will be making his 9^th start of his career tonight and will look to not fall behind most batters or get himself into unnecessary jams like he has the past month of baseball.

I tried to purchase tickets for all three games this series but having two kids, two jobs and the wife it just wasn’t meant to be this time around. Instead I will watch tonight’s game from the comfort of my own home before making the trek to Atlanta tomorrow evening to watch Luis Severino’s latest start. New York heads into this series with the offense scuffling and the team in second place so a series victory or sweep this weekend would be huge, especially for me when I go back into work on Monday morning. The Yankees have the three pitchers they want going in this series so there’s always that to mix in with a little bit of hoping and praying. Go Yankees!