Some fun with numbers: 81 games at new Yankee Stadium later

Last night's game was the 10th that I attended this season, and brought my 2009 record to 5-5. Considering I started the season 0-4, I feel OK about finishing at .500, although I really wanted to secure a winning record after last night's game, and the Yankees blew it.

The Yankees wound up with walk-off wins in 26% of their home wins. Of my five wins, two were of the walk-off variety, which means I saw walk-offs in 40% of the victories I attended.

Given that the Yankees finished the season going 57-24 at home, it's pretty crazy that I attended more than 20% of those losses -- one of which was a rare extra-inning loss on May 6 to the Rays, another a tie game in which Mariano Rivera gave up the lead in the 9th inning a day later and last night's game in which the potential tying and winning runs were in scoring position. Crazy to think that the Yankees could have had three more walk-off wins this year.

Here's a list of the games I attended at Yankee Stadium in 2009:

Game	Date	Opponent	Starters	Outcome
12	4.18.09	Cleveland	Wang v. Carmona	L, 22-4
27	5.06.09	Tampa Bay	Burnett v. Sonnanstine	L, 4-3
28	5.07.09	Tampa Bay	Pettitte v. Niemann	L, 8-6
42	5.22.09	Philadelphia	Burnett v. Myers	L, 7-3
61	6.12.09	New York Mets	Chamberlain v. Hernandez	W, 9-8*
139	9.07.09	Tampa Bay	Burnett v. Sonnanstine	W, 11-1
144	9.13.09	Baltimore	Sabathia v. Guthrie	W, 13-3
147	9.16.09	Toronto	Gaudin v. Tallet	W, 5-4*
155	9.26.09	Boston	Sabathia v. Matsuzaka	W, 3-0
159	9.30.09	Kansas City	Chamberlain v. Tejeda	L, 4-3
				*walkoff

I didn't even realize I'd seen Burnett v. Sonnanstine twice before compiling this list. Mercifully I avoided all of Sergio Mitre's outings, although unfortunately I never got to see my boy Hughes start. Something to look forward to in 2010, after we've finished hoisting that 27th World Championship banner.