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Posted by: Patrick
Andy missed his start today due to back spasms. Both Girardi and Pettitte feel that he'll be good to go come the regular season.

Posted by: Patrick
From Anthony Rieber:

The 120-foot Louisville Slugger outside Gate 4 -- actually a boiler stack fitted to look like a bat, complete with a knob at the top, tape at the handle and Babe Ruth's signature on the barrel -- seems to have been overlooked as the Yankees prepare to make the move across the street to a new Yankee Stadium in 2009.

"We do not have knowledge of what will happen to 'The Bat,'" Yankees spokesman Michael Margolis said.

The mayor's office wouldn't get into specifics except for mentioning that they are working with the Yanks and the Mets in an effort to sell memorabilia from the stadiums.

Imagine The Bat at your house? Meet me at The Bat? lol. That'd be classic.
Posted by: Patrick
George King reports that Graig Nettles was diagnosed with prostate cancer the day before Thanksgiving. Nettles' brother, Jim, had been diagnosed and called him to say he should get checked.

Doctors had wanted to do the surgery in January, but Nettles wanted to go to spring training, which they said was fine, since it is slow moving. He'll have the operation on April 8. Our thoughts are with him and those close to him.
Posted by: Patrick
Just one surprising story after another these days. Carl Pavano has been placed on the 60 day DL! This was done to make room on the 40 man roster for Morgan Ensberg, who has made the team. He told Peter Abraham, "I can’t wear Paul O’Neill’s number," so he'll be changing from 21 to something else (he's apparently interested in 14).
Posted by: Patrick
Requiring about the same level of surprise as Joba starting in the pen, Bryan Hoch reports that Wang will start opening day for the Yanks.
Posted by: James
Chad Jennings checks in with a photo series from Jason Farmer that shows Shelley Duncan's unique sliding technique. I thoroughly enjoyed the last comment "I think home plate should know better than to stand in the way of a sliding head first Shelley Duncan." HA!
Posted by: Patrick
Men's Health has an interview with Derek Jeter.

"So what do you think about the Mitchell Report?" I ask.

Jeter doesn't hesitate. "It just sheds a terrible light on the sport. Now everything in baseball is steroid-related. Now everything is speculation. You hear people saying, 'Well, that guy must be doing it, too, and that guy.' That's unfair. I'm not talking about any particular player, but people are having to defend themselves against speculation. I think that's only going to become worse."

"Baseball is trying to clean itself up, which is good," he says. "But you're always going to have people saying it's not enough. You could say if a guy tests positive once, he's kicked out of the game for 2 years, and someone out there will say it should be 3 years. You're never going to please everyone." Then I ask, "So, to you, is using steroids or human growth hormone cheating?"

Again, Jeter does not pause. "First and foremost, you're cheating yourself. You're making a deal with the devil. You're affecting your health. I'm not a doctor, so I can't tell you, 'If you do this, 10 years from now this is going to happen.' But you really have to pay attention to what you do to your body." He taps his chest with his finger. "This is what I use for a living. Like I said before, you're only going to play this sport, or any sport, for a small portion of your life -- and I think you're cheating yourself."

Via The Bronx Stop.
Posted by: Patrick
Peter Abraham reports that Melky and Shelly will not have their appeals heard before opening day, making them eligible to participate.
Posted by: Patrick
From the official site:

Mike Gardner was returned to the Yankees organization on Wednesday after spending three months as a Rule 5 Draft selection of the Padres.
Posted by: Patrick
The foregone conclusion is now official: Joba will start the season in the pen. As far as Joba becoming a starter later in the season, Joe Girardi wouldn't commit one way or another, outside of saying that he'll be a starter at some point in the future. There won't be any Joba Rules.
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