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Arod stays hot by hitting his 8th homer of the year. Posada also hit one so did Mientkiewicz.
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You know some crazy shit's going down when Dougie Fresh goes deep.
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Who's the first Yankee reliever whose arm will fall of from exhaustion this year?
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All of them simultaneously after Joe Torre realizes his voodoo spells won't work.
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proctor so far. vizcaino was going at a pretty good rate, but since hes proven to suck balls over the last couple games, i imagine he'll get used less.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArod with another AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAbomb!!! He is now tied with Griffey for the AL lead for homers in the month of April.
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Unfortunately, Igawa sucks...BJ Upton just hit an absolute laser HR to take a 5-3 lead for the Rays.
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Ugh...Igawa is coming out of the game in the 5th after an RBI double by Iwamura. 6-4 Rays.
COLTER BEAN TIME!!
wtf my ERA just blew up...I feel like Igawa
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Bases clearing double for Upton, 10-6 Tampa Bay in the 7th.
I'm fed up with this team already.
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Stat of the night:
Scott Proctor is the 10th pitcher in MLB history to appear in 12 of his team's first 17 games.
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Per Rotoworld
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Yankees optioned LHP Chase Wright to Double-A Trenton.
Manager Joe Torre indicated after Sunday's game that Wright would get another start Friday, but he's already thought better of it. Instead, the Yankees will use Phil Hughes on Thursday and Jeff Karstens on Friday.
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The Yankees will call up Phil Hughes to start Thursday against the Blue Jays.
It's not quite a panic move, but we doubt the Yankees would be going to Hughes already had they just won two out of three against Boston. Hughes' command was quite shaky this spring, and he's only been dominant in one of his starts for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. It's still going to be worth using him in AL-only leagues right away, but expect some inconsistency. Mixed leaguers should pick him up and reserve him initially.
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ARLINGTON -- Marty Miller's tenure as the Yankees' director of performance enhancement is officially over.
He was relieved of his duties less than 24 hours after rookie pitcher Phil Hughes strained his hamstring, the latest in a series of injuries that has contributed to the Yankees slow start this season.
Pitchers Mike Mussina and Chien-Ming Wang, along with outfielder Hideki Matsui have also suffered hamstring injuries this season. The perception is the hamstring injuries were related to Miller's work with the club.
"At the end of the day we have had so many hamstring issues, and that's something you can't deny," Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said. "[The] 'why' is something I will continue to try to figure through, but it got to the point where perception is a bit of the problem here. Real or not real, perception becomes reality."
Miller was hired by Cashman after spending the last three years as an education consultant with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. He spent nine years as the director of fitness at the Ballen Isles Country Club in Palm Beach, Fla., and worked in the Minor Leagues from 1995-1997. He has a master's degree in performance enhancement and injury prevention.
"Ultimately, I hired Marty, and now, I made the decision to make the change there," Cashman said. "Marty was here to help our players and he did everything he possibly could to do so. Things just haven't worked out, and that's unfortunate."
Cashman received full support from manager Joe Torre.
"I trust Brian Cashman and what he does," Torre said. "The knowledge Marty had certainly was impressive. Does that mean because you know a lot about the body as it relates to baseball? That's what we don't know."
Cashman acknowledged a possible "disconnect" between Miller and the players as part of the issue. He added that there were other factors that could lead to injuries on his team apart from his players' decisions to work or ignore Miller's program. Working with Miller's program was optional and not required.
"To be quite honest, this is where it gets complex," Cashman said. "There's a lot of guys not doing Marty's program. Truthfully, some of the guys who have gotten hurt were doing their own program. That's where it gets [to be] a grey area and complicated in our sport of baseball."
Miller's program included machines and other exercises some of the players were not familiar with. He did provide equipment when it was requested by the players, but there are reports that he was unpopular in the clubhouse.
"There are a number of factors that contribute to [injuries]. But when pitchers come up with hamstring problems? That normally does not happen," center fielder Johnny Damon said. "I think when you get a number of pitchers going down with the same problem, it opens up your eyes and makes you start thinking, 'There might need to be a change.' ... We never wanted to have injuries here. Unfortunately for the team and for Marty, it happened."
Dana Cavalea, Miller's assistant, will take over as the interim director.
"This is as much my failure as anything else," Cashman said. "I take full responsibility. I'm the one who hired Marty. ... There are a lot of variables in play in every aspect of this sport. At the end of the day, this is a result-driven sport and a result-driven industry. Based on the results this far, I felt I had to make a change."
Somebody had to take the ax for this. I don't know how much it will actually affect the players, but anything to make the Boss happy.
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Yankee fans, I know that I have done my share of Yankee bashing in the past. But I just felt like I should say that I truly don't enjoy bashing them with all the injuries they are piling up, especially the the Phil Hughes one. I know the feeling, remember that I am a Brewer's fan and have felt this pain and frustrations:banghead: :banghead: for many years!!
Rest assured though, when they are healthy, I will get back to giving the SMAK :laugh: to you. But it is all meant in good fun. I really do respect the game of baseball and many of the players on the Yankees (and all of baseball for that matter).
It is just not the same to kick a dog when it is down. So rest and heal up, so we can have some fun heckling each other! :D