Wang named Opening Day starter

 
<img align="right" src=" http://www.hotstovenewyork.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/wang-opening-day.jpg " alt="wang-opening-day.jpg" />The Yankees announced Friday that <strong>Chien Ming Wang </strong><a href=" http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080321&amp;content_id=2449201&amp;vkey=spt2008news&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=nyy&amp;partnered=rss_nyy/">will be their Opening Day starter</a>. The Yankees are entering their final season at the current Yankee Stadium and Wang will be the last Opening Day starter in the historic ballpark. <blockquote>"I'm very happy," Wang said. "This is my first time on Opening Day. For me, it's big. I'm very excited"....."It shows that the coaches trust me. I still have a lot to learn."</blockquote> <blockquote>"He's earned it," <strong>Joe Girardi </strong>said. "He's won 19 games the last couple of ... [link]

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