bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/27/2009
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The injury will seriously deplete the Yankees' outfield speed for a few weeks.
newsday.com - 7/28/2009
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July 27, 2009 By ERIK BOLAND erik.boland@newsday.com New
York Yankees Joe Girardi said the plan is for...
the Yankees to leave highly regarded centerfield prospect Austin Jackson in the minors, but he made it clear that could change. With Brett Gardner ...
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Yankees might consider bringing up Jackson
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noyoureatowel.net - 7/27/2009
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Did you hear that Brett Gardner went on
the disabled list? Probably not. In a year that...
has seen the likes of Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Brian Bruney and Chien-Ming Wang hit the DL, Gritty Gutsy Brett Gardner's name didn't hit the same chord as the others. ...
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The Yankees Will Miss Brett Gardner, Should Play A-Jax
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Around the Yankee Universe: Replacing Brett Gardner
Pinstripe Alley —
... So, speedy Brett Gardner is on the shelf for at least the next three weeks with a fractured thumb. How will the New York Yankees replace him?
For now, they have recalled reliever Jonathan Albaladejo. Soon, though, they will have to add a player to the bench.
That player should not be AAA phenom Austin Jackson, and it won't be.
"It’s not something that we’ve talked about at this point," Girardi said. "Obviously, the guy that comes up is not going to be an everyday player. To ...
The Yankees Will Miss Brett Gardner, Should Play A-Jax
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... suggests that the choices are probably either Austin Jackson, Shelley Duncan or John Rodriguez, with Ramiro Pena as a long shot. Tyler Kepner, after pointing out the Yankees cannot use Hideki Matsui in the field, relays Girardi's sentiments that Austin Jackson is a long shot as well because they want him to be playing every day. ...
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Gardner OK after hard collision with wall | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 6/19/2009 — By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com 06/18/09 10:58 PM ET NEW YORK -- Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner crumpled to the warning track Thursday, jarred and dazed after colliding with the outfield wall while chasing down an eighth-inning fly ball. Later, after ...
Yankees CF Gardner KO’d with broken thumb
hardballtimes.com 7/27/2009 — Yesterday, the New York Yankees were dealt a blow with the news that centerfielder Brett Gardner would miss at least two weeks (and that's liberally conservative, if that even makes sense to you) with a broken left thumb.
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nyyankeesrumors.com 7/26/2009 — I was at yesterday’s game, my first in a while, and apparently I bring the bad juju with me, as the Yanks lost for the first time since the allstar break. The highlight of the game, without a doubt, was Brett Gardner, who had two consecutive diving catches in CF, as well as racking up an ...
Gardner placed on DL with a broken thumb
riveraveblues.com 7/28/2009 — PeteAbe has the news . It seems Gardner broke his left thumb yesterday sliding into second, and will be in a cast for two weeks before being reevaluated. Jon Albaladejo has been called up temporarily, but the team replace him with a position player ...
Brett Gardner Disabled Due To Broken Thumb
waswatching.com 7/26/2009 — Via Pete Abe’s Blog -
Brett Gardner is on the disabled list with a broken left thumb. He did it sliding into second base yesterday when he broke up a double play in the first inning. Amazingly, he stayed in the rest of the game, had an RBI ...
Gardner to the DL; Albaladejo named temporary replacement
lennysyankees.com 7/26/2009 — Brett Gardner broke his thumb and didn’t even know it. He broke it in yesterday’s game on a takeout slide at second base, but that didn’t stop him from hitting an RBI triple and making two diving catches later in the game. Reliever Jonathan Albaladejo took Gardner’s spot on the roster, ...
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SFGate: Top Sports Stories 7/27/2009
Why not?: With the A's in trade mode and the Yankees needing an outfielder after Brett Gardner went on the disabled list with a broken thumb, one reporter wondered if N.Y. might have interest in Connecticut native Rajai...
GARDNER PLACED ON 15-DAY DL —
NY Post: Sports 7/27/2009
> Brett Gardner was bummed by his left thumb after a hard first-inning takeout slide at second base on Saturday. So following the game, the center fielder went to the Yankees' medical people. "I just went in and told them and they said 'We ...
