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Gardner OK after hard collision with wall | MLB.com: News
Gardner OK after hard collision with wall | MLB.com: News
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 Gardner had left the field on a motorized cart ...
The Yankees need to bring up Austin Jackson….Now!
dugoutcentral.com — Pitching aside, Baseball America’s 2009 Top 100 prospect list was dominated by catchers and centerfielders. It is... not unusual for there to be a large group of prospects at any one position at one time; it is when talking a large group at two dominant ... (more) The Yankees need to bring up Austin Jackson….Now!
My thoughts for 'fixing' the Yankees
My thoughts for 'fixing' the Yankees
pinstripealley.com — More photos » by Bill Kostroun - AP New York Yankees' manager Joe Girardi . Browse more... photos » OK, so after Monday's little tirade you guys want to see my ideas for ... (more) My thoughts for 'fixing' the Yankees
A Quick Rant on Retrograde Stadium Design
baseballprospectus.com — This used to be a fairly common sight in baseball games. Before warning tracks became common, before... anyone thought of padding, walls were unforgiving, cold, hard concrete. The wreck of Pete Reiser ’s career due to a dangerous inability to ... (more) A Quick Rant on Retrograde Stadium Design

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Game 66. Despicable. Worst loss of season?
Nationalsportsreview.com Blogs — The next time the Yanks want to mail it in, please tell us, ok? That way we won’t have to watch, listen or attend. Who would have thought that the first game in the new Yankee Stadium without a HR would come against the worst team in baseball (granted the (g)Nats have some good guys…Guzman, Dunn, Zimmerman and Nick Johnson aren’t chopped liver)? One with one of the worst staffs in baseball? Who would have thought that the Yankees would score a total of six runs against the worst team in baseball? Yes, it’s a shame. The Yanks SHOULD  be ashamed. The Yanks should be ashamed. Losing two of three to the Nats. ...

Game 66. Despicable. Worst loss of season?
The Sommer Frieze — The next time the Yanks want to mail it in, please tell us, ok? That way we won’t have to watch, listen or attend. Who would have thought that the first game in the new Yankee Stadium without a HR would come against the worst team in baseball (granted the (g)Nats have some good guys…Guzman, Dunn, Zimmerman and Nick Johnson aren’t chopped liver)? One with one of the worst staffs in baseball? Who would have thought that the Yankees would score a total of six runs against the worst team in baseball? Yes, it’s a shame. The Yanks SHOULD  be ashamed. The Yanks should be ashamed. Losing two of three to the Nats. ...

Yankee Killers
The Nationals Enquirer — (Photo of John Lannan on TV delivering a post-game shaving cream pie to the face of Craig Stammen, via Nationals Enquirer staff.) "We felt that despite our record we have been playing better baseball. We've just been beating ourselves defensively. We came in, these kids threw strikes, we played good defense, and we ended up winning the series ...

Damon, Swisher Continue Their Cunnilingual Rock N' Roll Party [Wake Up Deadspin!]
Deadspin — ... — or last night as the Yankees lost again to the Nationals and Brett Gardner almost broke the expensive Dunkin Donuts fence with his spine (That fence is worth more than you, Brett. It has platinum reinforcements.) ...

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Bracelet propels Gardner's inside-the-parker | yankees.com: News
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Yankees center fielder Brett Gardner was injured after colliding with the outfield wall while chasing down a deep fly ball Thursday at Yankee Stadium, leaving the field on a motorized cart.
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