baseballmusings.com - 5/16/2009
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Brett Gardner’s Friday turned out to be quite memorable. Not only did he hit an inside-the-park home run , he tripled in the ninth to start the Yankees winning rally. That was part of a 3 for 3 day (he missed the cycle by a double) in a game he didn’t start. Damon got himself ...
Brett Gardner’s Otherworldly Homer Proves More Powerful than Coincidence
heartbeatofthebronx.blogspot.com 5/16/2009 — The only running Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner was anticipating on Friday would occur during pregame warm-up activities. Perhaps he would get the opportunity to pinch run for Alex Rodriguez or Hideki Matsui; the pair of damaged goods in New York’s struggling lineup. Gardner had recently ...
Melky Wins It Again
passion4baseball.blogspot.com 5/16/2009 — Perhaps all a guy needs is a little competition. Melky Cabrera fell apart last year. He wasn't spectacular in 2006 and 2007, but he was at least useful. His OPS+ of 95 and 89 were less than league average but his defense was a little better than league average and he played with enthusiasm which ...
Feel Good Story Of The Morning
fackyouk.blogspot.com 5/16/2009 — From the Post (of all places). Meet the only person in the world who thought Brett Gardner would hit a home run last night: "I met with several different children, probably 15 or 20, and one little girl, she gave me a bracelet," Gardner said of his pregame trip to Morgan Stanley Children's ...
What a reward for Gardner: His little fan gets new heart -
newsday.com 5/17/2009 — Brett Gardner went hitless yesterday, but he probably felt as if he were the one who hit the walk-off home run. Gardner may have gone 0-for-4 in the Yankees' 6-4 victory over the Twins, but after the game, he learned that the young girl who gave him a ...
Good Luck Charm From Girl In Hospital Helps Yanks Win [Good Guys]
deadspin.com 5/20/2009 — Here's a nice backstory to the Yankees' comeback win over Minnesota yesterday. Seems Brett Gardner 's inside-the-park home run in the seventh was preordained. Earlier in the day, the center fielder paid a visit to New York Presbyterian Children's ...
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 ...
There's No Fooling Brett Gardner
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 5/14/2009 — The ball from a player's first hit or home run is a cherished memento, which means that, in baseball, it's ripe for a prank. Someone retrieves the ball, keeps it in a safe place, then presents the rookie with a fake ball, often with a bunch of swear ...
MAUER TOO QUICK FOR GARDNER
nypost.com 5/18/2009 — > Brett Gardner had every intention of sprinting home from second to score the winning run on a bizarre play in the bottom of the ninth yesterday. All he had to do was outrace the Twins' catcher who was halfway between home and the mound. ...
Growing Gardner
baseballmusings.com 3/28/2009 — David Studenmund donated $50 to the Baseball Musings Pledge drive and dedicates this post to the memory of John Brattain. You can donate to the John Brattain memorial fund here.
Brett Gardner appears to have won the centerfield job for the New York Yankees . Gardner used his 2008 cup of ...
Cabrera, Yankees rally past Twins 5-4 —
Examiner Sports 5/16/2009
Melky Cabrera capped a three-run rally in the ninth inning with a two-run single, and the New York Yankees stopped a five-game home losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.
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