Jeter misses chance to clean up

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Eephus Pitch found this 5/12/2008 on www.nj.com [flag]
NOTEBOOK DETROIT -- After looking at yesterday's Yankees lineup card, Mike Mussina blurted, "He hits one homer and now he's the cleanup hitter?" Derek Jeter would have batted fourth yesterday had the game not been rained out -- even though... [link]

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Kei Igawa III: Updated
Published 5/12/2008 by Emma (noreply@blogger.com) at Eephus Pitch
... The Yankees continue to treat .500 like a soft, warm bed on a cold morning. They're four games back of Boston, which is nothing to stress over in May, but they're also still two and half behind Tampa Bay, which I find disturbing. (I know at some point -- one day soon -- I will have to accept the Devil Rays as a legitimately good contending baseball team, but I'm not there yet). And if Sunday's game hadn't been rained out, Derek Jeter was going to bat 4th. I know batting order doesn't actually have much effect on the outcome of games, statistically speaking... but, with all due ...

Rain washes away opportunity
Published 5/12/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
Really, there is not much news to report after the unexpected day off. A couple of stories dominated all the Yankee-related columns in the locals: Derek Jeter missed out on his opportunity to bat cleanup thanks to the rainout. Joe Girardi gave Jeter the lineup card as a souvenir. ...

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Weather K's one-HR Jeter as cleanup hitter

Projo Sox Blog found this 5/12/2008 on www.nydailynews.com

Riding the momentum from his first home run of the season, Derek Jeter was ready to put his power stroke on display again Sunday, but rain washed away what would have been his second career appearance as the Yankees' cleanup hitter.
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