passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 5/16/2009
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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 ...
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 ...
Bracelet propels Gardner's inside-the-parker | yankees.com: News
newyork.yankees.mlb.com 5/16/2009 — By Jared Diamond / MLB.com 05/16/09 12:52 AM ET NEW YORK -- Brett Gardner had more in his arsenal on Friday night than just his baseball skills and a stroke of good luck. He had the power of a special bracelet, given to him by a young girl during his ...
Melky’s walk-off gives Yanks third straight win
lennysyankees.blogspot.com 5/16/2009 — Maybe the battle for center field between Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner is a meaningless. After Johnny Damon was ejected for arguing balls and strikes, Gardner took over the game and again ignited a late comeback. But Cabrera became the hero in the ninth as the Yankees (18-17) nipped the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Is Gardner starting a good thing?
lennysyankees.blogspot.com 3/30/2009 — As promised, Joe Girardi anounced yesterday that Brett Gardner, not Melky Cabrera, will start in center field for the Yankees this season. "Both of them played great," Girardi said. " Melky had a tough year last year, but he came into camp and was ready to go and played very well. Gardy ...
The Big G and The Little G chat it up
yankees.lhblogs.com 4/23/2009 — Brett Gardner told me a funny story last night. After he made that tremendous catch to rob Jason Giambi in the first inning, he was back in the dugout after the inning when Giambi yelled over to him from first base.
The Big G, on the sly, flipped ...
Gardner’s Gift
baseballmusings.com 5/16/2009 — 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 ...
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 ...
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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