OH, KEI: IGAWA TO START AGAINST TIGERS

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Baseball Today: Monday, May 5
Published 5/5/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... least for now with Hughes on the DL and Kennedy on his to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. (New York Daily News) But it didn't matter yesterday, as the Yankee offense continues its own resurgence and led the Yanks to an 8-2 romp over the Mariners in the first game post-Hughes/Kennedy (New York Daily News), completing a weekend sweep and making a winner of Darrell Rasner, who was summoned as one-half of the replacement team for Hughes and Kennedy. (New York Post) The other? Kei Igawa. (New York Post) AN ENDING? Rhode Island's Jim Salisbury, ...

With Kennedy Being Sent Down Igawa Gets A Shot
Published 5/5/2008 by Greg Cohen at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
... Kennedy's descent means the ascent of lefthander Kei Igawa, the $46-million "investment" who likely will start in Kennedy's place Friday or Saturday in Detroit. Igawa has been pitching relatively well for Scranton; he's 3-3, 3.86 after allowing four runs in seven innings against Durham yesterday. "He's doing OK and obviously, for Kei, it's important that he attacks the strike zone," manager Joe Girardi said.Then there are these quotes from George King's article: “He is the leading candidate,” Joe Girardi said ...

Just when they're getting hot...
Published 5/5/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... that while seeing Melky leading the team in HRs is surprising, it speaks to the youngster's ability to develop some power. In other news... The Yanks are going to try their luck with ...