nj.com - 4/29/2008
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NOTEBOOK CLEVELAND -- The Yankees last night played a game without Jorge Posada for the first time in nearly 12 years, and they held out hope he will be back soon. Posada was examined yesterday by specialist James Andrews, and...
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Yanks win, but details on injuries are sketchy
New York Yankees Fan Blog —
... ... A victory that pushed the Yanks over .500 as they (finally) come home. Ah, but for the Yankees this is 2008, where all things must come at a price. Ergo : A grand total of five hits. No multi-hit game for anyone. More O-fers for Jason Giambi and Robby Cano . Combined, they are 12-for-66 (.182) in their last 10 games, and Cano has not driven in a run since April 17. And what night would be complete without an injury? As news trickled in that Jorge Posada 's injury is not season-threatening -- though details are still sketchy -- we saw A-Rod ...
Limiting Molina’s workload
River Avenue Blues —
... In an Ed Price notebook today, we learn that a few anonymous sources claim that Jorge’s injury is not season-ending. An official diagnosis is forthcoming. More interesting and concrete, however, is the news about the Yanks will handle Jose Molina. They recognize that Molina cannot catch every single day; he is, after all, a career backup catcher. Expect Molina to play three days in a row with Chris Stewart sinking or swimming during those other games. Molina’s health and freshness is riding on Stewart quite a bit. ...
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Newsday.com - Yankees 4/29/2008
CLEVELAND - Lost in the concern over Jorge Posada's
injury Sunday was the fact that Mariano Rivera recorded the 450th save of his career. Even Rivera said he did not know he had hit that milestone until someone told him yesterday. Rivera is not much ...