Rainout means Rasner will not face Mets

Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog found this 5/17/2008 on www.nj.com [flag]

NEW YORK -- Darrell Rasner wanted to start last night, but he understands why he won't do so until next week. When last night's game was rained out, the Yankees decided to keep Andy Pettitte, Chien-Ming Wang and Mike Mussina on their scheduled days. So Rasner was pushed back to Wednesday against Baltimore, and Ian Kennedy will go Thursday. "It's what we feel is the right thing to ... [link]

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Rainout = Battle of Southpaws
Published 5/17/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
Tonight's rainout means that Darrell Rasner will not face the Mets and the matchup for tomorrow afternoon's game at The Stadium is Andy Pettitte vs. Johan Santana. "It's what we feel is the right thing to do," manager Joe Girardi said. "In the past, he's done very well when he's in that big spotlight," Girardi said. "I think it'll be good for Andy." The rotation for the next 5 games looks like this: Pettitte tomorrow, Wang on Sunday, Mussina on Tuesday, Rasner on Wednesday and Kennedy on Thursday. ...

Pettitte steps in
Published 5/17/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... of Andy Pettitte . Then again, if anyone is used to being treated unfairly by the Yankees, Rasner is. He won't even get a turn against the Mets , getting skipped altogether. In his notes, ...

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