RASNER LOOKS WELL-GROUNDED

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THE Yankees have won 10 of their last 13 games, all but two of them without Johnny Damon, all of them without Hideki Matsui, and none of them without starting pitching that has held opponents to three runs or less in every one of those victories... [link]

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, July 23
Published 28 days ago by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... START AT THE BEGINNING: The New York Post's Jay Greenberg, however, says the recent hot streak has been a case of the starting pitching performing well, and last night Darrell Rasner held up his end of the bargain. ...

Yanks keep winning, Cashman keeps thinking
Published 28 days ago by Aziz at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . The Yanks don't necessarily need another starter, though it wouldn't hurt, given that two-fifths of the rotation haven't earned much more than their next start. As Jay Greenberg writes , Darrell Rasner did earn another one with a pretty good performance yesterday, while Sidney Ponson continues to be an able-bodied stopgap, but remains only a stopgap. Don't forget, though, that ...

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Darrell Rasner pitched well enough to get another chance tonight. Going into the sixth inning and giving up two runs is beyond what you expect from a No. 5 starter. But how long will he hold the job? The Yankees are keeping a very close eye on ...

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