yankees.lhblogs.com - 3/14/2008
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Billy Crystal had fun but Mike Mussina was perfect yesterday.
Joe Girardi and Shelley Duncan talked it over. This notebook also has some medical updates, Godzilla’s return to left, plans for the Virginia Tech game and other news.
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There’s a popular stat going around now that shows the Yankees were hit by a pitch 223 times the last three seasons, ...
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Are Yankees Batters Missing The Protection Of Unit & Pavano?
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Peter Abraham takes a look at some Yankees HBP stats in his blog today. In summary, on the matter, Peter says:
Every fan is convinced that their team doesn’t retaliate enough, that the announcers are biased against them and that beer costs the most in their stadium. You react to what you see every day. But in the end, it’s about the same for everybody.
Based on this, I decided to look at the last four years in Yankeeland, and have come up with the following stats via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia: ...
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After review, Girardi sides with Duncan —
Major League Baseball News 3/14/2008
Following the video review, Yankees manager Joe Girardi is still siding with Shelley Duncan. Girardi said on Friday that he watched tape of Duncan's spikes-high slide into the Rays' Akinori Iwamura from Wednesday's game, and he believes Duncan's ...
3 suspended from Yankees-Rays brawl (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 3/14/2008
Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Shelley Duncan were suspended for three games each for their roles in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays. Tampa outfielder Jonny Gomes was suspended for two ...
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FOXSports.com News for MLB 3/14/2008
Yankees center fielder Melky Cabrera and first baseman Shelley Duncan were suspended for three games each for their roles in Wednesday's spring-training fracas between New York and the Tampa Bay Rays.
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