Yankees get some swings in

Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog found this 8/19/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com [flag]

The Yankees, as they often do after a day off, are having an early optional workout. In attendance: Johnny Damon, Alex Rodriguez, Brett Gardner, Cody Ransom, Andy Pettitte (who is taking grounders at shortstop), Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano, Jose Veras, Edwar Ramirez, Dave Robertson and Wilson Betemit. Does that make this an optional early blog post? I guess it does. The TV up here has ... [link]

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Matsui Activated, Christian to AAA
Published 8/19/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
According to Peter Abraham the Yankees have activated Hideki Matsui, and to make room for him on the roster they sent Justin Christian back to AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees also released Jason Lane. ...

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