YANKEES NOTEBOOK: Matsui's left knee still a problem

1
0
Votes
YANKEES NOTEBOOK: Matsui's left knee still a problem Links1
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog found this 7/4/2008 on www.newsday.com [flag]
Hideki Matsui's balky left knee is bad enough that surgery seems increasingly likely. Even if he does make it through the season without an operation, surgery might be necessary afterward. [link]

Tags:

Comments

Links (1)

Matsui Out Until At Least the All Star Break
Published 7/4/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From Newsday: Hideki Matsui's balky left knee is bad enough that surgery seems increasingly likely. Even if he does make it through the season without an operation, surgery might be necessary afterward. Matsui will not take batting practice at least through the weekend and will be re-evaluated early next week. Said Yankees manager Joe Girardi: "There's a chance that he probably won't play before the [All-Star] break." Matsui had undergone physical therapy the past few days. He said the knee felt somewhat better yesterday but that it ...

Related Content

Related Stories
2

Down on the Farm Day 68 Minor Leagues 7/03/08 Pt 1

YankeesDaily posted 7/4/2008 from ballhype.com

Triple A Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees - Suspended: Rain Double A The Trenton Thunder won easily over the Portland Sea Dogs by a score of 4-0. Starting for Trenton was Jason Jones and he pitched 7 scoreless innings giving up 2 hits along with 7 strikeouts for the win and has an era of 2.28. Replacing Jones to start the 8th inning was Mark Melancon and he pitched 2 scoreless innings ...
1

Sports of The Times: Renewing a Rivalry While Looking Up at the Rays

XM MLB Chat found this 7/4/2008 on www.nytimes.com

It looked so good on the season schedule — four straight dates in early July, BOS@NYY. Mark it down. Save the date. Be there. Why, then, did it feel so anticlimactic Thursday night? >
1

Meetings can only go so far

Baseball Toaster found this 7/4/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

The Yankees have held two team meetings over the last 10 days after bad losses. Chapter One in the Joe Girardi Motivational Manual seems to be to hold a meeting. There’s a problem with meetings, however. What happens if you lose the next day?  ...
2

Down on the Farm Day 68 Minor Leagues 7/03/08 Pt 2

YankeesDaily posted 7/4/2008 from www.yankeesdaily.com

The GCL Yankees won easily over the GCL Tigers by a score of 6-2. The DSL Yankees2 won a high scoring game over the DSL Diamondbacks by a score of 10-8. The DSL Yankees1 lost to the DSL Marlins by a score of 5-2.
21

Can Kim Ng break the gender barrier?

newgroom422 posted 7/4/2008 from sports.yahoo.com

Kim Ng of the Dodgers is the only female close to becoming a general manager. Will she get a shot? Will any woman?
Related News Articles
Yankees Notebook: Swelling in Knee Forces Matsui to Remain Inactive This Weekend
The Yankees had hoped that Hideki Matsui would be able to take batting practice this weekend, but his troublesome left knee did not cooperate. An operation is possible and would likely end his season. >
Lester pitches 5-hitter, Red Sox end 5-game skid
Jon Lester pitched a sharp five-hitter while the Boston Red Sox roughed up Andy Pettitte, beating the New York Yankees 7-0 on Thursday night to end a five-game losing streak.
MATSUI LIKELY OUT UNTIL AFTER ALL-STAR BREAK
If the left knee surgery general manager Brian Cashman says Hideki Matsui eventually will require is done soon, Matsui said he believes his season would be over. "I would assume if I had surgery it would probably take as long to recover as the...
PETTITTE COULD TAKE THE STAND
NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte could be called to testify in Roger Clemens' federal defamation suit against Brian McNamee as part of the trainer's attempt to dismiss the case. Clemens contends McNamee defamed him when the trainer, who...
AS YANKS BLANKED
IN A little more than a week, Terry Francona will be back at Yankee Stadium. To sit in the home manager's office. To work the home dugout. To have many of his Red Sox players dress in the Yankee clubhouse as All-Stars. It will be quite an...