Yankees scratch Pettitte due to back spasms -

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 3/22/2008 on www.newsday.com [flag]

TAMPA, Fla. - Andy Pettitte was scratched from a start for the second time this spring, this time due to back spasms. Yankees manager Joe Girardi , general manager Brian Cashman and Pettitte all said they hope Pettitte will be able to start either Thursday or Friday and be ready to start the second game of the regular season against the Blue Jays on April 2nd. Pettitte was due to face minor ... [link]

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Yankees scratch Pettitte due to back spasms
Published 3/22/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Yankees scratch Pettitte due to back spasms Andy Pettitte was scratched from a start for the second time this spring, this time due to back spasms. ..."Thursday afternoon when I left here on my drive home, my back started locking up on me,” Pettitte said. “As the night progressed, it kind of got tighter and tighter. I called Joe and just let him know, and we said we’d just see how it progressed.” The other start Pettitte missed this spring was due to minor left elbow tendonitis. That time, Girardi and Cashman said Pettitte would likely have pitched if it had been the regular ...

Back Spasms KO Pettitte
Published 3/22/2008 by Mike at Spring Training '08
Andy Pettitte was scratched from his scheduled minor league start on Saturday due to back spasms. The Yankees lefty said his back stiffened during his drive home on Thursday. Newsday.com

The Official Site of The New York Yankees: News: Pettitte scratched due to back spasms

Pinstripe Alley found this 3/22/2008 on newyork.yankees.mlb.com

TAMPA, Fla. -- For the second time this spring, Andy Pettitte has missed a scheduled start due to an injury concern. The Yankees left-hander was scratched from a Minor League start on Saturday due to back spasms. Despite the skipped start, the ...

Breaking news: Pettitte being skipped

Scott Proctor's Arm - A New York Yankees ... found this 3/22/2008 on yankees.lhblogs.com

LHP Andy Pettitte (back spasms) will not pitch today. But the Yankees are hopeful he will make his start on Thursday and be ready for Game 2 against Toronto in the Bronx on April 1. Pettitte had been scheduled to pitch in a minor-league game today.

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MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding ... found this 3/22/2008 on canadianpress.google.com

18 hours ago TAMPA, Fla. Morgan Ensberg was hitless in four at-bats in the New York Yankees' 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night, and then was added to the 40-man roster, a key step in making the Yankees' opening day roster. Ensberg came ...

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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com found this 3/22/2008 on www.theglobeandmail.com

Scuttlebutt among several scouts Saturday was that the Blue Jays have quietly placed Reed Johnson on waivers. General manager J.P. Ricciardi said before the Grapefruit League game against the Yankees that Johnson was not on waivers. But he also made ...

Blog: Pettitte scratched from start due to back spasms

yankeesdaily.com found this 3/22/2008 on weblogs.newsday.com

Andy scratched again
For the second time this spring, Andy Pettitte has been scratched from a start because of what the team is calling a minor injury. Pettitte was scheduled to throw a minor-league game today at the Himes complex, but back spasms have forced him to ...

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