Yanks not interested in trading for Sabathia

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Strange game, strange days
Published 7/5/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... point, to win 95 games this year, the team has to win 50 of its last 75. Since that's basically unreasonable, at this point they've almost been relegated to the wild card. Whatever the "playoff chase" is, the team has to win games to get into the thick of it. To that end, Sox rookie Justin Masterson takes on Mike Mussina at the Stadium at 3:55 today. A little pressed for time, here are the bullet points of today's news: Johnny Damon, heading to the DL after that nasty spill . A Yankee official said that team is not interested in trading for CC Sabathia. Darrell ...

Yanks Get Beat Up By Sox, Then NY Media
Published 7/5/2008 by Fenway West (noreply@blogger.com) at Fenway West
... Kennedy because of a bad weather report early in the season, or not bunting Melky Cabrera earlier this week in a late-inning sacrifice situation, leaving himself open to second-guessing. He seems to have plenty of respect in the clubhouse, but you wonder if his style creates tension among his players at times. Torre's style never failed to produce a playoff berth. Fairly or unfairly, Girardi's style is now officially on trial. Or this that Dumbass Hank told to the NJ Star Ledger: "We're looking into different things," Yankees ...

Yanks figure to do nothing
Published 7/6/2008 by Mark Serio (noreply@blogger.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Buyers or Sellers? "I don't think there's going to be any (major changes)--for most of the teams in baseball, 90 percent of the teams in baseball--there's not going to be anything major that's going to happen."--Hank Steinbrenner (NJ.com) Welcome to the silent majority. "It's up to myself, my staff and my players to figure it out and certainly not count on something from the outside."--Cashman. Brian is setting his trade expectation bar as low as possible, we all know Shaun Chacon is out there, you can't fool us. ...