slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 6/20/2009
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We already know the Yankees haven't had the best track record when it comes to dealing with injuries. This year alone we've already heard how A-Rod was hurt last year through the offseason and the Yankees did nothing. They also told Brian Bruney and Chien-Ming Wang not to do their normal ...
That Didn't Take Long
fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/26/2009 — After Alex Rodriguez was taken out of the line up for two days in Florida last weekend, the Yankees' plan was to rest him once a week. How quickly things change : Alex Rodriguez should be in the lineup this weekend when the Yankees play their first games at the Mets' new Citi Field. "It's our ...
Girardi vs. A-Rod: How Heated Was It?
thebiglead.com 6/22/2009 — Although the New York media reported that all’s well between Joe Girardi and Alex Rodriguez after The $203,740 Per Game Man rode the bench in Friday’s loss to the Marlins (”fatigue”), we’re hearing that the discussion ...
Finding a way to manage injuries
riveraveblues.com 6/21/2009 — Baseball players are seemingly a stubborn lot. They like to play, and most of them outside of Carl Pavano will play through just about anything. Sore ankles, sore knees, sore arms, sore backs. If it ain’t broken, pencil ‘em in.
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Reading Joe Girardi’s tea leaves
riveraveblues.com 6/24/2009 — Over the weekend, a crack appeared in the Yanks’ Front Office façade. It wasn’t an outburst from Hank or a strongly-worded press release from Howard Rubenstein. No one was fire, and no one was put on notice.
The crack was this public ...
Two days off for A-Rod
eatdrinksleepbaseball.blogspot.com 6/20/2009 — Citing "fatigue," Yankee skipper Joe Girardi and GM Brian Cashman decided to give third baseman Alex Rodriguez two days of rest, per Mark Feinsand of the NY Daily News . A-Rod sat Friday and will sit Saturday as well. " We just feel that he's fatigued and that he could use a little blow ," ...
More rest planned for A-Rod
riveraveblues.com 6/22/2009 — The more I think about this weekend’s A-Rod injury flap, the more I wonder how the Yankees could get this one so wrong. Just two months removed from a major labrum procedure, Joe Girardi penciled A-Rod into the lineup for 38 straight games. He ...
A-Rod, Cashman, Girardi & “The Conference Call”
waswatching.com 6/22/2009 — When I first read the Jon Heyman report this weekend, about the conference call between Alex Rodriguez, Brian Cashman, and Hal Steinbrenner where A-Rod was told that he was going to sit for two games, where Joe Girardi was not on the call, I just ...
MJ, A-Rod’s Hip, and the Subway Series
yanksgoyard.com 6/27/2009 — What’s up Yanks Go Yard faithful? I have a lot to get to so I’m just going to dive into some news and notes:
First, let me say that I am not superstitious and I don’t believe in things like fate and destiny, but it is an awful coincidence that we lost Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and Michael ...
A "Miracle" for A-Rod? Not quite
nydailynews.com 6/24/2009 — Before Tuesday’s game, Alex Rodriguez was engrossed in the movie “ Miracle ,” the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. At first, I didn’t think much of it. An athlete watching a sports movie is hardly a big deal. I even ...
Klapisch: Joe Girardi Managing for His Job
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — From Bob Klapisch : As the Yankees slip just out of the Red Sox’ radar range, Joe Girardi enters a critical phase of his managerial career. He must prove he’s secure enough to survive the Bombers’ recent turbulence without burnout – to himself and his key players. Girardi already crossed that ...
A-Rod won't need to request future rest —
Major League Baseball News 6/21/2009
It's been a commotion-filled two days for Yankees manager Joe Girardi, thanks to what he thought was a minor issue. Had the Yankees simply followed doctor's orders, Alex Rodriguez would have rested seven or eight times by now. Regardless, Rodriguez ...