Yanks' Wang out at least 6 weeks with injured foot

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G73: Red Sox at Phillies, 7 PM
Published 6/16/2008 by redsock (noreply@blogger.com) at The Joy of Sox
Bartolo Colon (3.41, 128 ERA+) / Cole Hamels (3.27, 134 ERA+) The Phillies (41-30) lead the NL East by 3 games. Chase Utley (.309/.401/.636, 22 HR, 61 RBI, 163 OPS+) and Pat Burrell (.283/.425/.602, 162 OPS+) are the big bats and Hamels is the ace of the staff. By comparison, J.D. Drew's OPS+ is 164 (.321/.428/.577), followed by Manny Ramirez (146) and Kevin Youkilis (138). The rest of the AL East is off today, but there was some Yankees news:

Wang And The Wang
Published 6/16/2008 by Jere (noreply@blogger.com) at A Red Sox Fan From Pinstripe Territory
Wang will be out at least six weeks, meaning he won't touch a mound until August minimum. Want a free ticket for Saturday's Cardinals-Red Sox game? Scroll down two posts for your chance. Also, did you see Kobe kissing that little kid A-Rod rescued last night?

Links of t he Day 6/16
Published 6/17/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Steve) at The Victoria Times
... , I, Steve, am doing the links and a post today... The ESPN sidebar story is called " Yankees Wang shelved until at least September " Dude, I know a lot Wangs that have been shelved a lot longer than that....you'll get through it, trust me. ...

Yankees Player Cripples Self in Horrific, Light-Jogging Incident
Published 6/17/2008 by Wes at The Meaningful Collateral
... Woe be the New York Yankees, who today learned that staff ace Chien-Ming Wang will likely be sidelined until September after injuring his foot running the bases in Houston last weekend.  Now I’ve never been one to editorialize, and I certainly don’t have the man-sack to stand up to 100 mph heat, but I can’t help but feel like this is stupid. ...

Little Stein Is Getting Angry
Published 6/17/2008 by Wrigleyville (noreply@blogger.com) at wrigleyville23
After Chien-Ming Wang's baserunning-induced injury, Hank Steinbrenner isn't happy that "his" baseball players are expected to do things that baseball players do: ...

AJ’s Power Rankings - June 17
Published 6/17/2008 by Ali Jawad at SportsHubLA
... that the Marlins had hoped for when they got him in the Miguel Cabrera trade. 10. Arizona Diamondbacks (37-33) (-2): The Snakes have “led” the NL West practically all season. 11. New York Yankees (37-33) (+3): Chien-Ming Wang is out until at least September with a foot injury. 12. Milwaukee Brewers (36-33) (-1): With injuries to Pujols and Soriano, it’s time for the Brew Crew to make a move up the standings. 13. Atlanta Braves (35-36) (-1): Weighed down by their, 10-25 road record, worst in the Majors. 14. Baltimore Orioles (34-34) (+4): They won’t win the ...

The Brain Leak
Published 6/17/2008 by Ryan Faller at NationalSportsReview.com Master Site Feed
... , was injured running the bases in the sixth inning of New York’s 13-0 win over Houston on Sunday. Tests Monday (Jun. 16) revealed Wang had suffered a sprain and partially torn tendon in his right foot and is expected to be sidelined until at least September. ...