Moose can't catch a break. No Jeter tonight.

Melky LF
Cairo SS
Giambi DH
A-Rod 3B
Posada C
Cano 2B
Bernie CF
Philips 1B
Long RF

And it's official, for those who were asking:

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5/31/06

Recalled RHP Darrell Rasner from Triple-A Columbus and designated C Koyie Hill for assignment.

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From the Yankees transaction page:

http://tinyurl.com/p9t96

I'm glad they're sitting Jeter, I don't want his injury getting any worse already.

My god. That's like a Spring Training split-squad game lineup.

I, for one, like it. Let's let some of these younger guys get some at bats in while we can afford it.

5 Except that the only two 'younger guys' (Cano and Melky) would have been playing anyway! Phillips is 29, which I guess qualifies as young in Yankee-world.

I would have hit Bernie second instead of Cairo, seeing that Robertson is a lefty and Bernie can actually get on base vs lefties, but that's just me.

And, it must be said:

Ummmmmmm, gravy.

Phillips should get some garbage time at 3b so if Jeter or ARod goes down(gulp)we at least have a contingency not named Cairo

Stinnet is the only bench guy and TLong plays against a lefty

I just read on rotoworld that Wily Mo Pena has the same wrist injury (broken hamate bone) as Sheff. Pena is opting for surgery and will likely be out 4 to 6 weeks. I wonder if that is not the better option for Sheff as well. It seems like it would take at least 4 to 6 weeks of sitting out for the bone to heal completely without surgery. What do I know, I'm not a doctor.

Yech. According to YES, BP has been interrupted due to bad weather.

weather.com says scattered t-storms tonight in Detroit, 60% chance of rain. Anyone on the ground there have a firsthand report?

Nothing wrong with Moose (and Unit) getting an extra day of rest, right? Though I'd hate to miss seeing Verlander pitch.

Does anyone have a report on the Captain? Are they just giving him some rest because of the hand or has the hand gotten worse? Or, GULP, is it something else.

10 11 I'll vote for rain and lots of it.

10 11 I'll vote for rain and lots of it.

Wow, I guess I felt stronger about it than I realized.

15 You can't vote twice! What do you think this is, Florida 2000?

Moose doesn't like pitching on long rest.

You can vote 25 times per e-mail address for the MLB All-Stars.

I'm writing in Terrence Long... ;-)

16 I'd make a joke about a haging Chad Curtis but I can't bring myself do it.

Tarp's on the field. Game may be delayed.

18 Randy, Do you want Rob G to get better or not?

Jeter might like to hang a Chad Curtis

11
thunderstorms here in Toledo (which has the dog hanging out at my feet), but the storms are so scattered that I don't think anything will last too long. Probably there will be a 45 minute rain delay after 3 innings. Just enough time to ruin Moose going back out.

Since there isn't a game to talk about, what was the beef between Chad Curtis and Jeter again?

24 Someone said in the other thread that Jeter took exception to Curtis' evangelical Bible-thumping ways.

Jeter is no saint. The clubhouse is not the place to play preacher.

Looking at the detroit radar, the storms are training ENE along a front draped almost right over Detroit, moving slowly.

They'll probably see at least two more rounds of storms in the next few hours.

I think I'm on board with wsporter. Considering this is just a gravy game, the boys could probably use some extra rest. I just hope it doesn't screw with Moose to badly.

From Peter Abraham's blog:

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Gary Sheffield went back to New York and apparently was examined today by his hand specialist, Dr. Charles Melone. It seems likely he'll be out at least a few days. The injury seems to be in a different part of the wrist, which can't be good news. If I had to guess, he's headed back to the DL. ... Johnny Damon was feeling better but Torre wants to give him an extra day. ... Derek Jeter was a surprise scratch as his right hand was bothering him. He was 0 for 4 on Tuesday and K'd twice. Torre said he was pulling his hand off the bat and didn't look comfortable. Jeter, of course, said he was fine. He could have an iron spike sticking out of his neck and he would say he was fine.

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26 That's news to Kurt Warner. One of the issues he had with the Rams was his Bible-reading in the clubhouse. They apparently wanted him to read the playbook instead.

Tarp's off the field.

I would really like it if the offense could give Mussina a win tonight. He should be 8-0 or something.

29 I don't think Jeter minded Curtis reading the Bible he just didn't want him to read it to him, especially while he was running the bases. Those pulpits can be heavy.

I'm a rabid atheist but as long as people accept I don't want to be proselytized or see any animals sacrificed I say live and let live. Perhaps Curtis wouldn't take no for an answer.

Not to mention Chad chewed out Derek for joking with A-Rod when the Yanks & Mariners were having a dust up.

BTW, tarp's back on the field.

33 That doesn't sound very Christian. :-/

both teams would benefit from a rain-out or from a 5 inning game.

delayed game. I wouldn't mind a rain out. Mussina still starts tomorrow, but maybe we get Jeter and Damon back tomorrow as well.

Rain delay. Any idea how long it will last?

37 At least 1/2 hour it looks like. I agree about a rainout or 5 inning game. Problem is, this is the Yankees only visit to Detroit. Either a doubleheader tomorrow or play on an off day.

34 Oh it's Christian, it's just not Christ-like.

Well, there's always the Boston game.

Bases loaded with Jays, one out. Pauley walks a run in.

And how about those Pirates. They've been so terrible for so long, and suddenly they're running up football-like scores.

sox-jays tied at 1.

Sox starter du jour is not having any fun searching for the strike zone. He has already given a bases-loaded walk, got out of it with a great DP turn by Alex Gonzalez.

Lilly would be a very good pitcher if he'd stop giving up so many HRs. Sox up 3-1.

3-2 now. One out, one on for the Jays.

Damn, another GIDP. :-P

Sun's out looks like the tarp is off the field.

Did anyone else hear that story Tino just told about Mr. Torre ripping the Rocket after a bad game in Atl in '99? That was great stuff. That's a side of him I forget about because he seems so impassive on the bench. Tino seemed to be saying that turned the 99 season around.

45 Thanks. Heard end of Tino's story but not ID of pitcher in question so happy to be able to fully appreciate the story.

45 Care to elaborate for those who missed it?

First Pitch: 8:35

Lilly's having a meltdown on the mound all of a sudden.

47 Marcus, Yeah, Tino was asked about any occurrence during his career when a manager went ballistic that stood out as memorable. He related a story that occurred in '99 when we were in Atlanta for inter-league play. Clemens spent the afternoon nibbling and trying to pitch to the outside corner. He did so with limited success. After the game Mr. Torre walked into the locker-room and ripped the Rocket a new one in front of the team. He told him he wanted to see the old aggressive Rocket who knocked guys down and pitched inside with his fastball. Rocket took it well, said he'd not been ripped like that since college and the next game went out and pitched like the Rocket of old. He apparently turned his season around from that point as did the team.

50 Cool, thanks for the story, wsporter.

I'm watching the Met game on MLB. Lastings Milledge just roped a throw to third and cut down Craig Counsell who was trying to move from 1st to third on a single to right. Wow, It was BB and on the button

50 Thanks for posting that. Great story. Wow, I never imagined Torre doing things like that.

Damn, I clearly remember that game--I was disgusted with Clemens after that one as well. Thanks for relaying that story.

Man that looks like Johnson's old slider.

Wow. Get a load of Oprah, I mean Berman.

55 And that looked like Johnson's current slider.

Two-out rallies are the Yanks' specialty this year.

So why does ESPN2 continue to have the news feed? The game is scheduled locally.

Nice work by Cairo, all things considered.

I wonder how old Boomer thinks Andy is.

wsporter, you're getting the game on the deuce?

Im watching the ESPN2 broadcast. I swear these guys are using the notes from Monday's game. They still have Hidalgo in the system.

62 Getting game on ESPN2 in VA.

Why the &%$@# am I stuck with only the FSN Detroit feed? Unless there's some no-compete clause. And once again, cable tv can give a specified feed to someone, yet I can't choose a YES feed. Grrr.
BTW, on Long's K, even the FSN team said it was low.

62 64 Yeah, I was worried I was going to end up with the Nats or O's game but the Nats played this afternoon and someone must finally have realized that there is an actual local broadcast of the O's in MD/VA/DC. It's amazing when it actually works out.

2 run triple from Aaron Hill, BoSux now lead TO 7 - 6.

The Pittsburgh Pirates are just punishing the ball all of a sudden. They've gone from pathetic to amazing. The other day a ball ended up in the Allegheny River, a near-record homer.

The players credit the new ping-pong table in the clubhouse. They say it's helped their hand-eye coordination.

Maybe the Yanks should take up ping-pong.

67 its beyond me why francona let this new guy pitch to hill after clearly running out of gas. he was really pushing the envelope. BTW I'm really happy he's still the manager of the bosox, he sucks.

OTH, for all long-haters (and I'm one of them) we must be thankfull for him. I was watching the jays game, and because of injuries they are stuck with Alfonzo at 2b. Now, this guy can't buy a hit.

50 That was a great story, MFD. I remember that game - Clemens vs Maddux and both stunk up the joint.

Or not. It was Clemens vs Glavine, says Retrosheet:

http://tinyurl.com/r9vcv

And Clemens did pitch pretty well his next time out.

I hate Terrence Long. With a passion. Not quite Rob Gee's passion, but close.

I'm kind of warming up to Long. He's no Bubba Crosby, but he doesn't look quite as hopeless in the field or at the plate as he did at first.

Too bad y'all aren't Lovecraft fans - I like the sound of:

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Long R'lyeh wagn'nagl fhtagn! Aiiiiiii!!!

ROFL! I'm a Lovecraft fan. I've got the Miskatonic U. sweatshirt to prove it. ;-)

I just want the gods to ignore me. It's safer that way.

Check it out:
http://archive.gamespy.com/comics/dorktower/images/global/plushycowthulhu.gif

74 Ah. A Cimmerian, then.

Lowell out of the BoSox game - any news?

75 That's just wrong. o_O

they are not getting runs or hits but at least they are working the count......

7 pitches this inning, 5 pitches last inning.

They just showed an update on Sox game on YES, and they didn't say anything about Lowell.

That's BS, there's no interference. Get over it Leyland

Why, Joe? Leche can't bunt.

what's going on?

nevermind

Does anyone know where I can find stats on the Yankees record vs. Detroit over the past couple decades? I've been looking and looking and cannot find anything that gives a wide summary.

he got half of the job done there

Bases loaded for A-Rod. Be clutch, Alex!

Yeah, that must feel the same, hit by a pitch and hitting your elbow on a table.

Don't freaken bunt if u don't know how to dang it

88 kdw, even though Boomer hit his elbow he still managed to reach another peice of pie. Man is a trooper.

Well, at least they got one run out of it.

I still don't understand why they had Melky bunt. Melky is a man of many talents. Bunting isn't one of them.

1 run and 18 pitches for Robertson. He's now at 63, that's very good for him.

after last night working the pitchers has to be part of the strategy.

90 Uhm, that's "piece" of pie. He ate the "peice" too.

Shelton loves going for that high pitch out of the zone.

Bobby Murcer has been calling Phillips "Giambi" all night.

So all the recent discussion about gentlemen's agreement and waivers? Apparently same concept carries over into the game, Yankees living up to their side of gentlemen's agreement to go easy on the starting pitcher and avoid the bullpens.

murcer keeps calling andy, giambi...

c'mon cliff, give me one

Nice work, Giambi...er, Andy. ;-)

Andy!

Wow, what a way to escape that jam.

Mooooooose!!!

And nice work by Cairo, too. He's been busy tonight.

they're out of this one with great plays by the defense, kudos for Joe for going with Giambi at 1b.

big b..lls by andy throwing to 3rd on that bunt.

moose at 67 pitches, and another QS

How the hell did he catch that?

Crap, I was hoping that would travel.

It was a nice catch.

It appeared to carry a lot farther than expected. (Wind, maybe?) It should have been a pretty easy catch for him, I would think. He had plenty of time to get out there.

Melky picked the wrong park to develop power in....would have 2 now

Go to the Yankee home page and click on the "vote" lead story. Does the photo of Giambi there among all the Yankee All-Star candidates not look exactly like Roger Clemens?

Moose is money ...7 in the bank

anybody want a few insurance runs here??

109 That's uncanny, must be the light that seems to compress his face.

Mooooose!

109 Weird photo. Why'd they underlight it that way? That always makes people look weird. Unrecognizable, if not outright evil.

109 he's clemens with a bat. very funny... and disturbing.

114 Is that Piazza's bat?

Nice job Jayson, do that more and you'll get rid of that stupid shift.

Who is not clutch?

Woot! Triple for A-Rod.

The ball seems to be carrying very well tonight. I thought that was going to be a sac fly.

116 are you kidding? clutch would have been a grand slam there, not a measly RBI triple... Papi would have gotten the GS

Besides, A-Rod still hasn't cured cancer yet.

119 with the money he's getting, he should have avoided that DP by Bernie, amazing...

What a nice play by Cano to keep Moose alive at just 81 pitches after eight full.

118 Tocho, You did see that Page 2 thing! That stuff is often painfully lame but I thought that one was pretty well done.

Not a bad play up four runs?

That was a nice play by Monroe, looked like he swatted that ball to the ground with his bare hand on purpose.

Boston 8, Toronto 6 - Final.

Other than not getting the bunt down tonight Melky has been very impressive.

Miggy is clutch. ;-)

Let's see Moose get the CG.

128 Yes, please.

I think Giambi is out of his slump.

Best thing about this inning, is the Yankees (Melky and Giambi) are padding my fantasy stats. If Moose gets the CG they'd be padded even further.

How many pitches for Moose?

Never mind, just saw 121

Musina has to finish this. No?

only 83 pitches after 8

I thought Gator was coming in if Moose gave 8 innings.

136 Yup, that's what Joe said yesterday.

One.

135 Celerino, nice choice man, takes me back to happy days.

Doh!

131 Same here (except for Giambi).

And they all laughed at me when I picked up Moose.

141 Yeah, they all mocked me openly when I drafted Moose in the final rounds.

Two.

122 yes, very funny stuff and very true.

c'mon moooooooooose

I think that's a tough hop for a first baseman when it's in the grass like that. Tough play. Should Andy have had that hop?

damn, there goes the shut out.

F**K!!!!!!!!

Nice Moose. Tell the old man to sit down.

144 It bounced a little too soon, IMHO.

So much for the shutout. If Joe takes Moose out now . . .

Oh that was funny! Joe started up the steps and Moose barked "stay there" at him. Joe just held up his hand and backed off. Then smirked at Gator.

no shot-out for you! get back in there joe. let him get the CG

Moose is at 97 pitches with two outs in the ninth.

Moose call in Motown.

Ks 'em. Way to show 'em Moose! That's an ace pitcher right there, folks.

Beautiful.

A-Rod got the error, I think. It was hard for Andy to adjust to the hop because he was stretched out so far.

I don't think even Giambi would have gotten that one.

Sweet.
bummer about the shutout, but I'll take this game any day of the week.

That was very nice. PB gets their rest. Hurt guys get some rest. Moose keeps his mo. Giambi comming out of it and Melky looking better by the game.

This is looking ok.

Mooooooooose!

Just what we needed after last night.

A "whoo hoo" worthy game if I ever saw one. Way to go Moose. Absolutely loved the "No! Stay right there!". Great camera work catching that.

Good job by Moose. Nice win!

Moose barking at Joe from the mound was classic. The highlight of the game for me.

great game. Moose looked pumped out there.
a little timely hitting, solid infield D behind Wang, and we could be lookin' at a sweetass sweep.

Watching sportscenter right now, looks like the Rocketal Mystery Tour makes stops at A, AA, AAA before landing in Houston. All I'm thinking about is the draft pick we lost by not offering him arbitration...

161 Yup. For sure. Not the subdued Stanford grad you see in the post games. That's raw unfiltered fire. Who'd a thunk it? Yup - you're right, Cliff. That's what an Ace looks like.

BP

What a great game on so many levels: CG by Moose to rest and avoid the crappy BP, Andy has another fine game to force Joe to keep playing him, we play pretty good D, and Moose schools Joe in the 9th!

161 I loved that, too. Too bad it probably won't be in the multimedia section of MLB.com tomorrow.

exactly what this team needed, and what moose needed, if they're not giving him run support, then shut them down! 100 pitches, 70% strikes.

nice gravy for all of us. Good times. Cairo played very well tonight on defense, Andy as well, and Giambi and un-clutch arod carried the offense.

161 Yeah I loved Mr. Torre's sheepish grin. That was worth the price of admission.

we are slowly but surely getting rid of that myth stat with Giambi DHing and playing 1b.

164 Don't look now, but Andy's average is .242 all of a sudden. Still unimpressive, but it was .167 on May 16. The more he plays, the more he'll hit.

Missed most of the game because of dinner - I'm seeing Melky with a 1-for-5 and a steal and no walks - did he see a lot of pitches or get robbed of hits or what?

You know what would really make this week great?

If, after us taking at least 3 of 4 from the Tigers, the Red Sawx came in and got swept by Detroit. Oh man would that be sweet.

169 .306 with .722 OPS in May

MOOSE ROCKS!!! I was laughing my butt off with that motion/comment to Torre!
That is going to be ALL over the papers tomorrow!

GREAT GAME TONIGHT!

Melky had a fine night. Pitching was pretty good tonight. You can't get four hits every night, y'know.

170 He played a nice game. He hit a couple of balls hard including one that he sent to the wall in right that Ordonez made a back peddling "look what I found" catch on to take an extra base hit away. The stolen base came with 2 outs. It was a straight read of the pitcher's move on the first pitch of the ab. It was nicely done and led to a run that at the time was big. Other than that bunt he didn't get down (he still managed to move the lead runner with a deep fly) it was a good all around game that I thought demonstrated continued growth and comfort.

170 Melky hit the ball really hard quiet a few times tonight, if this was in Texas he probably at least had 1 HR ir not 2... I definately think he played much better than the numbers suggested.

Amazing, first two game using 5+ ERA starters , all 3 game using guys you would never imagine being on this team, and we won 3 outta 4 already....

Let's hope our Tiger can sweep their tiger tomorrow :P

Moose cracks me up:
"Were you pretty adament about staying in the game?"
[long pause] "Yeah.....I guess."

Bwahahahaha. YES asked both Torre and Moose about the "incident." Torre thought it was hilarious, and said Gator was laughing because he's usually the one who has to go out there.

Moose, as usual, is soooo laid back. They asked him if he wanted to stay in the game, and he thought about it for a long time, then said, "Yeah, I guess." As if he barely cared. ROFL! That's our Moose.

177 178 Great. Just great. The Stanford grad returns, and Mr. Yell-At-The-Manager-Guy is gone. I almost laughed out loud at the long pause and then the "Yeah .... I guess". Too freakin funny.

He's quite a character. Glad he's a Yankee.

BP

175 - thanks.

Was looking at the latest (albeit early) voting for the all-star game, and its literally ALL Yanks and Sox
http://tinyurl.com/n742a

Everyone leading as of now save Vlad is from NY or Boston. Not that the All Star game means anything, but it would be a crying shame to see it dominated so much by two teams, who aren't even the best in the league right now. It would certainly give all those who are always so eager to bash the bad economics of baseball etc reason to guffaw...

181 I also do not understand why I fuss over the All-Star game, but I do.

I'm looking over the list. Fan voting can be weird, but this year is remarkable.

How about a little variety?

Ortiz leads 1B voting, and Giambi is in distant second despite having the best OPS at the position. But when was the last time Papi actually played first? Right, interleague play.

This isn't just pro-Yankee/anti-Red Sox bias. How about Konerko or Shelton, who both have a better OPS than Ortiz and play the position regularly? If you want to shoe-horn a DH in there, Jim Thome has 1500 career games at 1B, and Travis Hafner has a 1.053 OPS this year.

No Vernon Wells or Nick Swisher, both of whom are out-slugging Manny and Vlad. Damon just doesn't belong there.

Robbie doesn't either; Loretta is more deserving, but Grudzy is doing a slightly better job in KC.

Can't argue with short and third. Those guys are pretty bad-ass. At least Sox fans are realistic enough not to mount a campaigne for Gonzo.

And Pudge is better than 'Tek.

I guess the stars are represented, and it is the All-Star game, but come on, spread the love.

And who the hell is voting for Matsui? Damn it.

For some reason, campaign always makes me think of champagne. My guess is it's because they rhyme.

BlogNYC has some screencaps of Moose telling Torre to sit down:

http://blognyc.net/

The Yankees injury update from the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/sports/baseball/01pins.html

Still no word on Sheff. The Yankees say his hamate bone is not broken. Sheff said it is. They'll get a radiologist's opinion today.

Crosby is not expected to join the team this weekend when he's eligible to get off the DL. They want him to play a game in Tampa, and so far he's just done BP and fly balls. Dunno if they're just taking it slow, or if the rehab isn't going as well as they'd hoped.

Damon says Melky is "Wally Pipping" him. :)

Newsday is reporting that Kevin Thompson is on his way to Detroit to be activated for tonight's game.

fersdvjhkddsgbv Long edcjkv Lonmg o;yfuh dwaXSLoigvn L:Oign Longf vrdfih kjg Kevin Thompson?

ROFL. Um...I don't think Long's going anywhere yet. I think Cashman anticipates Sheff going on the DL.

Also, Cashman says Bubba won't play in an extended spring training game until Sunday or Monday. He thinks Bubba's still feeling the hammy a little, and doesn't want to risk pushing him too hard, too soon. The soonest Bubba could rejoin the team is midweek. With Damon also ailing, he probably figured he had to call up another OFer.

Another thing...the Newsday thing mentions that fans have been clamoring for Thompson. Cashman has supposedly been getting a lot of e-mail about it. Dunno how they'd know that unless Cashman mentioned it...