Johnny Damon CF
Derek Jeter SS
Gary Sheffield DH
Alex Rodríguez 3B
Jorge Posada C
Robinson Canó 2B
Bernie Williams LF
Terrence Long RF
Andy Phillips 1B
SP: Jaret Wright

Andy's in, but I guess Joe still doesn't want Melky facing the big bad knuckleballer.

From the Boston Globe:

>> While Gary Sheffield was in the starting lineup the Yankees finally posted just past five this afternoon, manager Joe Torre said that the team would wait to see how he reacts to taking batting practice before deciding whether to activate him off of the disabled list.

"We'll see how it goes," said Sheffield, who was placed on the disabled list on May 9 with a sore left wrist, the result of a collision at first base with Toronto's Shea Hillenbrand earlier this month.

Sheffield told reporters he's confident that he will play this evening though. He is slated to bat third as the designated hitter against Tim Wakefield. He said he is taking all the precautions possible at the moment, and will play with protective pads on both sides of his injured wrist.

"Sheff's a force in there," Torre said. "We'll see what he'll be able to give us." <<

I get a kick out of the fact that Torre is already calling him T-Long.

Today he trash talks about the yanks like they are out of it. he goes against torre, the outfield, the bullpen and of course a-rod. I think he was watching the clippers game when arod hit that monster HR v his fatness to win the game last series.

he's the leading figure in that stupid misconception that arod only produces when it doesn't matter and chokes when it matters.

I can't remember who said that a lie told a thousand times becomes true.

As for the Bean move. Is that true? That makes no sense, they don't have to make room on the 40-man for Sheff, he's already there and Bean should have options left. You sure it wasn't Reese? (though even then the DFA wouldn't make any sense, though the player demoted would make some)

Jorge limped back to the dugout and started putting on his catchers gear, so maybe it was just a cramp.

his fastball has been terrific these last two outings, he seems to be spotting it at will.

Nice hustle double for Damon! Andy at third.

Jeter drives 'em both in. 3-0 Yanks. Quality.

pretty bad when Sox announcers treat ARod better then the NY press.

79 How do you get NESN is Ohio? I'm in NH, so I see every game. I like Don and Remy. Remy is one of the best.

I wish MLB.tv allowed us to pick the feed. I hate listening to Red Sox announcers.

And IMO, the most boring AL East annoucers are the D-Rays announcers. Dwayne Staats (formerly of MSG Network) puts me to sleep.

In the AL East, my least favorite are the D-Rays guys. While Dwayne Staats is a former MSG guy, he puts me to sleep when MLB.tv carries Yanks/DRays.

What happens first:

1. Long gets released
2. Long gets a hit in a Yankee uniform.

They had to make room on the roster when Sheff was activated. He was still on the DL until after batting practice today.

I was hoping it would be Long, but it's Bean.

I might eat my words in a minute but we'll see.

107 What if Matt Smith had bombed in the 4 measley innings he got to pitch in the majors? Would people be calling for his head now, and saying, "Where's Bean?"?

Then everything comes up Jaret.

Over/under on Erickson being the first guy up if Wright gets into trouble? Unless Ortiz is due up, in which case it will be Myers first, then Erickson.

I don't agree with the play based on the opportunity cost, but I understand the thinking.

On another note, as of right now, I'm willing to believe Melky isn't in the lineup because of the knuckler because he wasn't in the lineup the last time against Wakefield either.

Of course, that may change tomorrow if he is still on the bench and Long is still in the field.

Posada's one of my favorites. I was never convinced that he was in permanent decline. He started catching relatively late, and has mostly avoided the kind of injuries that have done in other catchers. He's always been streaky, so an off-year didn't alarm me. I think having to work with so many different pitchers last year took a toll on him, but I expected him to rebound this year. I certainly did not want to trade him for Molina or anyone else.

Now Josh Bard. There's a legitimate backup catcher. He can actually hit. The Yanks should take a lesson there.

I'm going to give Joe the benefit of the doubt that there is an actual reason.

as somebody suggested, probably the effects of that comebacker. but he certainly did not show it.

if not, why mess with it?

ProcFarnMo?

And now the hapless bottom of the order for the Sox is not looking so hapless.

Bernie with his stupid arm at RF.

bad feelings all over the place.

these last 3 innings are going to be really tense if we don't score a few more.

I don't know about you guys but I don't trust anybody in our bullpen anymore.

While he didn't get much work the last two seasons, that's because he was frequently on the Columbus Shuttle. In 2003, he threw nearly 90 innings. In 2002, he threw 133, In 2001, he threw 140 innings. He's on pace for quite a lot this season, and I think Joe should lay off him a bit (and probably will once Dotel comes back). But he has a strong arm.

lets see whether our DEFENSE n pitching holds it up..

go Bombers

And bye, bye, Wakefield.

And only 9th inning with 2 outs yankaholic.

Harsh f***ing crowd here.

That was a big hit for the Yanks. It broke open this game big time for now.

But it was really, really cool. Wish I could have seen it.

Although he's probably watching some 80's movie or wrestling... he just looks at the stats of games when writing his stats...

its pathetic how he has slipped.

was that a choke by FAT papi or a clutch "moving over" ... Mike " i hate everyone" Lupica will have his theory tomorrow

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If that was Bean who'd walked the first two hitters in an inning, the ones before Papi and Manny no less, he'd be in the trunk of Torre's car, with a shovel, on the way to the Meadowlands.

are we clutch for following the whole damn game suffering?

is torre clutch for the yanks for yanking proctor two batters late?

questions without answers. fans that cannot breathe easily.

Oh damn, just bring in Mo already, you know you want to Joe

BP

Deadly. And right on.

BP

I miss Tom Gordon.

how are you guys holding up?

you bring farns in and at the first sign of trouble go with mo?

what? like he's a sleeping giant? The guy just hit a 3-run home run for god's sake? What would "provoking" do to him?

If you remember, after Clemens threw that high fastball that Manny overreacted to a couple of years ago, Manny's stepped in the bucket for his next three swings against Clemens.

I think maybe a little chin music might just unnerve the bastard!

You hit a baseball like that, you can dance to first for all I care. The pitcher has a problem with it, stop fucking grooving pitches.

i don't think I can watch the ortiz at-bat. I can see it all being played in my head.

I tend to get less upset when bad things happen and I just read them. not even watch them on gameday, no faces, no location, just out(s) being recorded or run-scoring play.

I thought the yanks were up 7-1 a couple of innings ago right?

9th. inning coming up. mo with 9 very difficult pitches in the inning.

now who wants a run? anybody? anybody? bueller?

now, back to my mobile phone gameday which is faster than computer gameday and mlb.tv

C'mon, Mo. Nail it down...

And thank you, Mo!

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