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Follow us on TwitterFor baseball fans in Chicago, today is one of those rare days with the chance to grab a fantastic double-header. The Cubs are currently wrapping up a North Side win over the Mets, and at 7:11 p.m. Central time — yes, that’s intentional — the Yankees and the White Sox will square off on the Chicago’s South Side.
The Yankees today are without their All Star third baseman. The reigning MVP would have missed the game with a slightly strained quad, but he’s not with the team because his wife Cynthia gave birth to the couple’s second child. Anyone believing in conspiracy theories would posit that C-Rod’s labor was induced to conveniently keep A-Rod away from the stadium while his strained muscle heals.
On the field, Jorge Posada makes his triumphant return behind the dish. Posada hasn’t been the starting catcher since April 8, and he’s caught just 33 innings this season. The Yanks couldn’t have picked a better team against which to test Posada’s shoulder. The White Sox have attempted just five stolen bases this year and were successful three times. I think the Sox may test Posada’s arm, but the team just doesn’t run that much anyway.
Chien-Ming Wang, 3-0 with a 3.81, takes the mound today. He’ll look to avenge himself after failing to make it out of the fifth against the Red Sox last week. It’s been a long week for the Yankee bullpen, eh?
Damon LF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Matsui DH
Posada C
Cano 2B
Giambi 1B
Ensberg 3B
Cabrera CF
Wang P
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Is it me or that lineup just seems weak without A-Rod?
Seriously, without A-rod, the lineup went from big time, to just slightly above average.
Bro, Giambi is in that lineup. It’s a beast. He’s good for so much runs.
That would be why Arod is the reigning MVP?
I’d be more comfortable with Shelley at first to tell you the truth
Way to make me look stupid Giambi
Hank demaned that cynthia go into labor yesterday.
No no, it’s Melky’s fault.
I don’t get that? Has Melky been fooling around with A-Rod wife?
The headline should have been ‘delivers in the clutch’, still pretty good though.
Anyone ever been to a game in cleveland? Iam making the trip this saturday from buffalo. Ive heard the fans can be pretty bad.
They can’t be that bad if you knock them out first.
Watch out for the bugs, I hear they’re pretty bad in Cleveland…
Whoa, a fellow Buffalonian who is a Yankee fan. Ugh. UB is unfortunately the center of Red Sox Nation in New York State though…
Fucking Rodriguezes, only delivering in April.
I like that one lol
I just looked up that 9 months ago yesturday, was the day The vizz had 2 wins in one day, Arod had a homerun that day and Shelly hit his first hr of his career. After a double header arod still had the energy to.. well you know.
LOL thats an assumption though, when was the baby due?
Does Arod go to the 3 day bereavement list?
I asked that question last week. and the response i got was “he would have to be pretty upset about the birth of his daughter to go on that list”
and he is only supposed to miss two days should be back thursday
He may not be too pleased with another kid. If the tabloids are right, who knowds how many he’s got already.
hip hip jorge
Josh Beckett to miss tonight’s game due to stiff neck.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....p;c_id=mlb
Funny, I would have thought Gammons would be the one complaining of a stiff neck…
nah, Gammons is having trouble remembering where he is and crapping his pants in public
I believe Mike was referencing to the unbelievable amount of fellatio Peter Gammons gives to Josh Beckett and Co.
oh I know, and I was adding the reference of how old he is
Olney discussed the trend of umpires calling more check swings as strikes. I would say that the Abreu 2nd strike was definitely more evidence of that.
I kinda miss Contreras. lol.
A-Rod makes that play at third. Ensberg looked lost. “Which way did it go, George?” :p
J/k, lol.
Wang owns.
I already miss A-Rod’s “defensive prowess”! Dammit Ensberg
I take it back, nice job Ensberg!
CMW is throwing some gas, sitting 95-96 MPH on every sinker thus far.
I’ve been thinking, instead of that slider that breaks off the plate, why don’t they (CMW & JoPo) try a back door slider? Knowing how his sinker stays straight then breaks in on RH, the fact that the slider would stay straight and break onto the plate instead of off the plate like the sinker, that would have hitters completely fooled.
OWNED!
And to LCF…
And people actually wanted to DFA Giambi. Shows what they know!
Yes, I am always right.
*Does not wink*
Lmao, can’t get too excited over one AB though even though I wish I could.
Giambi finally got a hit off of not-Mike Timlin!
This just in: Jose Contreras is the bastard son of Mike Timlin. It runs in the gene pool. No way Giambi can hit off a non-Timlinite.
wow… just wow
Wow, Giambi actually hit a baseball.
What interesting note on Giambi, every one of his HRs have been in the LCF-CF range.
Does the MLB allow this?
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo.....be_to.html
If they don’t I think it should be considered, give some more time to these organizations picking early to sign guys like Rick Porcello and Erick Hosmer (please Scott Boras, you SOB demand a crazy contract, please!)
don’t think so, seeing as how they don’t allow you to trade picks to begin with. Then again, I don’t know why I’m responding, I have no freakin idea
Yeah it’s nice to see him hit the other way
Paul O’ Neill is really sounding like a douche.
Michael Kay: Did you know that your teammates talked LaTroy hawkins out of wearing the number?
Paul O’Neill: No, thanks guys.
Elevated sinkers suck.
Ok, sliders backed up to the middle of the plate suck.
Wang looks awful
Again. That slider really looks bad.
especially after that 1 (un)checked swing and then the horrible swing, he elevates it… not a pretty pitch on 0-2
No he doesn’t, he hung one slider and thus far he just can’t get the hitters to chase with two strikes.
Looks like it could be an Ohlie night…again
Only one changeup thus far for CMW. Strike 1 to Swisher in this PA.
Wow, I’ve never seen that before
Once again, 0-2 and can’t put the guy away. Let it get to a full count, horrible.
Jesus, why can’t anyone hold a lead against Boston.
Too early to be concerned about Boston. Let’s worry about getting our own ship straightened out
Why can’t WE hold our lead?
Lmao, didn’t even realize that was a K.
wow, what a swing!
Thatt’s something you don’t see everyday.
Another terrible pitch to O-Cab, middle up, got away with that one. Wanger needs to start throwing better 2 strike pitches
I’m as big a Wang fan as anyone, but throwing an 0-2 pitch down the middle, to Uribe of all people, is indefensible.
We can calm down though because it’s not like that’s a pattern of Wang’s.
I’m feeling confident about the Yanks in this game.
Is Wang “too strong” today? Looks like it to me.