Update: Gardner NOT starting over Ichiro tonight

October 7, 2012 by Mike Axisa 15 Comments

2:26pm: Nevermind, apparently there was just a typo on the board in the press box. Ichiro is starting and batting second tonight.

2:20pm: Here’s a shocker: Brett Gardner is starting in left field over Ichiro Suzuki tonight. Ichiro is 7-for-12 lifetime against Orioles starter Jason Hammel, which leads me to believe he’s banged up. Curtis Granderson has moved up to second in the lineup while Gardner will hit ninth.

Monotonousblob

My ideal lineup would have just been to DH Granderson, put Gardner in center and Ichiro in left.

Hope Ichiro isn’t injured though.
https://twitter.com/czm26 Craig

Joel Sherman just tweeted a different lineup.
- The Real Greg
  
  Yeah. Sherman’s saying that that was just a bad rumor
RetroRob

No way Ichiro is not starting unless he injured himself coming to the park.
Cy Pettitte

I hate when my computer autocorrects Ichiro to Gardner and moves the name down 7 lines from the 2nd to the 9th line
Eddard reboot v.1.0

Ichiro is one of the hottest hitters on this team. He is this team’s Johnny Damon. It would be a fireable offense to bench him in favor of a player that hasn’t batted since April. Good to hear that it’s just an error.
- http://riveraveblues Dennis v
  
  Couldn’t agree more
The Real Greg

Here is the actual lineup from Sherman:

Jeter, Ichiro, A-Rod, Cano, Swisher, Teixeira, Granderson, Martin, Ibanez
- Austin Aunelowitzky
  
  Shit…that deep.
- vin
  
  We need to play a DH? Shit, I guess we can stick him 9th.
- Bob Buttons the Cat
  
  RHB,LHB,RHB,LHB,BHB,BHB,LHB,RHB,LHB
  
  Somewhere, LaRussa is glad he never had to face this.
  - jjyank
    
    Ha I laughed.
Mike N

Yeah, that made no sense at all.
forensic

Whew, glad that was a typo. There are about 10 guys on the roster I’d bat in the #2 spot, or at the top of the order, over Granderson.
Cy Pettitte

Suzaki!

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