Yankees Call Up Adam Warren & Ryoto Igarashi

The Yankees have called up starter Adam Warren from AAA Empire State Yankees and reliever Ryoto Igarashi. Warren will get the start in his major league debut on Friday in place of CC Sabathia against the Chicago White Sox. 

Andy Pettitte To Miss 6 Weeks With Fractured Ankle

And the hits just keep on coming... ok sorry, maybe my choice of words and analogies was not the greatest right there. Just hours after we heard that CC Sabathia would be going to the DL we learned that Andy Pettitte would be joining him. Andy took a line drive come backer to the left ankle and x rays showed that it is fractured. He will not require surgery but it will take at least 6 weeks of healing before we see Andy back on the mound.

No word yet on who will come up to start and take his spot on the roster but my money is still on Adam Warren coming up with David Phelps.

HOPE Week Day 3 : Andy Fass

Andy Fass is legally blind 5 year old child but still plays tee Ball for fun. Many Yankees will be surprising him today with a visit in honor of him and for HOPE Week. Here is a little story about Andy...

THE STORY OF ANDY FASS:

A chance encounter gave five-year-old Andy Fass a new goal and hope. As someone who has a condition called oculocutaneous albinism, which affects approximately 40,000 people around the world, Andy is legally blind and without pigment in his skin, forcing him to avoid long exposure to the sun. Though Andy has always gravitated to people and many individual activities, he was told baseball would never be an option due to the contact and the chance of injury due to moving objects.

All of that changed, however, on April 25, 2012, when Andy Pettitte, who was making a start at Trenton, gave little Andy the baseball he was using to warm up. Encouraged by the gesture, little Andy – who was attending his first-ever professional baseball game – was immediately inspired to sign up for tee-ball and take on the challenge.

CC Sabathia Placed On 15 Day DL

CC Sabathia has been placed on the 15 day DL today with a Grade 1 strain in his left groin. He never mentioned this until it persisted in his bullpen yesterday afternoon. CC will miss at least 2 starts with this abductor muscle injury and will be out until after the All Star Break. No mention on who will make his starts or, if anybody, who will take his roster spot. 

My thoughts would be that either David Phelps or Adam Warren come up to the majors to fill in the long relief role and Freddy Garcia gets CC's two starts against the White Sox and the Rays. That is just my pure speculation though and I could possibly be totally wrong. 

Indians @ Yankees 6/27/12

UPDATE

ANDY PETTITTE has left the game with an apparent ankle injury after being hit in the left ankle with a come back line drive. No news yet on the severity of the injury.

Robinson Cano hit a two run home run to put the Yankees up 4-3 in the bottom of the 7th inning. 

This afternoon the Yankees look for the sweep over the Cleveland Indians. The game will be televised at 1:05 pm ET on MLB Network and the YES Network. Andy Pettitte will be on the mound for the Yankees and will be facing Indians righty Ubaldo Jimenez.

Curtis Granderson CF
Nick Swisher RF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira DH
Raul Ibanez LF
Eric Chavez 1B
Russell Martin C
Jayson Nix SS


Go Yankees!!

Injury & Roster Updates

Brett Gardner is expected to take some dry swings while nursing his sore elbow when the Yankees are down in Tampa playing the Rays. Girardi stands by the late July time table for Gardner and rules out any chance of us seeing Brett before the All Star Break in a little over two weeks.

Speaking of Brett Gardner the Yankees moved him to the 60 day DL today to make room on the 40 man roster for Danny Farquhar. The Yankees claimed him off waiver from the Oakland Athletics today in a real head scratcher. He looks like he will be headed to AA Trenton and only has 2 IP of major league experience. With the plethora of minor league arms and options I do not see the point in going out of the organization for a guy that we need to guarantee a 40 man roster spot on. Not to mention that him being a Yankee is a waste of a good 'stache.

Russell Martin left the game Sunday with a stiff back and is expected to take batting practice today and if everything goes well will be back in the game as early as tomorrow. He would be welcomed back with open arms, not that Chris Stewart has done a bad job.

Pedro Feliciano threw 25 pitches, his first pitches thrown since his rotator cuff surgery, in the bullpen today. This was his first full mound throwing session since the surgery although he still has a very long way to go. I do not think anyone has any hopes of him helping the Yankees out this season.

Indians @ Yankees 6/26/12

UPDATE:

Happy 38th Birthday Derek Sanderson Jeter

Yankees win 6-4

Tonight is game 2 of a three game set between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees. The Yankees look to remain red hot in June with another victory last night over the Indians. Tonight Phil Hughes will be on the mound for the Yanks and faces former Red Sox prospect Justin Masterson. The game will be televised at 7:05 pm ET on MY9.

Lineups

Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Mark Teixeira 1B
Nick Swisher RF
Raul Ibanez DH
Dewayne Wise LF
Chris Stewart C

Go Yankees!!

Old Timers Day July 1st 2012

This Sunday, July 1st, the Yankees will host their annual "Old Timers Day" at the Stadium. Here is a list of those scheduled to attend. 

It will be interesting to see guys like Yogi Berra(as always), David Cone, Cecil Fielder, Gene Monahan making his first appearance, Paul O'Niell etc.

I am quite confused by why guys like Sterling Hitchcock and Tanyon Sturtz were invited but hey, it is not my party... 

List of those scheduled to attend
*Denotes first-time Old-Timer

Luis Arroyo
Jesse Barfield
Yogi Berra
Ron Blomberg
Dr. Bobby Brown
Homer Bush
Jerry Coleman
David Cone
Bucky Dent
Al Downing
Brian Doyle
Cecil Fielder
Whitey Ford
Oscar Gamble
Jake Gibbs
Joe Girardi
Rich “Goose” Gossage
Ron Guidry
Charlie Hayes
Rickey Henderson
Sterling Hitchcock*
Arlene Howard
Helen Hunter
Reggie Jackson
Tommy John
Pat Kelly
Don Larsen
Graeme Lloyd
Hector Lopez
Jill Martin
Tino Martinez
Lee Mazzilli
Stump Merrill*
Gene Monahan*
Diana Munson
Kay Murcer
Matt Nokes*
Paul O’Neill
Joe Pepitone
Lou Piniella
Willie Randolph
Bobby Richardson
Mickey Rivers
Aaron Small
Mel Stottlemyre
Darryl Strawberry
Tanyon Sturtze*
Ralph Terry
Joe Torre
Bob Turley
Roy White
Bernie Williams

HOPE Week Day 2 : Jorge Munoz

Borrowed from Lohud

Here is a little information about Jorge Munoz.

THE STORY OF JORGE MUNOZ, “AN ANGEL IN QUEENS”
http://www.anangelinqueens.org/

Known as the “Angel in Queens,” Jorge Munoz, 48, emigrated from his native Colombia in the 1980s with his mother and sister, and spent his subsequent years working in retail stores and as a school bus driver. In 2004, he drove past a group of mostly Latino day laborers who were standing underneath the elevated subway tracks on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street in Jackson Heights, Queens. They told him that on days they cannot find work, they go hungry.

Identifying with their plight, he began bringing them food. That first night it was eight brown bag sandwiches. Now, eight years later, he is responsible for feeding as many as 140 individuals a night with meals ranging from chicken with rice, to beef with pasta, to pork with beans. While some neighborhood businesses contribute supplies, the majority of cooking is done by Munoz, his sister and an assistant cook in the tiny Queens home he shares with his mother, his sister and her son.

Since beginning his work with the hungry in 2004, he has established his own nonprofit and served over 70,000 meals to New Yorkers who otherwise could not afford to routinely enjoy a hot meal. Jorge has missed serving food just one night over the last seven years due to an impassable snowstorm. He continues despite being laid off from his job in December.

Indians @ Yankees 6/25/12

Yankees win 7-1!!!

Interleague play is over, now it is time to start beating up on American League teams again. Tonight the Yankees start a three game set with the Cleveland Indians. Hiroki Kuroda will start tonight for the Yankees and will be opposed by Josh Tomlin for the Indians. The game will be televised at 7:05 pm et on ESPN 2 and the YES Network.

Go Yankees