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Nova, Garcia in rotation; Colon to bullpen
The Yankees have announced their pitching plans to start the season, naming Ivan Nova as the fourth starter and Freddy Garcia as the fifth. Bartolo Colon will work out of the bullpen in a long relief...
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Postgame notes: Colon didn’t skip a beat
That was pretty much what the Yankees expected out of Bartolo Colon, all right — six innings and 80 pitches, keeping the Mets off the scoreboard in a five-hit effort. By the time Colon’s work was done,...
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Does Colon deserve another start?
TORONTO — Today, Joe Girardi will call Bartolo Colon into his office to ask him if his strained left hamstring is healthy enough for him to pitch and, most importantly, be effective. And Colon, in...
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Game 90: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
TORONTO — Well, that answers that. Joe Girardi got the expected response when he spoke to Bartolo Colon — that he’s perfectly healthy — and didn’t see any signs that the veteran righty was hurt or when...
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If Phil is right, do the Yankees need Ubaldo?
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — That’s the question I’m pondering from St. Pete, just a few hours before the start of a four-game series against the Rays and just a few hours removed from a very convincing...
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Game 94: Yankees vs. Rays
ST. PETERSBURG — It’s possible (though not likely) that two Yankees could make their Major League debut at Tropicana Field tonight. Brandon Laird, called up yesterday after Ramiro Pena‘s appendectomy,...
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Game 107: Yankees vs. White Sox
CHICAGO — Greetings from U.S. Cellular Field, the first of a whopping 21 road games this month, and the first of a week that will finish at Fenway Park. Derek Jeter is out of the Yankees’ lineup after...
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Game 143: Yankees at Angels
September 9, 2011 – Angel Stadium — 10:05 p.m. ET (YES, WCBS 880 AM) YANKEES (87-55) Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Robinson Cano 2B Russell Martin C Andruw...
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With 6-man staff, rotation questions loom for Yanks
TORONTO — The decision to go to a six-man rotation isn’t as cut-and-dry as “it gives those veteran arms an extra day of rest.” Just ask Freddy Garcia, Sunday’s starter and a guy you’d think would be...
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Game 151: Yankees vs. Blue Jays
TORONTO — Will Canada see history? Well, there’s at least a chance. Joe Girardi was asked pregame today if there was any way he’d put somebody else in if there’s a save situation so that Mariano Rivera...
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