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July 4, 2008
A new Joe
The morning after holding a 30-minute closed door meeting with his team after a 7-0 loss to the Red Sox Yankees manager Joe Girardi was in a much better move.
"Today is a new day and that's behind me," Girardi said.
The skipper continued to back his team and said they needed to turn around their recent misfortunes.
"They study tape, the are working really hard, but things are not going our way right now," Girardi said. "We need to be more consistent. Constistency, that's how you put streaks together and win series."
TRADING PLACES – The Yankees bolstered their bullpen before Friday’s game with the addition of left-hander Billy Trader from Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Traber begins his third stint with the Yankees this season and has allowed 11 hits and six earned runs over 92/3 innings. He last played with the Yankees on June 21 and allowed two runs and two hits in a 1/3 of an inning.
To make room for Traber, the team sent shortstop Alberto Gonzalez down to Scranton. Manager Joe Girardi said the club wants Gonzalez to get more playing time, something he was not receiving in his most recent recall to the parent club.
Gonzalez was 0-for-10 in six games after being recalled June 13 and was batting .173 for the season with one RBI.
DUGOUT CHATTER – The Red Sox and Yankees are wearing special baseball caps for the rest of the series at Yankee Stadium. Each team’s logo on the cap is red and blue with white stars on it.
Posted by Bill on July 4, 2008 12:14 PM
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