June 01, 2006
One Shoe Off and One Shoe On
Mariano Rivera hurt his back putting his shoes on today.
Rivera hurt his back early on Thursday and the Yankees said he wouldn't be available for their game against the Tigers.
"He had one shoe on, and when he went to put the left shoe on, something spasmed," Torre said before Thursday's game against Detroit. "It's something new every day."
The Yankees are leading 6-5 in the ninth but won't be able to go to Mo for the save. Cobmined with Sheffield going on the DL, the Yankees club house is looking like a M*A*S*H unit. Fransworth gets a chance to close tonight.
Update: Farnsworth blows the save, with one out, a walk and two singles tie the game. Detroit is still batting with one out and two on.
Update: Farnsworth falls behind Carlos Guillen 3-1, and Guillen smacks a hit into right to score Pudge Rodriguez from second base to take the game 7-6.
It's a great win for Detroit, down 5-0 in the third, they fought back, scoring five against Wang and then getting to Farnsworth for the win. They put a little more space between first and second place in the AL Central.
Correction: Fixed spelling of Farnsworth.
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As a Boston fan, it was good to see a) that the yanks are fallible - finally; b) that the tigers won't be facing the Sox with a 5 game losing streak (and therefore be "due"). Although with respect, the home plate umpire was calling some generous Ks, esp to A-rod and Damon in late innings.
And it's "Farnsworth", not "Fransworth".
As a Boston fan, it was good to see a) that the yanks are fallible - finally; b) that the tigers won't be facing the Sox with a 5 game losing streak (and therefore be "due"). Although with respect, the home plate umpire was calling some generous Ks, esp to A-rod and Damon in late innings.
And it's "Farnsworth", not "Fransworth".
As a Yankee fan, the ninth was a train wreck. Farnsworth didn't come close to recording the save. I was wondering what Torre was thinking until I heard about the back spasms. I wonder if this has anything to do with Mariano's 3 inning outing on Tuesday.
What difference does it make how you spell Farnsworth? Any way you spell it, he still stinks! I could see why Torre used Mariano two innings the other night, but after the Bronx Bombers erupted he shouldn't have put Rivera out there for inning number three. Maybe George should hire somebody to put on his closer's shoes?
mariano had spasms putting on his shoes just like sosa threw out his back by sneezing
