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June 01, 2006
Kevin Thompson To Be Called Up
From On The Yankees Beat -
Kevin Thompson is on his way to Detroit to be activated for tonight's game, and surely Yankee fans everywhere are rejoicing. While no one would trade Sheffield for Thompson, Yankee fans have been calling for Thompson's callup from Triple-A Columbus for ages, and they are frustrated each time he's passed over.
The Star Ledger also has this story.
I bet that Thompson plays CF, Melky goes to RF, Damon will DH (with Giambi playing 1B), and then LF will belong to Bernie/Long.
Andy Phillips gets the playing-time screws with this move.
I doubt they're calling up Thompson to have him sit on the bench.
In a way, all this makes sense, since Damon and Sheffield need the rest. As per BP's UTK:
Gary Sheffield has left the team to see another doctor about the continued problems with his wrist. The injection Sheffield took--not cortisone, but another anti-infammatory, probably depo-medrol--has already worn off. The problem looks, symptomatically, to be more of a chronic than traumatic problem despite having a singular event--the collision--to blame. There’s no real fix for the problem aside from rest, something the Yankees can ill afford to let Sheffield do. Johnny Damon answered questions about his foot, re-explaining the problem after some erroneous comments he made recently. Damon has a small stress reaction in his sesamoid bone, another injury that is treated with rest. Damon also complains that the pain has spread from the initial area, suggesting that the problem isn’t responding to conservative treatment. Again, rest is the best medicine for the injury, but time is not on the Yankees' side.
And, if K-Thom flops, then Bubba Crosby will take his place/role when he comes back. (Until Damon is sound enough to go back to CF.)
Posted by Steve Lombardi at June 1, 2006 02:07 PM
Comments
Nah, Kevin CF, Melky RF, Bernie LF, Long DH.
Posted by: rbj ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at June 1, 2006 03:56 PM
Rbj, if choosing between those guys, I'd rather see Bernie DH (some Phillips would be nice too) but the defensive outfield seems like it would be better if we kept Bubba (who has shown he plays well there) in center, Melky in left (ditto) and tried KT in right (where he's played most of his games this year in AAA).
Long would be the backup there, I guess.
Posted by: James Varghese at June 1, 2006 04:08 PM
"Andy Phillips gets the playing-time screws with this move."
Number of consecutive games where Phillips has gotten more than 1 AB : 3
Number of games on consecutive days where Phillips has gotten more than 1 AB : 1
Just take him out back and shoot him already.
Posted by: hopbitters at June 1, 2006 04:24 PM
I got cut off before I finished. It's not what I want, but rather expect. Torre's already had Long DH once. I'm not a Joe basher, but even I found that inexplicable
Posted by: rbj at June 1, 2006 04:26 PM
Torre said that Thompson would play off the bench on espn.com. Phillips has had some good at-bats tonight to go along with a good couple of games, so maybe he'll get a chance to keep playing.
Posted by: JeremyM at June 1, 2006 09:09 PM
The way Long has been going, and the way Bernie hits against RHP, you would think there's a way to get Thompson and Phillips in the line-up at the same time.
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at June 2, 2006 07:45 AM