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The Yankees are going to have to figure out a way to survive without their ace for possibly the remainder of the season. Tests Monday found that Chien-Ming Wang had a sprain of his Lisfranc ligament and a partial tear of the peroneal longus tendon in his right foot. In the best case scenario, Wang takes off his protective boot around July 28th, starts to rehab and gets back on the mound for the Yankees around September 1st. In the worst case, Wang is done for the year. Anyway you slice it, the Yankees can expect Wang to miss at least 65 games and 12 or so starts.
Who will pick up the slack in the rotation? Phil Hughes is going to be out until August and Ian Kennedy is still on the DL. For the foreseeable future, you can probably pencil Dan Giese into the rotation unless the Yankees get crazy and give Igawa another shot. Perhaps a trade for C.C. Sabathia will be put into motion? One thing is for sure, the Yankees can be thankful that Joba Chamberlain is in the rotation right now.
According to Hank Steinbrenner, Yankees co-chairman and principal loudmouth, the National League's antiquated rules are to blame for Wang's injury. Steinbrenner said that the NL needs to get with the times and institute the designated hitter, "I just think it's time the NL joined the 21st century. The AL, the minors, colleges, high schools, they all have DHs." He went on to say that baseball commissioner Bud Selig needs to do something, "It's something Bud needs to address and he needs to address it soon. Don't give me that traditionalist crap." Yes, that's right, there are no traditions worth keeping at all in baseball. Maybe it's time to put names on Yankees uniforms. Don't give us that traditionalist crap.
Photograph of Chien-Ming Wang being helped off the field by Joe Girardi and a trainer by Pat Sullivan/AP
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Some traditions are worth keeping, some aren't; namely this one.
will they hire back clemens? hmmmm... ;P
I agree with Alex that the use of the designated hitter is a tradition that is not worth keeping.
The guy is a professional athlete, he should be able to run 360 feet.
Go a little easy on Little Stein, Peter. Interleague play is, was, and always will be a slick marketing ploy and a joke, and now a costly one.
The tradition that was blown was each league to their own until the WS. But when there's money on the table, the concerns of the true fans seem to get left behind.
Here endeth the old guy rant, thanks be to God.
take this broken wang...and learn to fly again, learn to live so freee
Why should we care? He's getting paid tons of $ whether he plays and/or the Yankees win.
Amazing. The Yanks lose their Wang and then the Mets lose their Willie in the same week! Is nothing safe?
I think it's retarded that in interleague play a AL pitcher who only bats maybe 2 times a year has to go up against a NL pitcher who bats everytime he pitches and at practice.
here's my issue:
1. the yanks were u p 8-0. why was wang running so hard?
Actually, edEx, they were up 4-0 when Wang scored, but your point is still fair... he was clearly going to be safe, he didn't need to burn it. I was thinking the same thing.
The guy's a professional athlete and can't run some bases? Hank Steinbrenner is an ass -- little league pitchers still hit! But at least Hank Steinbrenner is continuing a long tradition of Steinbrenners being asses.
#5 = Thief
Wang is in George's box and Wang is coming back! Goodness gracious! Of all the dramatic things I've ever seen!
#12 = buttplug
#13 = rise/run