« Youkilis is ready to go
Main
NO REST FOR VARITEK »
April 21, 2007
Yankee center fielder Johnny Damon is out of the lineup today because of a sore back and a sore right hamstring.
Damon said he felt his back tighten up when the team played on the turf in Minnesota two weeks ago, and part of that discomfort, he said, can be attiributed to his tight hamstrings.
He said he felt more discomfort in his back Friday night after making a sliding catch on Kevin Youkilis's looping fly ball in left-center in the fifth inning. He caught his cleats in the turf while making the inning-ending catch.
Damon, the former Red Sox rock star who now gets booed as a Yankee, did not have a good night at the plate, going 0 for 5. He whiffed twice and grounded out three times, taking weak hacks.
"My back is sore. It's not in one spot. It's all over," said Damon. "So I'll get some treatment. We'll figure it out and get it right so I can play tomorrow."
-- Steven Krasner
Posted by Steven Krasner 
at 2:11 PM | Permalink
