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ANAHEIM -- With Alex Rodriguez feeling as though he is unable to impact the baseball, the Yankees plan to be without him for three or four days, hoping to quell the recurring soreness in his left thumb."I can certainly play through bumps and bruises," Rodriguez said. "Even with bumps and bruises, I can do serious damage [at the plate]. But the way I am right now, I don't think it's possible."Rodr hockey games online iguez has been battling the injury since Aug. 21, when he sprained the thumb backhanding a Joe Mauer infield hit in a game at Minnesota's Target Field."You go on a day-to-day basis with him and how it's bothering him," manager Joe Girardi said. "He really hasn't shown that it's bothering him, but sometimes guys hide things from you, so we're going to give him three to four days off."That matchup w hockey games online ith the Twins was Rodriguez's first game off the disabled list after missing more than a month following surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee."It's as frustrating as it's ever been, because my knee feels really good and things have gone well," Rodriguez said. "Then you have kind of a freaky thing, the ball Mauer hit, and that's the last thing you expect, to roll over on your thumb." hockey games online Rodriguez said that the thumb "definitely hasn't gotten worse" since he had an MRI performed on Aug. 29 in New York, but he expects to have to deal with the thumb issue in some capacity for the rest of the season."He has not swung the bat with authority since he's been back," Girardi said. "He came in last night and said it was bothering him."Rodriguez said that he hopes to get back in the lineup hockey games online as soon as possible but understands his situation. "There's nothing that I love more than going out and competing each and every day," Rodriguez said. "But obviously when you can't help the team win, then you have to do what's smart." Cervelli may be dealing with concussion ANAHEIM -- Catcher Francisco Cervelli could miss the remainder of the Yankees' road trip after suffering what the club be hockey games online lieves may be yet another concussion.Cervelli said that he has been dizzy since he was hit in the head by the shoulder of the Orioles' Nick Markakis in a collision during Thursday's makeup game in Baltimore. Cervelli was seen by a doctor on Saturday in Anaheim and will be sent back to New York on Sunday for further examination."After the collision, I was catching; I don't know how, but I stayed th hockey games online ere," Cervelli said. "The next day, everything was sore -- nose, mouth, neck. I'm just dizzy right now. I think I need a couple of days."Cervelli was in the Yankees' original lineup for Saturday's game against the Angels -- a 6-0 loss -- but was scratched when his concussion symptoms returned. The backstop has suffered at least three previous concussions in his career, including one in March 2010 hockey games online when he was hit in the helmet by a pitch from Zech Zinicola, then with the Blue Jays. After that, the Yankees recommended that Cervelli begin wearing the oversized Rawlings S-100 protective helmet, though he abandoned it this season. Manager Joe Girardi hinted that the Yankees may summon catcher Austin Romine in time for Sunday's game. Romine grew up 15 minutes from Angel Stadium and played most o hockey games online f this season at Double-A Trenton, but he's not currently on the club's 40-man roster. Swisher's MRI shows no structural damage ANAHEIM -- An MRI examination on Nick Swisher's left elbow revealed what manager Joe Girardi described as mild tendinitis, and the Yankees outfielder could return to the lineup after a few days of rest.Swisher got the news from assistant athletic trainer Steve Donohue hockey games online , who confirmed that there was no structural damage in the elbow."Any time you go for an MRI, you don't know," Swisher said. "I've never really had pains in my elbow. It's a bummer, because right now, you want to be in there every day."Swisher felt what he described as "sharp pain" in his elbow while making a throw in Thursday's 5-4 11-inning loss to the Orioles in Baltimore. Swisher said that he hockey games online consulted with some other players who have required reconstructive elbow surgery, which calmed his worst fears. "I talked to some guys and asked, 'How did that feel?' They were like, 'You'll know,'" Swisher said. "I was like, 'Good -- that's not what I feel, which is great.' I'm one of those guys that likes to be in the lineup every day; I take a lot of pride in that. I've just got to get myself h hockey games online ealthy."Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he wasn't concerned that Swisher's injury was more serious."He's battled it at times," Girardi said. "With tendinitis, you can have sharp pain at times. The fact that he was still able to throw with authority made me feel pretty good about it." Yanks give Nunez first career start in right field ANAHEIM -- Eduardo Nunez had to do a double-take when hockey games online he walked by the lineup card posted in the Yankees' clubhouse on Saturday afternoon. Sure enough, there was a nine next to his name: right field.Nunez had played just one career inning in right field, doing so on May 18 in Baltimore. But with Nick Swisher shelved due to injury, Nunez will get a chance to start."I haven't played right field; just [in] practice," Nunez said. "I'll make adjustments. hockey games online ... It's fun. It's a new experience. I'll do the best I can."Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that he was comfortable with Nunez in the outfield, and that he was also wary of playing Andruw Jones more than six times in a span of eight days. "We've had [Nunez] take a lot of fly balls out there," Girardi said. "We've worked Andruw awful hard, and you have to manage Andruw a little bit. So we're goin hockey games online g to put Nuney out there. We've got a left-hander [CC Sabathia] going tonight, so we'll see." hockey games online
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