Tuesday, March 20, 2007

March 20 -- YANKEES LEGENDS

TAMPA, Fla. -- Greetings from Legends Field.

For the past 11 years, this has been the spring home of the Yankees. And, like with everything affiliated with the Bronx Bombers, the ballpark is customized to reflect Yankee tradition. Outside the front entrance are duplicates of the displayed uniform numbers that are retired in Yankee Stadium. At left, you'll see a photo of Thurman Munson's No. 15. Incidentally, as I type this, the Thurman Munson episode of "Yankeeography" from the YES Network is being shown on the Legends Field video board. The Yankees are starting most of their regulars tonight, including Johnny Damon, Derek Jeter, Bobby Abreu, Jason Giambi, Hideki Matsui, Jorge Posada and Robinson Cano. It should be a good test for Phillies RHP Zack Segovia.

Here's the Phillies lineup against Yankees LHP Kei Igawa:
RF Shane Victorino
CF Aaron Rowand
3B Wes Helms
1B Ryan Howard
LF Pat Burrell
DH Jayson Werth
C Rod Barajas
SS Abraham Nunez
2B Brent Abernathy

More later.

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