New York Yankees

These 30 shots were taken on March 19th and posted on Flickr today by member treman262. Hat-tip to Baseball-Fever member donut726.

As you can see they've put up a few more ads, they planted the plant in front of the bleachers, the bunting has started to go up, and the ad board behind home plate has been installed. The place is virtually finished, they're just down to the final details now.

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YANKEES
Melky Cabrera CF
Johnny Damon LF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Hideki Matsui DH
Xavier Nady RF
Robinson Cano 2B
Cody Ransom 3B
Jose Molina C
Angel Berroa SS

Kevin Kernan of the Post discusses the bond being formed by two New York superstars over at the WBC, Derek Jeter and Mets' third baseman David Wright. Kernan writes about how Jeter has become something of a mentor to the younger Wright.

A-Rod must be loving all these stories about Jeter being so friendly with players from other teams. Just saying.

In cementing his place as the opening day starter for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in AAA, Phil Hughes gave the Minnesota Twins all they could handle and more.

Hughes lowered his spring ERA to an impressive 2.19, while limiting the Twins to just four base runners in 4 1/3 innings pitched.

The Yankees' 4-2 victory over the Twins marked their eighth consecutive win, and it was their second time beating the Twins this week.

The Yankees outfield will probably look vastly different next season than the players that will be starting this year. There are many different possibilities on who will be starting each of the positions. Nobody knows not even the Yankees who these players will be, allot will depend on individual performances this season.

The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins by a score of 4-2. Phil Hughes is pitching pretty well this spring.

I went out and just had something to eat at Wendy's and I had a cheeseburger with lettuce, onions and pickles. I was hoping to make it back at a decent time and I did.

A—Phil Hughes

From Mark Feinsand:

"I feel good about it, I do. And last night's the best I felt, because of what I saw," Girardi said. "When he threw it, I went, 'wow.' That's the expression I used when I looked at Tony (Pena). He said he felt great, and that was really positive."

Girardi said the Yanks likely will try to have one or two kids run on Posada today at the minor-league complex, but joked "if nobody gets on, then we have an issue."

Despite an offseason full of free agent splashes, the Yankees could be in for another April belly flop. 

Sure, the additions of Mark Teixeira, CC Sabathia, and A.J. Burnett automatically make the Yankees an improved team, but there are substantial questions as the calendar flips.

A distracted Alex Rodriguez is one thing, but putting him on the shelf for the season’s first six to nine weeks is quite another. General manager Brian Cashman is sticking with farmhand Cody Ransom for, if nothing else, the lack of available free agent third basemen.