JAMMED HAND WON'T SLOW JETER
JAMMED HAND WON'T SLOW JETER
By GEORGE KING
May 30, 2006 -- DETROIT - Seeing Miguel Cairo at shortstop in the fifth inning yesterday wasn't a comfortable sight for the Yankees.
After all, Hideki Matsui could be out for the season, Gary Sheffield missed more than two weeks, Jorge Posada is battling a torn leg tendon, Johnny Damon is playing with a chipped bone in his foot and Carl Pavano and Tanyon Sturtze underwent arm surgery last week.
So, when Derek Jeter didn't make it out of the dugout for the fifth, who could blame anybody for expecting the worst?
However, the jammed right hand suffered by Jeter - who has no idea how the injury occurred - isn't serious. At least not according to its owner.
"I didn't want to come out," said Jeter, who vowed to play tonight.
Jeter said he suffered the injury - just below his index finger - either sliding into second to end the third inning or swinging the bat.
When he tried to bunt his way on base in the fifth, somebody in the dugout informed Joe Torre that Jeter's hand wasn't right.
"I tried to bunt and that didn't work out well," Jeter said.
Torre's biggest concern was Jeter's ability to throw.
"If it was the left hand I would probably have left him in," Torre said. "I was concerned about the throwing. It's possible he will miss [tonight] but it's probably more probable that he will play.
"When I went to him he said he wanted to stay in the game. But when I said I was going to take him out he didn't say anything. He understood if it came to making a double play he would have trouble throwing the ball."
Jeter, who started the day leading the majors in hitting with a .352 average, went 0-for-3 and is now batting .347. He did drive in the Yankees' second run in the third with a fielder's choice, that was aided by shortstop Carlos Guillen's wide throw to first on a double-play attempt.
By GEORGE KING
May 30, 2006 -- DETROIT - Seeing Miguel Cairo at shortstop in the fifth inning yesterday wasn't a comfortable sight for the Yankees.
After all, Hideki Matsui could be out for the season, Gary Sheffield missed more than two weeks, Jorge Posada is battling a torn leg tendon, Johnny Damon is playing with a chipped bone in his foot and Carl Pavano and Tanyon Sturtze underwent arm surgery last week.
So, when Derek Jeter didn't make it out of the dugout for the fifth, who could blame anybody for expecting the worst?
However, the jammed right hand suffered by Jeter - who has no idea how the injury occurred - isn't serious. At least not according to its owner.
"I didn't want to come out," said Jeter, who vowed to play tonight.
Jeter said he suffered the injury - just below his index finger - either sliding into second to end the third inning or swinging the bat.
When he tried to bunt his way on base in the fifth, somebody in the dugout informed Joe Torre that Jeter's hand wasn't right.
"I tried to bunt and that didn't work out well," Jeter said.
Torre's biggest concern was Jeter's ability to throw.
"If it was the left hand I would probably have left him in," Torre said. "I was concerned about the throwing. It's possible he will miss [tonight] but it's probably more probable that he will play.
"When I went to him he said he wanted to stay in the game. But when I said I was going to take him out he didn't say anything. He understood if it came to making a double play he would have trouble throwing the ball."
Jeter, who started the day leading the majors in hitting with a .352 average, went 0-for-3 and is now batting .347. He did drive in the Yankees' second run in the third with a fielder's choice, that was aided by shortstop Carlos Guillen's wide throw to first on a double-play attempt.
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