Brett Gardner activated by Yankees

Sep 7, 11:30 pm EDT

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NEW YORK (AP)—Brett Gardner(notes) was activated by the New York Yankees after 1 1/2 months on the disabled list because of a broken left thumb and immediately had a big impact.

Gardner played center field in the opener of Monday’s day-night doubleheader sweep against Tampa Bay, and sprinted to make a sliding catch of Fernando Perez’s(notes) drive to right-center in the fifth inning, saving a run.

“It’s a different game if that ball falls.” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

Gardner was injured July 25 while sliding into second base against Oakland. He went 0 for 3 in the Yankees’ 4-1 win Monday afternoon and is batting .271 with three homers, 20 RBIs and 20 steals. He has six triples in 200 at-bats.

New York also recalled outfielder Shelley Duncan(notes) from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Duncan, the International League MVP, had 30 homers and 99 RBIs at Scranton this season.

He got the call about 11 a.m. and made the 2 1/2 -hour drive to Yankee Stadium, arriving around the sixth inning of the opener.

“A lot of traffic,” he said. “The Delaware Water Gap is pretty clogged up.”

A fan favorite, he received a big ovation when he pinch hit in the seventh inning of the second game, an 11-1 Yankees’ win. He grounded out in his first big league game since June 5, 2008, then went to right field.

Updated Sep 7, 11:30 pm EDT
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  1. commish
    16. Posted by commish Tue Sep 8 10:25am EDT

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    23 games left and most teams will be playing spoiler roles. Yankees have Brett Gardner back which will make the outfield more solid. Bringing up some minor league players will help rest the everyday players and give them a chance to show they can play at a higher level. This should be the year the Yankees bring home the trophy as long as the pitching can continue to be a plus. Best time of year for sports College football and Pro football starting and baseball and the World Series ending with a Yankees victory.
  2. eagle
    15. Posted by eagle Mon Sep 7 11:00pm EDT

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    Hows the Haterade taste?

    How 'bout them Yankees? *lol*
  3. eagle
    14. Posted by eagle Mon Sep 7 2:30pm EDT

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    Go Yankees!
  4. Joshua G
    13. Posted by Joshua G Wed Sep 2 11:48am EDT

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    Hey Shirley, you MORON, Gaudin has been GREAT since he came here, and the Sox are FULL of cheaters, their World Series are TAINTED, and right now they SUCK....lets see, who do they have for pitchers? Paul friggn Byrd?, Tazawa? Overrated Matsuzaka?..Maybe they need to get these guys on the juice like in 2004 when Pedro, Lowe, Foulke, Manny, Papi, Mueller, Millar, and Nomar were all on it.
  5. wayne d
    12. Posted by wayne d Wed Sep 2 10:17am EDT

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    Funyon, don't worry about shirley. She is an obvious Sox fan. Sox coudn't call anyone up because they were already up picking up the pieces of their sh*tty team
  6. Funyon
    11. Posted by Funyon Sat Aug 8 6:43pm EDT

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    Shirley M., you can eat a steaming pile. What are you, a Mets fan? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
  7. Shirley
    10. Posted by Shirley Sat Aug 8 5:56pm EDT

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    wow some front page news huh calling up towers? lmaooo whats he gonna do but lose just like chad gaudin they got from the padres. hope the bums fall apart and that cashman gets the axe.
  8. PATS52
    9. Posted by PATS52 Sat Aug 8 5:46pm EDT

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    Weasel words,believe it or not is defined in the dictionary as follows: Intentionally ambiguous statements........check it out..
  9. PATS52
    8. Posted by PATS52 Sat Aug 8 5:41pm EDT

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    #7,Tommy D, Good post...
  10. Tommy D
    7. Posted by Tommy D Tue Jul 21 9:33pm EDT

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    Who's your team weasel? I'll tell you 5 guys on it who juice. MLB said 7% tested positive this year and they weren't tested for THG (the new one) so it's higher. David Wells and Ken Caminiti said somewhere between 25-50% used steroids, and they're players!
    I don't hate Yankee haters, we Yankee fans have dealt with you morons forever, everyone hates a winner when it's not their team, but I detest ignorant haters who don't know baseball and talk smack.
    Learn about the game and then feel free to open your trap about ARod or Bonds, Canseco or McGuire. Baseball is a job, if everyone at work does something that gives them an advantage, would you rather lose your job or get the same opportunity to keep it.
    Am I for steroids? Hell no, it's the bane of baseball now, and it will be cut way back, but you can't hate the players who did it when it was somewhere near 50%!
  11. Dave
    6. Posted by Dave Tue Jul 21 9:04pm EDT

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    weasel,

    He may have cheated, but it was either him or Kei Igawa. Ian Kennedy wasn't available because of his surgery. Who should they have gone with? The guy who just pitched 8 shutout innings in AAA, or the guy who has a career ERA of over 6 and couldn't get to the fifth inning the last time he pitched in the majors? Seems like a no brainer to me, and he's doing pretty well right now.
  12. weasel
    5. Posted by weasel Tue Jul 21 8:43pm EDT

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    Yanks love those juiced-up players
  13. jeffstorm2
    4. Posted by jeffstorm2 Tue Jul 21 8:21pm EDT

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    i could be wrong, but am a cubs fan, isn't mitre a long ago cubbie reject? if so, any chance they might wanna get bradley off our hands??? :)
  14. Desirae G
    3. Posted by Desirae G Tue Jul 21 7:15pm EDT

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    who cares?
  15. Bill
    2. Posted by Bill Tue Jul 21 7:13pm EDT

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    great another f-ing cheater
  16. <i>bernieden@...</i>
    1. Posted by bernieden@... Mon Jun 15 6:24pm EDT

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    where is Darren Bragg playing now , and if not playing , is he involved as a coach ?
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