Lined Up

According to the venerable Peter Abraham of the Journal News. Chien-Ming Wang looks be the opening day starter as Joe Girardi announced his pitching rotation for the start of games ... Mike Mussina will go against Jeff Karstens in the intrasquad game on Wednesday. Ian Kennedy and Joba Chamberlain will go against South Florida on Friday, and CMW will go against the Phillies on Saturday ... As Pete Abe notes; Of course he was lined up to start Opening Day last year and pulled a hamstring. "I better get a good stretch everyday," Wang said when told of Girardi's plans.

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While the Yankees had everybody in camp from the start, the media were down a beat writer, as Tyler Kepner from the Times stayed up north while his wife had the couple's fourth child. He returns to the beat on Sunday. In it he posted a few questions, and one that I forgot. The Yankees will be playing at Virginia Tech as part of spring training at Tech.

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Brian Bruney has come to camp slimmer and a better attitude according to several reports ... Chad Jennings has this report about an encounter with him last season.

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The Sporting News provided this update ... In the notes section the AP reports that ARod participated in all drills and took extra BP, one day after cutting back on his swings due to a sore neck. ARod said he slept wrong on Thursday, but felt better on Saturday ... From the oh god department Manny hired Boras as an agent ... The Bombers Beat had a recap of how much the Yankees are running.