[新聞] Yankees slugging their way into summer

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Yankees slugging their way into summer http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110616&content_id=20570622&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy NEW YORK -- With 10 Yankees on the disabled list, manager Joe Girardi could be forgiven if he felt the need to light a fire in his banged-up group of remaining players. But 65 games into the season, he does not see that as the case. The Yankees enter Thursday's game against the Rangers with a 38-28 record, a game-and-a-half behind division-rival Boston for the best record in the American League. Only the Philadelphia Phillies have a better record than the AL East rivals. "I think if you saw your club playing like that, or you felt that your club was feeling that, you would talk to them, but I haven't sensed that from our club," Girardi said about whether he sees his club faltering with so many guys hurt. "After we lose our leadoff hitter and our captain we go out and score 12 runs against a very good pitching team. ... I haven't seen that right now, but if it was to happen, you'd definitely talk to them." The Yankees' captain, Derek Jeter, will be sidelined until at least June 29, going on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday after suffering a Grade 1 strain in his right calf Monday. The loss of Jeter puts his pursuit of 3,000 career hits on hold, as the shortstop stands at 2,994 hits. But it does give fans something to look forward to upon his return. And, in the meantime, they can potentially see the future in Jeter's replacement, Eduardo Nunez. Nunez seemed unfazed by filling the captain's shoes, connecting for two hits Tuesday before hitting a celebratory home run in the fourth inning Wednesday that tied the game on his 24th birthday. The long ball has been friendly to the Yankees, who have 103 home runs on the season, by far the most in the Majors. On pace to hit just more than 251 home runs this season, the Yankees would fall 13 short of the single-season record of 264, set by the Seattle Mariners in 1997. But they are not far off from another historic chase, one that would have extra meaning 50 years since the summer of '61. That, of course, was the season of the epic home run race between Yankees teammates Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, with Maris hitting his single-season-record 61st homer in the 162nd and final game of the season. Mantle finished with 54. The Yankees have a pair of sluggers just behind the pace set by the M&M boys in 1961, as Curtis Granderson and Mark Teixeira are tied with the Blue Jays' Jose Bautista for the Major League lead with 21 homers. Granderson hit his 21st home run of the season in Tuesday's win. Teixeira drove Granderson home Wednesday with a blast to left-center for his 20th dinger, from the right side. Five innings later, he hit one from the left side, his 11th career game hitting home runs from both sides of the plate, tying Eddie Murray and Chili Davis for the Major League record. With Teixeira and Granderson, the Yankees now have two players with 20 or more home runs through 66 games for just the third time in franchise history, joining Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1927, and Mantle and Maris in '61. The back-and-forth show has made for exciting theatre in the Bronx thus far, even if Granderson does not think he should be mentioned in the same discussion with traditional power sluggers Bautista and Teixeira. "100," Granderson said when asked how many home runs it will take for him to concede. "If I hit 100 in a season then I'll say I am [a home run hitter.]" Granderson, who has never hit more than 30 home runs in a season, has been remarkable against left-handed pitching, hitting nine homers and batting .278 against southpaws. "Grandy has been special this year," Girardi said. "He has swung the bat really well for us. Every hitter's going to go through those periods where maybe they don't get as many hits for a couple, two or three days. But he's been really, really consistent." 最近全壘打滿天飛可能會打破1997水手所保持的單季的264發鐵爺生涯第11度左右打都開轟開季前66場出現2位或2位以上的超過20發的打者歷史上只出現過2次 Grady面對記者詢問，回答如果能單季100發才算是全壘打型的打者今年對左投擊出9支全壘打 .278的打擊率 -- ◢=◣ ◢=◣ ◢=◣ ◢=◣ - - - │█ - - - - - - - │█ ＠ Yankee Stadium│█ - - - - - - - │█ - - - ▁ █ ▁▁▁ █ ▁▁▁▁ █ ▁▁▁ █ -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 111.240.213.216

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