Jorge Posada left today to go to Birmingham, Ala., and be examined by Dr. James Andrews. No report yet on his shoulder, but Andrews is renowned in his field, so Posada is in good care. Interesting notes:
1) the last time the Yankees played a game without Posada on the active roster was Sept. 1, 1996.
2) Until today, Posada was one of six players with at least 10 years big league experience who had never been on the DL. The others are Johnny Damon, Livan Hernandez, Brad Ausmus, Andruw Jones and Derek Lowe.
Chris Stewart joined the team today. He will be the backup catcher.
Lineup for finale of road trip (yay from all the Yankees)
Yankees
Cabrera CF
Jeter SS
Abreu RF
Rodriguez DH
Giambi 1B
Matsui LF
Ensberg 3B
Cano 2B
Molina C
Mussina P
Indians
Dellucci LF
Carroll 2B
Hafner DH
Martinez C
Peralta SS
Garko 1B
Blake 3B
Gutierrez CF
Michaels RF
Laffey LHP