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GAME UPDATE
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NEW YORK (AP) -- There's a better chance Don Mattingly will play
at Yankee Stadium later this year than the Florida Marlins.
The New York Yankees were supposed to play the Marlins on
Saturday, but steady rain led to the postponement of the game and
Old Timers Day festivities.
Interleague play led to quirky scheduling that had series ending
Saturday and new ones starting Sunday. And the Yankees have only
two off-days left this season, so making up the game will be hard.
But New York hopes to reschedule its annual Old Timers Day,
which was highly anticipated for the first-time participation of
Mattingly, who retired five years ago.
The only common off day for Florida and New York is Aug. 31, but
the Yankees play at Seattle the night before. The most likely
scenario is for the game to be made up at the end of the season if
it has postseason implications.
The rain is expected to delay the Yankees debut of left-hander
Denny Neagle, acquired last Thursday from the Cincinnati Reds.
Neagle's first Yankees start was supposed to be Monday night
against Philadelphia, but it appears he will pitch Tuesday. Andy
Pettitte (9-5) is expected to start Sunday's game against
Philadelphia with David Cone working Monday. Cone, who has not won
in 11 starts since April 28, has not pitched since July 4.
The Marlins, who traveled to Baltimore to open a series against
the Orioles on Sunday, did not announce their pitching plans.
Right-hander Chuck Smith was Saturday's scheduled starter.
A week or so after Yankees GM Brian Cashman informed Reds
general manager Jim Bowden of his interest in Neagle, a 31-year-old
left-hander, a proposal came back.
Cashman and Bowden had two days of serious negotiations during
the All-Star break which led to the deal that sent Neagle and
outfielder Mike Frank to the Yankees for left-hander Ed Yarnall,
right-hander Brian Reith, infielder Drew Henson and outfielder
Jackson Melian.
"Once I got the proposal, I knew fairly quickly that there's a
chance this could happen," Cashman said. "I did not want to be
the one to hesitate. This is not a good place for that."
Neagle, a 20-game winner with Atlanta in 1997, was 8-2 with a
3.52 ERA in 18 starts this season. His arrival pushed Dwight Gooden
to the bullpen and solidified a rotation that has dealt with
injuries this season to Roger Clemens and Orlando Hernandez and
Cone's ineffectiveness.
Henson is what Cashman and Bowden called "the wild card" in
the trade. Henson, a junior at the University of Michigan, will be
the school's starting quarterback and has not decided if his pro
career will be as a baseball or football player.
That indecision took Henson from untouchable status with the
Yankees to trade bait.
"The Reds are gambling on him," Cashman said. "Before the
trade I was hoping he'd be a baseball player. I'm a University of
Kentucky basketball and football fan but now I'm going "Go
Wolverines."
With the Reds still in contention for the playoffs and nearly
half a season yet to be played, Cashman admitted he was surprised
that Neagle could be had more than two weeks before the July 31
trading deadline.
"They were just five games out of the wild card," Cashman
said. "They had to make a business decision on their end. We were
motivated to make an acquisition to go for it, their motivation or
evaluation was that this year wasn't working out to their
satisfaction.
"It's a very delicate balance of when to go for it and when to
pull the reins back."
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