4/1 – Yankees at Blue Jays
Happy April Fool’s Day! Maybe that explains why the Yankees have decided to play a trick on the Blue Jays this afternoon, bringing switch-pitcher Pat Venditte along for the ride to Dunedin.
While we wait to get a crack at Curtis Granderson and Brett Gardner for reaction to this morning’s official outfield announcement, here are the lineups:
YANKEES
Granderson CF
Johnson DH
Teixeira 1B
Posada C
Cano 2B
Swisher RF
Thames LF
Pena SS
Laird 3B
Pitching: A.J. Burnett RHP
Also available: Royce Ring, Joba Chamberlain, Chan Ho Park, Dave Robertson, Lance Pendleton, Craig Heyer, Pat Venditte
TORONTO
Bautista RF
Hill 2B
Lind DH
Wells CF
Overbay 1B
Encarnacion 3B
Buck C
Snider LF
McDonald SS
Pitching: Brian Tallet RHP
Bryan Hoch
I did a blogtalkradio interview with Pat Venditte just this past week. If you want to listen to it…
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/yankeesdaily/2010/03/16/pat-venditte-interview
Ok, it wasn’t this past week but it was 15 days ago.