Melky Cabrera

Alex "A-Roid" Rodriguez has to be one of the dumbest athletes in modern sports. He's getting paid $33 million per year, as part of a 52-year contract, so he's set for life. Yet he resorts to using steroids. Why? He clearly has it all. He's already on pace to break Bonds' home-run "record." Besides that, he's known as the best offensive hitter in the game, when healthy. The staff and myself racked our brains over why the slugger feels he needed the extra edge. Having been stumped, we came up with 10 reasons why he doesn't need steroids, in hopes of convincing the vain ballplayer to lay off the juice.

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Well, he must be the only one. Actually, he's not. Let's check another, Melky Cabrera...surely he's not performing. Wait a minute...according to ESPN, Melky's hitting .325 with 4 HR and 8 RBI. That makes two Yankee farm-hands performing well enough to keep starting positions. Anyone else? Brett Gardner's not off to an all-star start, but he does have 5 steals and 3 doubles. Cashman, pay attention! Use your resources...don't trade them away.

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Sexson for assignment yesterday, in a roster shakeup that included demoting starting center fielder Melky Cabrera. Sexson had hit .250 in 28 at-bats, with a grand slam and six RBis. Ever the all-or-nothing guy, Sexson had one or two big hits, and a whole lot of hits and weak groundouts. Yankees GM Brian Cashman was gracious about Sexson, saying he was an everyday player, not a bunch guy, and that was the problem.

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Brett Gardner, the recent callup who replaced Damon, grounded out to second, but brought Melky Cabrera to third. After Jeter walked to load the bases, Bobby Abreu popped out to first, and A-Rod grounded out to second to end the inning.

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Now that Matsui is going to be out for a while, why not give Justin Christian a chance to play everyday in left field? Damon could be the DH and play LF whenever Christian gives Cabrera and Abreu a da

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NOTES:

Johnny Damon's hit streak ended at 14 games

Melky Cabrera's RBI single in the 8th inning plated the Yankees only run

Rasner's eight innings were a career high

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nbsp; Opening thoughts, first, though.

THE YANKEES ARE BETTER FOR THE DEAL THEY DIDN'T MAKE

Melky Cabrera is one of the biggest reasons the Yankees made it out of their funk and stormed into the playoffs.  You can point to a number of factors: his small-ball approach at the plate, offering balance to the lineup; his assists, saving runs and prohibiting the advance of baserunners in general; but more than these, his intangibles are what make Melky special.

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