I haven't found an article yet that suggests the flu outbreak (at the end of June) just might be the SWINE flu.....
Ailing Jeter, Damon not in starting lineup
BY ERIK BOLAND | erik.boland@newsday.com
9:33 PM EDT, June 27, 2009
Looking drained and pale, Derek Jeter insisted he felt good enough to play. But Joe Girardi felt otherwise.
For the second straight night, Jeter was held out of the lineup as he battled the flu bug that has infected, by Girardi's count, nine members of the Yankees. Girardi's count includes players, coaches and support staff. Johnny Damon also was held out last night because of the flu.
Jeter, speaking about 1? hours before the game, said he felt better than he did the day before, when his hacking cough reverberated throughout the clubhouse. "That's on him [Girardi], man," said Jeter, whose reputation for never wanting a day off is well documented. "I told him I could play. That's all his decision."
Jeter didn't appear to have the cough he did Friday on his 35th birthday - at least while speaking to reporters - but Girardi, after talking with team medical personnel, decided to give him another night's rest.
"I know he really wants to play today and he's not happy about being out of the lineup," Girardi said. "But it was recommended when I talked to that we give him another day. He was really, really sick last night."
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spybook2812927556jun27,0,2561741.story
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http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/06/new_york_yankees_pitcher_aj_bu_3.html
No one is safe from the flu bug spreading through the Yankees clubhouse. Derek Jeter missed his second straight game with it and Johnny Damon sat out too.
"You can't really come in and put a lineup up because we don't know how they're going to be," Girardi said.
Girardi said after the game Saturday that Phil Hughes also started feeling sick. And Mark Teixeira said he wasn't feeling well either.
"Can't you guys tell?" he said. "I don't feel great. We're all battling right now."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/sports/baseball/28mets.html?hpw
As the Mets contend with, among others, hamstring, elbow and knee problems, a more conventional sickness is afflicting the Yankees. Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon, weakened by the flu, did not start Saturday night, as recommended by the team?s medical staff.
As Jeter, who did not play Friday, conducted a brief pregame interview, he stood about 20 feet away from reporters. He said his fever had subsided, but a headache and cough persisted. Still, Jeter, who detests being out of the lineup, told his manager, Joe Girardi, that he was not thrilled about sitting.
?That?s on him, man,? said Jeter, referring to Girardi. ?I told him I could play. That?s all his decision.?
Ailing Jeter, Damon not in starting lineup
BY ERIK BOLAND | erik.boland@newsday.com
9:33 PM EDT, June 27, 2009
Looking drained and pale, Derek Jeter insisted he felt good enough to play. But Joe Girardi felt otherwise.
For the second straight night, Jeter was held out of the lineup as he battled the flu bug that has infected, by Girardi's count, nine members of the Yankees. Girardi's count includes players, coaches and support staff. Johnny Damon also was held out last night because of the flu.
Jeter, speaking about 1? hours before the game, said he felt better than he did the day before, when his hacking cough reverberated throughout the clubhouse. "That's on him [Girardi], man," said Jeter, whose reputation for never wanting a day off is well documented. "I told him I could play. That's all his decision."
Jeter didn't appear to have the cough he did Friday on his 35th birthday - at least while speaking to reporters - but Girardi, after talking with team medical personnel, decided to give him another night's rest.
"I know he really wants to play today and he's not happy about being out of the lineup," Girardi said. "But it was recommended when I talked to that we give him another day. He was really, really sick last night."
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-spybook2812927556jun27,0,2561741.story
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http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/06/new_york_yankees_pitcher_aj_bu_3.html
No one is safe from the flu bug spreading through the Yankees clubhouse. Derek Jeter missed his second straight game with it and Johnny Damon sat out too.
"You can't really come in and put a lineup up because we don't know how they're going to be," Girardi said.
Girardi said after the game Saturday that Phil Hughes also started feeling sick. And Mark Teixeira said he wasn't feeling well either.
"Can't you guys tell?" he said. "I don't feel great. We're all battling right now."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/sports/baseball/28mets.html?hpw
As the Mets contend with, among others, hamstring, elbow and knee problems, a more conventional sickness is afflicting the Yankees. Derek Jeter and Johnny Damon, weakened by the flu, did not start Saturday night, as recommended by the team?s medical staff.
As Jeter, who did not play Friday, conducted a brief pregame interview, he stood about 20 feet away from reporters. He said his fever had subsided, but a headache and cough persisted. Still, Jeter, who detests being out of the lineup, told his manager, Joe Girardi, that he was not thrilled about sitting.
?That?s on him, man,? said Jeter, referring to Girardi. ?I told him I could play. That?s all his decision.?
