Asdrubal Cabrera Wednesday became the 9th member of the disabled list (now tied for first with the Rays) with an AC joint separation or sprain of his shoulder. Ironically his injury matches his initials. Eric Wedge's favorite pinch runner Josh Barfield is back to the club, where he will presumably go back to his role of warming the bench until one of the slow footed Tribesmen need a running replacement. Expected ot fill in at shortstop will be Jhonny Peralta and Luis Valbuena with a sprinkle of Jamey Carroll from time to time. Too bad we have no other promising shortstops at Triple A to fill in, because this would be a great time to see what we have (where's Wilson Valdez when you need him!). Hopefully Peralta won't boot too many out there. The lineup for the game today is as follows...CF Ben Francisco (R), 3B Jamey Carroll (R), 1B Victor Martinez (S), LF Shin-Soo Choo (L), SS Jhonny Peralta (R), RF Mark DeRosa (R), DH Ryan Garko (R), 2B Luis Valbuena (L), C Kelly Shoppach (R)
This collection of batters does not remind many of the '27 Yankees, that's for sure. It is the summer, it is our favorite team, and it is baseball, so crack a cold one, place it against your head, can come suffer through another losing season. Tribe Time; Where Infirmary Happens!
