--RHP Joba Chamberlain has been warned by Red Sox DH David Ortiz: Stop throwing at Boston 1B Kevin Youkilis. Tensions between the long-time rivals -- who meet for the first time this season Friday -- have been high over the last two seasons, during which Chamberlain has nearly hit Youkilis in the head with a pitch four times. Chamberlain was suspended the first time he brushed back Youkilis in August 2007. "None of that, man -- just play the game the way it's supposed to be," Ortiz told the New York Post.
--OF Nick Swisher is now boosting the economy as well as the Yankees. Swisher, who has helped the Yankees overcome injuries to Xavier Nady and Alex Rodriguez by producing a team-best .433 on-base percentage and delivering four homers and 12 RBIs, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The market finished the day up 70.49 points. --OF Johnny Damon appeared in his 2,000th career game Tuesday. Damon has appeared in at least 141 games every season since 1996, his first full year in the bigs, and has made just one trip to the disabled list.
BY THE NUMBERS: 20 -- Homers hit by the Indians (11) and Yankees (nine) in the first four games at the new Yankee Stadium -- the most ever hit in the first four games at a stadium in major league history.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "(It's) like a painting you've been staring at a long time. And now it's different. Still great. But different." -- Yankees captain Derek Jeter, talking to the New York Daily News about switching from the old Yankee Stadium to the new one.
