--RHP Chien-Ming Wang will be placed on the disabled list with a hip ailment connected to the season-ending Lisfranc injury he suffered last year. General manager Brian Cashman told reporters in Boston that Wang will spend two weeks in physical therapy. Wang is 0-3 with a 34.50 ERA in three starts this season. RHP David Robertson will be recalled from Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to take Wang's roster spot.
--3B Cody Ransom is headed for the disabled list after he strained his right quad sliding into second base against the Red Sox Friday. Ransom is hitting just .180 with six RBIs but is in the midst of a six-game hitting streak. --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.
