Yankees vs. Tigers - May 11

Andy Pettitte and Nate Robertson are due to square off in today's rubber game of the Yankees-Tigers series, but the Mother's Day matinee matinee may be a wash. Heavy rains are called for in the motor city today. If there's no game today, the Yankees could skip Kei Igawa's start on Wednesday. Which also leads to the possibility of Ian Kennedy returning when that spot in the rotation comes up again. Kennedy is set to pitch for Scranton today.

Goose Gossage has decided to weigh in on the Joba Chamberlain celebratory response.

(Chamberlain's) response was immature and "bush," Gossage didn't hesitate to say, "I'm on Dellucci's side.

"That's just not the Yankee way, what Joba did. Let everyone else do that stuff, but not a Yankee," Gossage said by telephone on Saturday. "What I don't understand is, the kid's got the greatest mentor in the world in Mariano [Rivera]. He's one of the leaders of the team, so you'd think it wouldn't happen on that team.

"But there's no one to pass the torch anymore, no one to teach the young kids how to act. The Mets did a lot of that [celebrating] last year, and look how it came back to haunt them."

Okay Goose, get over yourself. Do you think you were a team leader when you fought in the shower with Cliff Johnson and broke your thumb, thereby helping to ruin the Yankees 1979 season?

Peter Abraham has a piece today on the various players, managers, and front office people who are on the hot seat. Brian Cashman and Jason Giambi are among those listed.

Phil Mushnick has a good feature on the ridiculous price of collectibles and takes a well deserved shot at Steiner Sports.

Tim Bontemps takes a look at pitching prospect Dave Robertson.

Steve Serby has a Q&A with Derek Jeter.

Mike "I am king of the world" Lupica has the latest on the Clemens-McNamee fray.

Here's today's lineup from Peter Abraham:

Damon LF
Cabrera CF
Abreu DH
Jeter SS
Giambi 1B
Duncan RF
Cano 2B
Molina C
Gonzalez 3B

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