Tonight was the long awaited debut of one of the
New York Yankees top hitting prospects,
Brett Gardner. Gardner is a speedy center fielder who challenged
Melky Cabrera for the starting job back in spring training. He failed to win a job then, but after leading the International League with 34 stolen bases through today it was time to give the chance. Ok, it really wasn't that but that helped him be the player selected to help replace
Hideki Matsui and the aching
Johnny Damon.