With the Yankees short-handed, Swisher was preparing for a potential pinch-hitting opportunity that never came.
Gardner could return as a potential pinch-runner in September when rosters expand, Girardi said, as long as his injured elbow cooperates and as long as "it doesn't jeopardize him getting back next year".
So Tuesday, the Yankees activated the speedy Gardner (right elbow surgery) from the 60-day disabled list to serve as a potential pinch-runner and defensive replacement for the final nine games of the season.
Measurements were performed before and after treatment and at follow up four weeks later, and included pain assessment by visual analogue scale; electroneurographic measurement (motor and sensory latency, motor and sensory action potential amplitude); and pinch and grip strength.
Having come to symbolize, after five years in the big leagues, potential unmet, Giants pinch-runner Clint Hartung circled his large Texan arms backward, an impromptu dance of joy from third base toward home.
Chelsea v Manchester City is on Sky Sports 1 today, kick-off 4pm Champions Leaguee draw Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur Real's record against English teams is poor, which may give Spurs some heart, as well as having the second leg at home on another possible glory, glory night and their potential for always pinching an away goal.
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And the potential effect of the demographic pinch is magnified because the North Slope produces 4.8percentt of the 18 million barrels of oil that the United States consumes each day.
Jay Gibbons, a burly left-handed slugger, was inserted as a pinch-hitter, the potential tying run at the plate.
With the potential tying run on third, pinch-hitter Sandy Alomar hit a game-ending flyout off Travis Miller, who got his first career save.
