If Maine has no problems then, he may have a light throwing session Wednesday.
After instructing Norfolk pitcher PETE WALKER to delay his throwing session in case he was needed in New York, the Mets gave Walker the go-ahead.
Pennington will most likely wear padding on his left hand, but he showed no ill effects from his 20-minute throwing session on Monday.
At 4 21 p.m. Sunday, C. C. Sabathia began a throwing session in the Yankee Stadium bullpen that put to rest, at least for a day, the unending conjecture about when he would start next.
And although his early morning throwing session was supposed to be closed to the news media, there was no mistaking the sound of a hardy fastball pounding into the mitt of the bullpen catcher Mike Borzello.
Clemens Plans Saturday Start Roger Clemens experienced no discomfort in his strained groin during his between-starts throwing session and should be ready to make his next start Saturday.
Ankiel pitched at 7 15 a.m., continuing a practice the club started after the 21-year-old left-hander was wild in his second throwing session of the spring.
ROCKER LOSES HIS COOL: John Rocker stalked off into the clubhouse yesterday following a throwing session before a minor league game in Maumee, Ohio, in which he was agitated with reporters.
The left-handed Pettitte tried to convince Torre that he could have a throwing session today and possibly start on Friday, but the Yankees have the flexibility to rest Pettitte, so they will.
Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said Sabathia was not hurt, that he exhibited none of the signs that an ailing pitcher typically does: his velocity is at 93 miles per hour, and he has not skipped a start or a throwing session between starts.
Parker is already on the Yankees' 15-day disabled list.... DAVID CONE, signed by the Red Sox as a free agent before this season, is trying to come back from a shoulder problem that developed in spring training, and according to Boston Manager JIMY WILLIAMS, Cone went through a throwing session Thursday and felt as good as he has at any point this spring.
