By Blaidd Drwg
You know you are in trouble defensively when a statement like this is made:
Sources said that there is a good deal of sentiment within the Yankees organization to go after Raul Ibanez — who wants to play for the team — to be their designated hitter against right-handers, partly because they believe he can give them some days of outfield play.
Although Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui are also available, they are generally regarded as unplayable defensively, sources said.
That is from an espn.com article on the Yankees trading AJ Burnett to the Pirates. Raul Ibanez was a terrible outfielder when he was with the Mariners and 5 years younger. I wonder if anyone in the Yankees organization has actually watched Ibanez play in the field. Damon, Matsui and Ibanez are all guys you don’t want out in left field for you team if you can absolutely avoid it. Besides the Yankees already have a more than serviceable outfield rotation with Curtis Granderson, Brent Gardner, Nick Swisher and Andruw Jones. Where and when do they think they will need Ibanez in that mix?
In other “old guy” baseball news, Tim Wakefield has finally decided to retire after pitching so long for the Red Sox that I believe he was Ted Williams’ last active teammate.
FlatbreadGarden 
Raul Ibanez can go back to being Alex Rodriguez’s caddy, just like when Alex was young and Ibanez wasn’t old.
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