The Daily Yankeeland - 3/14

The Yankees and Astros are just underway in Tampa (game is on YES). The Yankees are looking to bounce back from Chien-Ming Wang's rough outing against the Red Sox last night. A.J. Burnett is on the hill for the Bombers.

Brett Tomko helped himself in the battle for the long man spot with 3.1 scoreless innings last night.

This is actually a split squad, with another group of Yankees in Bradenton to face the Pirates. Jason Johnson will be starting for NY in that one. No Billy Crystal sightings this year.
CORRECTION (2:00 PM EDT) - It appears that Phil Hughes, not Jason Johnson, got the start in Bradenton. Hughes was tagged for a pair of solo home runs in the first inning.

Bernie Williams has been accused of striking a woman in a bar, after the woman tried to take his photograph. She claims he grabbed the camera, hitting her in the face in the process. Bernie denied the allegation, but does not want to go into detail since it's a legal matter.

Mariano Rivera threw 40 pitches from the mound earlier today and is on target to make his exhibition debut on Tuesday.

We don't know how the Yankees pitching staff will during the season, but as Kat O'Brien of Newsday explains, they've already been tattooed.

Former big league catcher Josh Paul has been named the new manager of the Staten Island Yankees of the NY-Penn League. Paul last played in the majors in 2007 and will be just 34 when the short season starts in June.