Yankees GM hurt in skydiving accident
TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has broken his right leg and dislocated the ankle while skydiving from a plane in Florida.
Cashman jumped with the U. S. Army Golden Knights in a plane from Homestead Air Reserve Base outside Miami, a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project. He was hurt on his second jump Monday. The Yankees said he was evaluated at Homestead Hospital and scheduled for surgery later in the day with Dr. Dominic Carreira at Broward Health Medical Center.
The 45-year- old, who has been the team’s GM since February 1998, also has rappelled down a 350-foot, 22-story building in Stamford, Conn., in an elf’s costume the past two Decembers as part of the town’s “Heights and Lights”
EXHIBITION GAMES
Twins shut out Cardinals: Lance Lynn allowed four hits in a three-run first inning and Jason Motte gave up a two-run homer in his second straight outing as the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Minnesota Twins 7-0 Monday in Jupiter, Fla.
Working on his slider instead of throwing fastballs and trying to induce fly balls into the wind, Lynn gave up three runs — two earned — and five hits in 2 innings.
Aaron Hicks and Brian Dozier started with singles, and Trevor Plouffe hit a sacrifice fly. Singles by Chris Parmalee and Joe Benson brought in another run, and Lynn threw wildly on Wilkin Ramirez’s grounder for an error that allowed the third run in.
“We’re trying to do things to have quicker, easier innings, and the sinker is the way to go,” Lynn said. “I was getting the ground balls I wanted. I just couldn’t get them to hit it at anybody when I needed to.”
All five hits off Lynn were singles. He has given up four earned runs and nine hits in two starts.
“I think he’s right on pace and where he should be,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “He’s just getting built up. When guys go in with a plan, they need to stick with their plan through spring training. ”
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