So earlier on Friday it was announced that Coach Girardi was lifting A-Rod from the starting lineup.
The Americans had played 16 consecutive qualifiers since 2008 with at least one 30-year-old defender in the starting lineup.
The Red Sox had only four players from their opening-day lineup last year starting in this one: Dustin Pedroia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Ellsbury and Lester, making his third consecutive such start.
Miguel Cabrera homered twice for Venezuela's starting lineup that featured five 2012 All-Stars at the top of the order.
With the Yanks down 3-0 in the American League Championship Series and facing elimination Wednesday, A-Rod was not in the starting lineup against righty Max Scherzer before the game was eventually rained out.
Starting in the mid-1990s, a long lineup of batmakers new to the game--from carpenters to Amish craftsmen--got approval from Major League Baseball, and began stealing away stars and the more lucrative minor-league and amateur markets.
Supporting that theory, the Dukes were 1-0 this season without Goins in the starting lineup.
Early in their first season, 1991-92, all five freshmen were starting, a lineup nearly unheard of at the time.
The Madison Square Garden crowd cheered wildly when Staal was shown on the center-ice video board as part of the starting lineup before the national anthem.
The Madison Square Garden crowd cheered wildly when Staal, who is wearing a visor, was shown on the center-ice video board as part of the starting lineup before the national anthem.
Both Japanese carriers and Fujitsu are starting to phase out the older phones for an all-smartphone lineup.
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Neither is expected back until early May, and with Alex Rodriguez out until perhaps July, the lineup is starting to resemble those of the mid-80s St.
Louis Cardinals had three foreign-born players out of the nine members of the starting lineup for each team.
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The CW's outgoing Sunday night lineup -- all four shows move to Monday starting next week -- makes it's second and final appearance while Dexter queues up a second episode on Showtime.
Meanwhile, non-"big four" networks are starting to show up in the DirecTV lineup (at least in Ben's neck of the woods).
The public-address announcer said "Welcome back" when introducing Granderson in the starting lineup.
Stewart was removed from the starting lineup Sunday night against Boston, and the Yankees sent him to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for further evaluation.
The starting lineup of Bryant, Howard, Gasol, World Peace and Steve Nash fell to 0-6 this season.
Wednesday's starters Raymond Felton, Iman Shumpert, Tyson Chandler and little-used players Kurt Thomas and James White comprised the Knicks' 16th different starting lineup this season.
Gonzalez replaced captain Carlos Bocanegra in central defense, and Chandler was in the starting lineup to play right back in his competitive debut for the Americans tying the German-American to the U.S. team.
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