Surgery Not Necessary?

Some notes from the NY Times:

Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui, who was put on the 15-day disabled list on Friday because of inflammation in his left knee, looked so good after a full weekend off that Manager Joe Girardi said he was thinking about having Matsui take batting practice in a couple of days. … Mike Mussina’s start on Monday meant that Joba Chamberlain would start Tuesday on five days’ rest. “It gives him more of a chance to recover, especially in this building-up stage,” Girardi said. Chamberlain threw 114 pitches in a 10-0 victory Wednesday over Pittsburgh.

That’s good news about Hideki. He’s maybe our most consistent threat with runners on base. He can do a lot of things with the bat in order to get those runners moving around the bags. His bat was sorely missed in today’s game, although Gardner, if he catches on, could give us some similar production (slap hits, get on base, etc.) sans the power (but with plus speed).