<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/395267e0-ac15-4cca-9927-d93380ea9583/45740770-62EB-4364-8121-B4B35D064815/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080326&content_id=2459764&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy" href="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080326&content_id=2459764&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy" style="font-size: 11px;">newyork.yankees.mlb.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080326&content_id=2459764&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy">Chien-Ming Wang missed his chance to pitch last year's season opener, but this assignment may prove even more prestigious. <P> The right-hander will be issued the ball for the final Opening Day in Yankee Stadium's 85-year history, drawing the March 31 start against the Blue Jays. </P><P> "He's earned it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He's won 19 games the last couple of years and he's thrown the ball well the last couple of years. I'm comfortable starting him Opening Day." </P><P> The start will come on Wang's 28th birthday, just a little more than a year after a strained right hamstring cost him most of April. Wang rebounded to tie a career high in wins for the second consecutive season, going 19-7 with a 3.70 ERA in 30 starts and establishing a career high with 104 strikeouts. </P><P> "I'm very happy," Wang said. "This is my first time on Opening Day. For me, it's big. I'm very excited. It shows that the coaches trust me. I still have a lot to learn."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/45740770-62EB-4364-8121-B4B35D064815/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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