I should mention that the legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee—profiled in Sunday’s Tribune by Martin Fennelly—is in attendance tonight and spoke to the Rays behind closed doors before they took the field for batting practice. He lives in the area now and is working with another local resident, 45-year-old Hector “Macho” Camacho, who apparently is coming back. Camacho was bouncing around the field and the Rays’ clubhouse sporting a Carlos Pena jersey. And I do mean bouncing. Man’s got some energy.

Back to the boring procedural stuff for a moment: Apparently the terminology on the Evan Meek move mentioned below is that the Rays rejected the return of Meek by the Pirates in exchange for cash considerations—but technically speaking, it isn’t a trade. However you slice it, the Rays got some money from the Pirates and allowed them to hold onto the reliever.

Also on that front, Nathan Haynes—designated for assignment last Friday—has cleared waivers. The Rays are waiting to hear whether he will accept an outright assignment to Durham.

And perhaps we’ve got something else to chew on. The Rays just announced that they will be making an announcement about something at 6:45. So stay tuned.

In the meantime, the lineups:

Yankees
Damon LF
Abreu RF
Jeter SS
Giambi 1B
Matsui DH
Cano 2B
Cabrera CF
Ensberg 3B
Molina C
Mussina P

Rays
Iwamura 2B
Crawford LF
Upton CF
Pena 1B
Longoria 3B
Floyd DH
Navarro C
Gross RF
Bartlett SS
Shields P