Jeff Kent was on the bench with a rib-cage injury.

Bothered by a rib-cage injury last season, Baerga fell into the habit of swinging only with his upper body.

I've had three knee operations, this year I had a rib-cage injury, the finger.

White has never had a rib-cage injury before, but he has been on the disabled list eight times in the last six seasons.

The Yankees believe he will recover before the postseason, but rib-cage injuries are delicate and another setback could be serious.

Williams has had a rib-cage injury before and said that his pain is nowhere close to what it was the last time he was hurt.

White will accompany the team to Baltimore after missing most of spring training with a rib-cage injury.

Since those starters incurred rib-cage injuries last week, the Yankees have won four of six games and remained entrenched in second place.

The Yankees knew before last night's victory that they would be without Williams because of his rib-cage injury.

White, who has had problems with injuries through much of his career, isn't using the rib-cage injury as an excuse.