For those who don’t get the title of this one…it’s: Dolor en la rodilla de Godzilla…

Via the Sports Network:

New York Yankees designated hitter/outfielder Hideki Matsui had his swollen left knee drained Sunday and will be out indefinitely.

The team is hopeful that he will return to the lineup this week after missing the last two games with the injury. Matsui has battled knee injuries throughout the season.

Manager Joe Girardi said that Matsui could appear in the lineup as early as Tuesday, when the Yankees will play the middle game of a three-game set against Oakland.

The Yankees are 64-40, so far, this season, when Matsui has appeared in a game for them and 10-4 when he’s not in the line-up. What does this mean? Really, it means that Godzilla has only missed 14 games this season – which is amazing when you consider all those games in N.L. parks during interleague when he could not D.H. and his bum knee. Truly, Hideki has been a warrior this season. It will be interesting to see how many of the Yankees 44 games remaining this season that he will miss…let’s just hope it’s not too many.