NEW YORK -- The Yankees plan to activate Andy Pettitte from the disabled list on Monday and start the left-hander that night against the Cleveland Indians. Pettitte, who turns 41 next month, came out of a start against Seattle on May 16 because of a tight left trapezius muscle, near his pitching shoulder. He went on the DL the following day. Pettitte said Thursday that the injury essentially was a back spasm. He threw 76 pitches in a simulated game Tuesday in Florida. "I was pretty locked up back there. If I had to miss a start where we were, with the rotation and stuff like that, it was probably the best thing to do for the team," Pettitte said. "I felt pretty confident that it would just be the two weeks." Pettitte missed a start in April because of lower back spasms. Hes been unable to get into a rhythm between starts. "Thats been frustrating for me just because I have a certain routine, and I want to be on it," he said. "And, obviously, youve got everyone saying you may be doing too much, you might be doing this, you might doing that." First baseman Mark Teixeira and third baseman Kevin Youkilis are likely to be activated for Fridays series opener against Boston following two-day minor league injury rehabilitation assignments at Double-A Trenton. Teixeira had a partially torn tendon sheath in his right wrist, sustained while taking batting practice with the U.S. at the World Baseball Classic on March 5. Youkilis has not played since April 27 because of a back injury. "If theyre here tomorrow, Ill be happy. If theyre here the next day, Ill be happy," manager Joe Girardi said. "So when they get here, they get here." Girardi said he wasnt sure whether he would keep Robinson Cano batting second when the pair return. "You want him to have as many at-bats as possible," Girardi said. "Thats the bottom line." NOTES: OF Hideki Matsui intends to sign a one-day minor league contract with the Yankees on July 28 and again announce his retirement that day. The Yankees plan to honour the 2009 World Series MVP during a pregame ceremony that day and will give the first 18,000 fans Hideki Matsui bobbleheads. Matsui wore No. 55, and July 28 is the Yankees originally scheduled 55th home game. Matsui played for the Yankees from 2003-09 and announced his retirement in December after 10 seasons with the Yomiuri Giants in Japans Central League and 10 in the major leagues. He played for the Yankees from 2003-09, driving in six runs in the 2009 World Series finale, then spent one season each with the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland and Tampa Bay. "Even through his knee injuries, he found a way to always get big hits for the New York Yankees," Girardi said. "You will hear every player to a man say what a great teammate he was." Justin Morneau Jersey . 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Australian Olympic rugby gold medal winner Charlotte Caslick has taken aim at hockey legend Ric Charlesworth for his description of the Pearls womens sevens victory in Rio de Janeiro as soft.Charlesworth, who coached Australias womens hockey team to Olympic titles in 1996 and 2000, said he was delighted the Pearls had won the gold medal but he described rugby sevens as a soft event at the moment.I dont think they had a try scored against them well into the competition, so some events are much easier than others,Australia defeated Colombia and Fiji by an aggregate 89-0 before wrapping up their pool matches with a 12-12 draw against the United States; they then defeated Spain 24-0 and Canada 17-5 to reach the final in which they defeated New Zealand 24-17 to claim the inaugural gold medal.Caslick, who featured strongly in the four-tries-to-three final victory, scoring one try and having a hand in Ellia Greens second-half score, said Charlesworths comments reflected the fact that I guess hes never played sevens.I used to do track running wwhen I was younger, and rugby sevens is like running a 400m - but on steroids, Caslick said on The Big Sports Breakfast.ddddddddddddIt is the hardest sport that I have ever tried.If you try running a 400 and getting tackled and getting back up off the ground, its tough.Charlesworth, who featured in five Olympic tournaments with Australias mens team before coaching the Hockeyroos to success in the Atlanta and Sydney Games, said that Olympic hockey tournaments presented a bigger challenge over a longer period of time than rugby sevens.I think hockey is as hard as any of the team games you play, Charlesworth said. Basketball is similar, where you have to play for two weeks, day after day. You can win five or six games and end up with nothing and that is tough.I played in a bunch of teams that were undefeated until the semi-finals - that can happen, its a hard medal to win, you have to slog it out day after day. ' ' '