Last year he sued her mother (reportedly a woman with whom he’d had a years long relationship) over less than a hundred grand.

This offseason, he used the unexpected death of his brother as a pretext for wanting to be traded from New York. Wanted to be closer to the family, you see. Apparently he’s the member of the clan who gives the tender, emotional support. Of course he’d only agree to accept the deal, which was allowing him to care for his family, if he received a freaking contract extension.

Once and for all, you reap what you sow when you bring a degenerate like that to your team. I, for one, would rather we lose 100 games a year than have to call a black-hearted scoundrel like that one of our own.

I never expected all that much from Johnson, given his age — I wish the Yankees had never gotten him. But he did always make the effort, he never “dogged it.” As a pitcher and a teammate, I’m sure he did the job. But as was said above, anyone coming to New York cannot claim ignorance about the sheer magnitude of the media here. And you can’t lump all reporters together. As Pete’s anecdote reminds us, there’s a lot of guys I’m sure did the right thing and tried to “get to know” Randy, and I’m sure there’s a few less than stellar guys. But this is the story of life. I saw the video last night too. Randy just really sounded like a baby. Plain and simple.

Igawa has the personality and attitude to be a fan favorite. I hope he’s got the stuff too.

As for Randy, he could have been the surliest bastard in Yankee history if he’d had the stuff to back it up. But the problem was, he didn’t. We got Randy to serve as a dominant force in the playoffs. Instead he stunk it up in both the 2005 and 2006 ALDS, not to mention the 2006 regular season.

My guess about Randy’s recent quotes about the NY media and getting “hungry” is that he’s rationalizing his poor performance as a Yankee. Here’s a guy who won four Cy Youngs from 1999-2002 and almost won a fifth in 2004, seemingly at the top of his game, who falls to earth when he comes to the Yankees. While the AL probably had something to do with his decline, the guy is *old*. He had to go downhill eventually. He’s not happy about it and he’s looking for someone to blame.

When Randy goes into the HOF there will be plenty of accomplishments to go on his plaque. “Famous for his friendly and cheerful presence” will not be one of them.

I am so happy that surly person is gone. He wanted to be here than at his press conference acts like he doesn’t. The think that ticked me off most was seeing video of his press conference in AZ grinning for ear to ear. I will not miss big bird walking to the mound.

When scumbags like Lupica or Joel Sherman write stuff like this, I tend to side with RJ because those guys are everything RJ says the NY media is.

The bottom line on Randy was that he wanted the big stage, and big money, but couldn’t pitch anymore. Don’t tell me about his 34 wins in two years because the team averaged 7 runs a game in his wins.

If the Yankees averaged 7 runs a game in Jeff Karstan’s starts, he would also win 34 games in two years with that type of run support.

The guy should just man up, say NY wasn’t for him, and move on. To play the media blame game is as weak as his flat sliders to Eduardo Perez.

where’d ya go for dinner?