I’m sorry but that makes very little sense, if any.

“If Joba su cks as the setup man or gets hurt, there is no one in the Yankees bullpen you could say would do better than him and there is absolutely no one in the farm system that could be called up to be the setup man whatsoever…And for Cashman to not have a Plan B is a fireable offense.
B.t.w. what is his Plan B?”

Well if he “sucks” then surely someone else will be better than his suckitude.

And that’s kind of like saying, “What’s our Plan B if A-Rod gets hurt?” There is no Plan B—you can’t have a backup player for A-Rod that would replace his production because if there was such a player (which there isn’t), he would be starting at 3B for another team. Similarly, there aren’t any relievers who posted 0.38 ERAs out there for the taking who would like to accept the role of third most important guy in the Yankees bullpen.

I know you would like to fill the 40 man with all-stars from top to bottom, but it’s not possible.

Joba is no lock whatsoever to continue to be The Second Coming Of 1996 Mariano Rivera. Teams have a book on him now and he will have to adjust to their adjustments if he wants to have a career with the Yankees.

If Joba su cks as the setup man or gets hurt, there is no one in the Yankees bullpen you could say would do better than him and there is absolutely no one in the farm system that could be called up to be the setup man whatsoever. The Yanks would have to trade for someone and I can’t see anyone not asking the Yanks for a king’s ransom. “You want our setup man, o.k. we want Ian Kennedy. No? Goodbye.” CLICK! And for Cashman to not have a Plan B is a fireable offense.
B.t.w. what is his Plan B? Or is he believing the hype?

More than that, if the plan is indeed to have Joba set up Mo through May then spend 6 weeks in the minors to prepare to return to the Yankees a starter, then the Yanks are weakening their bullpen and this post-Joba pen could do just badly enough in the time he’s away to cost the Yanks the postseason which is the goal before winning a World Series.
That is unforgiveable and you have to look at Joba as someone to trade for someone established and proven who doesn’t need coddling. Also you set up Joba to fail in the final week or so of the season if the postseason race is that tight and then we all have to wonder “What if he was a starter and pitched in place of Mussina or Kennedy?” “What if Cashman got off his as s and got a veteran setup man?”

To anyone who thinks this is doom-and-gloom talk, um, your Joba is 1996 Mariano Rivera II or The Next Great Ace talk is ridiculous. He needs to have a great 2008 then repeat or top it in 2009 before he can be considered great. Stuff does not necessarily equate to productivity e.g. Ben McDonald who many people considered to be better than his teammate Mike Mussina and look how that turned out.

I would like to agree but since I’ve started reading this blog it seems like he has many more detractors than fans. This can’t be news to them. He must have friends in high places or blackmail material stashed someplace.

Don’t the Yankees read this blog?? IF they see us rag on him enough maybe it will do good.

I have a question and those of you who have watched the late 90’s team may know this. Wasn’t John Sterling the voice of the Yankees at one time? I now he now does radio but what happened there? Did Kay take his job, or did Sterling P-off George and was banished to radio hell with Suzyn?

Zell won’t hesitate to sell Wrigley Field naming rights
5 hours, 22 minutes ago

CHICAGO (AP)—The chief executive officer of the Tribune Company says he won’t hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field—even if baseball purists don’t like the idea.

During an interview on CNBC, Sam Zell says despite Wrigley Field being known worldwide, he didn’t get a discount because he wasn’t going to use the naming rights that the field represents.

Zell said he plans to sell the Cubs and Wrigley separately and in his own time frame. He also disclosed that Major League Baseball has approved “four or six” potential ownership groups and that any one of them would be fine.

The sale of the team has been delayed by Zell’s plan to sell the team and the stadium separately, and to have a state agency acquire and renovate Wrigley.

What a sell out!!