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This may be optimistic. But the Yankees seem unlikely to ever lose again after mauling Seattle 13-2 last night.
Meanwhile, let this be lesson to you kids: Never accidentally kick dirt on another man’s shoes. It cost Joe Girardi a game. This notebook also has news on Joba Chamberlain, Jorge Posada and Wilson Betemit.
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Consider this: Arizona’s Doug Davis had surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid gland on April 10 and came back to win a game on May 23. Carl Pavano has pitched in two games since June 27, 2005.
Two games in 35 months and counting. The other guy was out 42 days with cancer.
Meanwhile, please join me in welcoming Gary Carter to the Clown Hall of Fame. He called Mets vice president Jay Horwitz on Friday to ask about applying to be manager. Carter manages an independent league team in California, at least when he’s not practicing his juggling and trying on floppy red shoes.
“I just want them to know of my availability,†Carter told a radio show. “I’m only a phone call away because my contract allows me to leave the ballclub. I could be in New York tomorrow, if necessary.”
Never mind that Willie Randolph is still actually the manager. Classy move.
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“Meanwhile, please join me in welcoming Gary Carter to the Clown Hall of Fame.”
does that mean i now have to refer to him as “hall-of-famer gary carter?”
Omg what an idiot. Sad, sad.
Every time you bring up Carl Pavonao,as Bill Parcells says “I want to throw up in my mouth.”
Hey Pete,
You can’t tell me that being a cancer survivor is nearly as inspirational as a bruised buttocks survivor.
Please lord do not remind us kind readers of the player whom initials are CP.
so, does lane get called up by his 5/31 opt out date (to replace ensberg?)?
Imagine what would happen if CP gets a paper cut!
Another example of why I hate Bill Simmons…
“Pop quiz: Explain the significance behind “22 innings pitched, 47 baserunners, eight home runs, zero wins, four losses, 9.00 ERA.”
(I’ll give you a second.)
(And … time!)
Yup, those are the 2008 stats for Phil Hughes.
(Did you know the Yankees refused to include him in a deal for Johan Santana? No, really! I swear to God!)”
Funny how he is the apparent ‘Sports Guy’ and EVERYONE in Boston loves him. Yet when he ran for Prez of ‘Red Saux “Nation”‘, Jerry Remy HAD NO IDEA who he was.
No talent @$$ clown, that Simmons. Got nothing on P-Abe!
Misses this though…
At the end of Simmons’ column, he does write:
“And is there any doubt Darrell Rasner is going to win his first 12 starts? I mean, any?”
waiting for the ’steve’s’ of this blog to come on here and crap all over the davis story b/c he’s not a yankee.
another inspiring story of someone fighting cancer and still living thier life. i heard bobby murcer yesterday on michael kay’s show and he’s another inspiration.
at least ‘kid the clown’ won’t need a wig, he can just wear that orange perm he wore with the mets.
From the Times:
“Joe Girardi said the Yankees could go to a six-man rotation when Joba Chamberlain is ready to start. ”
Whoa! This is the first I have heard of this. Can this possibly be for real or are they just trying to protect the egos of the current members of the rotation.
I haven’t seen a team use a 6-man rotation except in Sept. when the division is clinched or a similar situation.
Hey Pete,
just so you know, I found this website cutting an pasting from your blog with no link or credit.
http://corner.bigblueinteracti.....show_all=1
keep up the good work
TKin DC,
I’m surprised by Joe’s 6-man rotation comment too. Your ego theory could be right, since there is a good chance the odd man out could be one of the two veterans Moose and Andy who may not hold up through September. We know the odd man out won’t be Wang unless he gets injured, and Rasner could very well become a solid #5 guy. IPK just finally had a good game on Thursday so Joe probably doesn’t want him messed up in the head again thinking about Joba.
Anyway I’m pretty sure Joe is just giving sound bites now, he’s probably not losing sleep over potentially having too many starters. I’ll be surprised if that really becomes the case and even if it does I would never complain about too much sunshine or too many good players on our Yankee roster!
No change at all with Gary “The kid” Carter. He always was an “I” & “Me” guy.
Blindsiding Willie is no surprise.
Someone told me M&MD said Keith Hernandez would say yes to Willie’s job if Omar asked him. Wow that would be some drama cross town. It would be a big surprise to me given Keith doesn’t have any coaching experience but I could see the Mets FO desperate enough to do that to appease the fans who are booing at almost every game and they may have problem selling tickets to the new stadium. That would guarantee further drama in Queens if Keith has growing pains managing which is likely given his inexperience.
joe g. said last week that joba could spend the whole season in the bullpen. so i dont take much from that. the way things have gone so far, having 6 SP’s going well is a very remote possibility.
now im sure some writers are going to jump all over joe and call him an idiot, then when he doesnt go to a 6-man they will say he decieved them all along.
Got a great deal for Igawa. It’s time to alert Cashman and get it going.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
does kieth speak spanish? just because he’s hispanic doesnt mean he does and ive never heard him say a work en espanol. i think the #1 requirement for the next mets manager is to be able to heal the rift between the latin players and the non hispanics.
also, as MMD pointed out yesterday, keith enjoys the good life, i.e. restaurants and weekends in the hamptons and its hard to see him giving that up.
i think they will go to an interim manager (manual?) and then go after tony pena after the season. jmo.
Everyone get to see Rich Harden pitch last night against the Sawx? Tito Francona did:
“He has good of stuff as anybody in the American League,” Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. “We’ve seen him too much. We don’t need to see him every other game. I hope he’s not going to come back and pitch Sunday.”
Ellsbury was the first batter he faced.
First pitch: 93mph fastball down the middle at the letters.
Second pitch: 84mph changeup down the middle at the knees.
Third pitch: 96mph fastball at the letters away. (Bye-bye Ellsbury)
Too bad we’ve been stung by Pavano, otherwise Cashman wouldn’t be so gun shy about taking a flyer on him.
“now im sure some writers are going to jump all over joe and call him an idiot, then when he doesnt go to a 6-man they will say he decieved them all along.”
It is like playing “telephone” when you are a kid.
Joe says it is possible
Joe says he’d be willing to try it
Joe says he will try it
Joe promised us he would try it
Joe lied to us that he would try it, the job is too big for him.
Nah, that would never happen in the echo chamber!
I remember some sentiment earlier this year about how, if we missed Santana, we ought to get Bedard. Our staff needs an “ace,” the reasoning went.
After the way he threw last night, it’s too bad that the years separated the Dream Battery: Bedard, as he pitched last night, and Gary Carter, as described by Pete Abraham.
With all the rising arms in the system moving up levels, Igawa is in the way of progress by getting starts that others should. Send him to High A Tampa for one final attempt as a LH reliever.
martin, im thinking that beane must be asking for more in return for harden then anybody is willing to give. they’ve been floating him as trade bait for years. i suspect that if he could just make 5 consecutive starts w/o breaking down (this was his 3rd, 5 would be some kind of a record for him) someone will take a shot at him but billy beane never gives up anything cheap.
i would expect that beane’s first request would be for joba or phil, and he might settle for 2 prospects, but if he was really being offered cheap, he’d be somewhere else already.
108 if you read cjennings account of igawa’s last outing in scranton, you’ll see that he’s still walking too many guys in critical situations. not what you’re looking for in a reliever.
ham fighter,
You see the game last night? I think you and CB were the ones who were calling me crazy yesterday, but now you seem interested! I’m tellin you, this is the kind of pitcher you have to take a chance on even with everything considered.
Watching him pitch against the Red Sox, you get the feeling that the Sox lineup went up there knowing they had no chance.
Like I said yesterday, he is a special, special talent.
I honestly don’t think it will take an untouchable type prospect to get him. Maybe McCutchen and some extras. What do you think?
from mlb trade rumors 5/19/08:
“According to a source of Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, “the Yankees have apparently expressed interest in Rich Harden.” Slusser believes the A’s would demand full price for Harden, perhaps asking for Ian Kennedy and young pitchers.
you gonna go kennedy plus young pitchers (not the plural) for harden?
Consider this Pete.Pavano has been injuried alot but Pettitte was the one who took HGH to fix he’s elbow.If Carl Pavano took something to make himself less injuried is that okay.
meant to say NOTE the plural.
Pete appears to be a bad link to the notebook, or maybe it’s just my PC. Check it out.
Then again, I saw this too from Jayson Stark:
“The A’s are willing to deal, with pitching considered the surplus. Billy Beane might be able to snag one good prospect for Rich Harden.”
ham fighter,
You see the game?
does hgh help with buttock injuries? does it prevent auto accidents(or maybe it just prevents you from covering up auto accidents)?
Martin & Ham Fighter – Harden’s performance last night was no fluke – he’s that good. But he can’t stay healthy. He’s only made 5 starts this year (3 against Boston, of course; two wins).
So he’s a tease. But a tempting one.
no i was asleep. i have no doubt about his stuff, his numbers speak to what he has when he’s healthy and of course id like to see the yankees get him. BUT, i dont give them kennedy plus 1 good prospect, let alone 2.
you referred yesterday and earlier this morning to ‘taking a flyer’ on harden. that is not a flyer, thats a major investment for a guy whos had 5 dl’s in 6 yrs and may have a chronic hip condition.
correction 6 dl’s in 6 years.
Brian,
I was telling people that yesterday. I don’t think people have really seen this guy. They hear he throws darts, but always see him on the disabled list.
If you have the means (and the cost is not prohibitive because of his injury history) you get this guy and take your chances.
Some things are amazing:
1. Doug Davis sounds like one-heck-of-a-guy. Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he goes out and gets back to life. He and Jon Lester are triumphs of the human spirit, regardless of the outcome of games. Their families also deserve great credit for their support and love. A tremendous story. Carl Pavano should not be in the same story.
2. Very bad form by Gary Carter. What more can you say? How insensitive.
3. This blog. Pete, I can’t thank you enough for adding to my enjoyment of baseball in general and the Yankees in particular.
Plus, I’m still chuckling over Shake Yabuta, who plays for KC.
I’m going to the game today, extra early so my friend and I can go one more time to Monument Park. So, if any readers are there, we’ll see you. Maybe even say Hi to Shake.
Just a thought …..
Ensberg seems destined for DFA which is no surprise. At the same time, Jason Lane has been doing well at AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and has an out clause in his contract if not retained after 5/31.
Lane can play some 1st base as well as both corner OF positions and has the rare quality of batting RH and throwing LH.
He can give the Yankees a little more flexability with Gonzo covering the rest of the infield positions.
Cashman has to realize this.
It also gives Brett Gardner a little more time to develop.
Martin – Sometimes, we (in Boston & NY) get a little provincial about who has GREAT stuff. Harden has GREAT stuff.
I’m not trying to be offensive with the following, but try it on for size: If I’m the Yankees, I might just look at Hughes as somebody with lesser stuff that Harden (which is true) who gets hurt a lot also (maybe 5 mos. on the DL in two years?). I offer Hughes now (while he has “upside” value) as the lead chip in a trade for Hardin. I think that Hardin is a surer gamble than Hughes right now.
I’m getting old and having senior moments. Seattle is in town now, of course. KC is coming in in two weeks, and I got my Saturday games confused. So, I’ll see Shake in two weeks. Got it.
Brian –
There is a big difference between Phil Hughes injuries – hammy and rib – to Harden’s arm and shoulder injuries.
Phil’s arm is sound, the injuries have been freakish and we really don’t know whether his stuff is great or not yet. His peak in the bigs was the night he hurt the hammy in Texas when he was working on a no-no in the 7th and his fastball was in the mid-90s
Gary Carter: Bad enough he made the phone call, (but, hey, no one ever got anywhere by being a shrinking violet) — BUT was there any reason at all he had to run his mouth on the radio?! What a jerk.
Six Man Rotation: It’s the easiest answer to give right now, because right now there is no answer. Things have to play out. And who the heck knows what’s in the works behind the scenes regarding those “surplus” arms?
Great news about Doug Davis. That’s fortitude.
Gotta love Shelley Duncan.
Read this in the paper today about Jorge’s rehab in extended Spring Training in Tampa: He may catch, but he won’t be allowed to throw. Okay, now, does that mean that everytime he catches the ball someone else throws it back to the pitcher, or does it mean he can’t attempt to throw runners out? The catching part is important to strengthen the legs, and I assume he has to throw somewhat. So, I guess it must mean he won’t be allowed to “air out” his throws? He’ll also be taking some balls at 1B. Betemit is also taking balls at 1B in SWB. I think the Yankees are trying to set some kind of record for number of players on a roster who can “play” 1B.
Well, “time to make the donuts,” – lots of Saturday stuff to do. I’m hoping Mussina/Chamberlain is a good thing today. Let’s go Yankees!
Brian – I don’t give up Hughes, but I see what you mean. This is the third time he’s faced the Red Sox lineup IN TWO MONTHS! And they still have no clue how to hit him. He is just nasty. I’ve never seen a pitcher so comfortable against that lineup.
It really is something to see Ortiz flail at that changeup and how he blows Ramirez and Youk away with his fastball. I love watching good pitching, and it doesn’t get much better (aside from #42 ofcourse).
Carter is a buffoon. He was the original TV play-by-play guy for the Florida Marlins (along with fuddy duddy game show announcer Jay Randolph). The radio guys were Joe Angel and Dave O’Brien, and you can figure out the rest.
TKinDC – Re: Hughes’ injuries … Though not arm-related, they are pitching-related. Both of his injuries came as a reaction to his pitching motion. Stress fractures are common in basketball players, a result of the running, jumping (and stress) on the lower leg/foot. So the stress of pitching is impacting Hughes’ rib. And last year’s hamstring injury came while he was pitching a no-hitter.
It’s not as though he’s turning his ankle covering first, or having appendectomies. He gets hurt as a direct result of throwing a baseball. That’s a problem. Is it more of a problem than Harden’s history. Who knows? But I do know one thing – Harden has better stuff, the kind that makes you go “Wow!” Will he be like Burnett in Toronto (not so good) – again, who knows? But Hughes himself is a question mark, so it’s a roll of the dice.
Mr. Carter is already putting together head shots for his NYMets election campaign ads. I think this one is the best.
http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/clown.jpg
Brian – I brought this up yesterday and I’d be interested to see what you think since you’re a Red Sox fan. When I brought Harden up the first time, I said he was better than Beckett, which is to say he has better stuff than Beckett.
Some people took that to mean he’s had more postseason success or he’s more of a workhorse than Beckett. No. He has better stuff than Beckett. You agree?
Actually, I thought Phil Hughes turned his ankle while running during rehab. He hurt his hamstring while pitching.
You see this is the stuff that drives me crazy. Do reporters make crap up ALL THE TIME, knowingly? I know they do at least some of the time, knowingly. Anyone who believes the “sources close to the …” schtick is a reality 100% of the time – well, nobody believes that anymore except perhaps for children and their pets.
So here’s my question. What oh what is the genesis of the on-going drama about Willie Randolph getting the axe “as early as ‘this’ weekend”, with “this” meaning any random weekend that some loose cannon reporter says it is? Common sense has continued to tell me Willie’s job is safe and that all of the drama is just part of fans being fans and newspapers trying to sell. But then I listened to the opinions of Yankee fans close to the stuff, proximity-wise anyway, because I confess to not really keeping up with any of it and frankly not caring enough to since “the Mets and all things Mets” is never really on my radar. It can’t be since I need to be firing all of my missles at the Sux and all things Sux. My radar needs to be firmly planted in that direction.
Now I can totally understand those Yankee fans feeding back information they consider to be totally strong and valid. And where else do you get that kind of information but through the press! I mean I don’t think any fans have talked to the Wilpons, and I didn’t hear anyone saying that the press was quoting the Wilpons. So now I want to know – who started the story that Willie was getting the axe, and based on what fact (or now, sounds more like what fiction)?
If Minaya flying out to bring his support as well as that of the Wilpons is the same kind of snow that was flying on the Ides of March, well then that’s one thing. And I would be interested in hearing opinions on that, though at this point I am reluctant to believe anything that filters through as opinions on happenings. But if the support is genuine and Willie is no closer to getting canned than I am in my job (my job is safe), then I walk away once again feeling that same mixture of cynicism and smugness that accompanies watching the public drink down yet more unsweetend kool aid and smacking their lips at what they believe to be its sweet, smooth taste. And I will once again be left with the knowledge that “All the news that’s fit to print” is once again as mythical as Camelot.
rockin, i had the misfortune of spending the summer of 95 in south florida (it was 100 million degrees every day) so i spend alot of time watching the marlins. carter was the worst, and randolph didnt help. not fair to call randolph (aka the round mound of sound) a game-show host, though, he had been calling all kinds of sports , mostly big 8 (now big 12) basketball, which he was pretty good at.
” I think that Hardin is a surer gamble than Hughes right now.”
brian (red sox fan)-
nice of you to be so genuinely concerned for the yankees.
is it true that the red sox are planning on moving buchholz back to pawtucket to get him a way from the new apple store on boylston street because there were rumors of him standing in line for two days to get in?
rumor has it he really has his eye on the new macbook air because of it’s sleek new size that will fit under your shirt if you forget your laptop bag.
i’m not saying i agree with the rumors,but it’s odd the may 15th apple store opening coincides with buchholz’s problems.
see us yankee fans can be concerned about your problems too.
maybe you should trade buccholz for harden.
of course that’d be kind of close to cupertino .
maybe not.
Martin – Harden’s stuff is certainly comparable to Beckett’s. I wouldn’t pick one over the other. Neither is up to Pedro in his prime, but they are at the level right below.
Beckett has better command, though.
And, as you said, Beckett in the post-season always brings his A game, which is another issue.
Hey – ya think we could get this much in return for Igawa?!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....ml?cnn=yes
Minor leaguer traded for 10 bats
“Odom is headed to the Laredo Broncos of the United League. They got him Tuesday from the Calgary Vipers of the Golden Baseball League for a most unlikely price: 10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style.
“They just wanted some bats, good bats — maple bats,” Broncos general manager Jose Melendez said.”
Harden is a superb talent and I would trade Kennedy for him.. you still have potential young starts in Hughes, Rasner and Joba with Alan Horne and Chase Wright down the line. Don’t commit long term dollars, but take a flier on him and try to strike golf.
Ensberg has to go, I have a better looking swing in my backyard… Lane might help, but as I’ve written before Nady would be a better addition.
If Carter got the Mets job the first thing he’s do is trade for Pavano… what a tool. I saw his daughter play in a college softball game and he had to be the center of attention there, too.
“nice of you to be so genuinely concerned for the yankees.”
I think it’s clear Brian wasn’t being condescending about Phil, so calm down. What are you, Phil’s dad?
Randy 1 – I appreciate your concern over Bucholz. I was wondering myself how the club was going to deal with his Laptop Kleptomania Syndrome. But I thought that the clinical aspects of the move to Pawtucket was protected by HIPPA regulations.
I’ll tell Clay that you were thinking of him. But hold onto your laptop.
brian (red sox fan)
… and what are the red sox going to do if wakefield continues to have problems?
if he stops providing all those innings, the red sox bad bullpen could get even worse.
trisha, have you had your head buried in sand for the past week? billy wagner basically called out some of his teammates (he pointed to beltran and delago’s locker but later denied naming anyone) for running from the press. next, willie made some very stupid statements to the record, saying that isaih and herm edwards got the shaft b/c they are black. then when he called the wilpons to apologize, they didnt take his call and had omar call him back.
next the got killed by atlanta, and showed off some terrible play in the field, and now omar has flown to colorado and given willie a vote of confidence.
and the wilpons are not talking to anyone, especially thier manager.
so you say there’s nothing to it, eh?
“I think it’s clear Brian wasn’t being condescending about Phil, so calm down. What are you, Phil’s dad?”
…easy for you to say as you type on a desk top.
Randy 1 – we can keep Bucholz away from laptops, but I’m not so sure how we can keep Wakefield in the yard (and I thought Oakland was a pitcher’s park!).
Thank goodness for Bartolo Colon! (And is Aaron Small available?) There’s always a Plan B (or is it Plan Z?)
“Thank goodness for Bartolo Colon!” yankees fans have been saying that for years!
Its Bartolo Calzone thank you very much.
Roy Halladay pitched his 5th complete game last night and it is only May 24. That is just amazing. He will throw more complete games than most major league teams this year.
Good win for you guys last night.
-dennis
brian (red sox fan)-
remember the good old days of the early 2000’s when the red sox and yankees both had really good starting pitching?
with revenue sharing the good young pitchers aren’t spinning off anymore. the red sox would have never got pedro and the yankees probably not mussina( though he wasn’t that young).
time for business. it’s a beautiful day on cape cod.
hey dennis-
don’t know if you saw my reply , but definitely stop by when you’re in orleans at the end of june. i’ll introduce you to some of the die hard red sox fans and friends that surround me. they’re misguided, but good people.
Randy 1 – You’re right there. Life was easier when we could ride out of our castles, across the moat, into the village, and steal the prettiest peasant girls (aka stud pitchers). Now these peasants have hoarded sufficient shillings (pun intended) to hold onto their assets.
No fun!
It really stinks that there’s a Willie’s Job Watch going on, complete with a list, in this morning’s Star Ledger, of the possible heirs apparent to the position. I was rooting for Willie to succeed. I only follow the Mets on the surface, wins, losses, those kinds of things. I only gave a passing nod to their controversies du jours, because the Yankees of my team of choice for following soap opera.
What will be will be, and any manager in this city has to know going into the job how thin the managerial thread is. But until Willie’s statements and retractions this week, I don’t think his job was in serious jeopardy. I think it was something that was going to be evaluated on an on-going basis throughout the season, and because the managers don’t play the game, I thought that he was going to have a job throughout 2008. But once he went on the record with the race commentary (and I didn’t hear any of it out of his mouth, only read in print), he kind of gave the Mets an out, or a reason, if they wanted to switch gears.
Pretty low move by Carter.
God was Pedro good in his prime. I watched him pitch in Fenway in the summer of 2000, and he struck out 15 White Sox that day. You’d look up at the gun and he’d hit 97 on one pitch, then 68 on the next pitch.
With his run in the late 90s and early 2000s he’s certainly the best pitcher I’ve ever seen.
Randy.
We will drop by. You have my word. We are leaving Savannah on June 21st and will be in Orleans for 3-4 days before we head to Maine. Do you have a website that my wife and I can take a peek at? My two favorite things to do in Orleans… Catch a Cardinals game and have a beer at the “Land Ho”
Hope you have a busy Memorial weekend.
-dennis
Carter’s ego actually makes Reggie’s seem small. What an azzclown.
Holy crap Gary Carter. What a Class A Jerk
Pete, some feedback on your article on the game. It has to describe the great base-running play in the 5th, when Jeter orchestrated a 2nd-3rd situation in that rundown. not only the great baserunning, but the way he waved Abreu over to 3rd as he was in the rundown, made it fascinating to watch.
’twas an important play by a historic player – set up the rest of the inning.
And then there are nuances of this play that as a fan, I’d like to know the baseball player/coach/manager perspectives on. should Beltre have gone for a DP in that situation? did Jeter perhaps break for home to distract Beltre from the DP opportunity, or was he just running on contact? etc.
you’re not the only one who omitted it. i didn’t see it in the NY Times or ESPN articles on the game – which instead described the rap songs playing in the clubhouse and Ichiro’s beer preferences!
The way inside baseball gets omitted from article makes me sometime wonder if sportswriters find baseball games boring? are you all playing quarters or using the binoculars to check out cleavage while the game is going on?
It’s just weird – it seems plays like Jeter’s are exactly what articles describing games exist for. Fortunately i was watching and YES did a great job of focussing on it; otherwise i’d never have known about this cool play.
dennis-
http://wellfleetcrafts.blogspot.com/
… those two things would be pretty high on my list too. there’s been some talk of putting a cape league team in wellfleet down near the harbor. that would be more than awesome.
see you and your wife in june.
“This may be optimistic. But the Yankees seem unlikely to ever lose again after mauling Seattle 13-2 last night.”
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What a pathetic attempt at sarcasm, Peter Abraham. Could you show your bias any more? At least your on the Red Sox side!!
Doreen, I hear what you’re saying, and certainly about Willie giving room for that kind of talk when he played the race card this week; but the patter about Willie potentially losing his job “this weekend” has been running a while! And it has been fueled on this blog. Now I confess to being a lot more deliberate when it comes to running with things I see in the press. But the way our posters have been talking about Willie’s job being on the line, you have to believe that they have been getting it somewhere. Again, it isn’t my mistrust in some of the posters who have been saying it rather than the fact that it just doesn’t appeal to my sense of the way things are done; and above all, I don’t trust just about ANY stories coming out of papers and especially NY papers! I’ve been able to see through the sensationalism aspect too many times; slow press day? Let’s start a rumor!
What I find most hypocritical in the whole thing is that this is the same cadre of reporters who were weeping bitterly when Joe Girardi supposedly held back on them. Ah so I get it. You want the real scoop so you can be the hero, but you don’t mind shading the truth yourselves or even fabricating something as long as it increases your name recognition and the readership of your paper!
And you wonder why most people do not trust reporting to be accurate depictions of the truth
Anyway, I can’t blame our posters as much as I do the liars out there who brought them the “story”. Again, if Manaya’s excursion turns out to be a red herring, I will fall on my proverbial sword. But until then my caution would be that people should believe nothing that they read and only half of what they see!
I have been censored….oh well….GO YANKEES !
Wakefield will be fine for Boston (sox fan here, all). He may get shelled for the next 2-3 starts before reeling off 5 for 7+ innings. Knuckle down!
In terms of Harden, he’s too big a gamble even at 5 straight starts without injury. IPK would be the logical lead in a trade with another prospect to boot. Not Hughes.
I like Willie but anything that agitates Mets fans is OK with me.
I grew up with my mother and brother genuflecting toward Flushing (an awful metaphor, but you now what I mean) and sat through too many Yankees-Mets games in Ft. Lauderdale with pots and pans and noisemakers from their classy followers.
Besides, Willie’s a Yankee, right? I mean, this is just an asterisk in his career, like when he went to the Dodgers in ’88.
I hope Gary Carter gets the job. That would be awesome (or some other word that begins with the same three letters.)
Carter is a classless joke. Besides openly criticizing Randolph in the press he calls up his boss & asks for his job. He should be permanently banned from the Major Leagues for eternity.