Enough already on Joba
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Apr 08, 2009 
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Everybody who didn’t do anything stupid in their early 20s, please step forward.
Anybody?
Seriously, is there anybody?
You couldn’t buy beer on Sundays around UMass when I was in school, so we used to drive to Vermont to buy it. And being 19, we drank some of the beer on the way back. It was stupid as stupid can be. We were lucky nothing happened.
Joba Chamberlain wasn’t so lucky. He was speeding in Nebraska one night in October and had too much to drink. He got caught, he admitted it and he was placed on probation and lost his license.
A video of his being pulled over made the rounds yesterday because there wasn’t much else going on. Now the usual cast of hang-wringing moralists are at again. Or making a big deal of the fact that he told the state trooper that New Yorkers are rude and Yogi Berra is short.
In other news, water is wet and that big yellow thing in the sky is the sun.
People wonder why newspapers are dying. Probably because they can’t come up with anything better than commenting on a video that was on the internet 24 hours earlier of an event that happened six months ago. How to be topical.
This is not to make light of drunk driving. It’s a serious crime and if Joba does it again, the team should do everything in its power to punish him. But enough already. Stop letting The Smoking Gun drive the news.
Now today Joba will have to say New Yorkers are sweet as can be and he’s really, really sorry he did it. Just like he said in October, November, December, January, February and March.
Makes you long for the days when the big question was whether he should be a reliever.
OK, that’s not true. Anything is better that big bowl of idiocy.
At least he didn’t kiss a mirror, right?
one of your best posts in a while, pete.
AMEN! Couldn’t agree more. Who flippin cares.
It’s usually the holier-than-thou types making a big deal out of this who have the most skeletons in their closet.
Sorry pete. I thought you wrote ” Enough already on Arod”
Too bad people wont take this approach with arod.
Personally, I thought that it was stupid for the dn to put joba on the cover, but because they have a vendetta against the yankees this is deemed news worthy to them.
Well said Pete. I agree 100%!
Couldn’t have said it better myself Pete, thanks for bringing some rational thought to the conversation!
At least Joba didn’t go on a rant against Jews.
As to the Joba thing, I was up front with how disappointed I was in him when the incident happened – drunk driving happens to be a huge issue for me. He got lucky that no one was hurt…….That said, no one was hurt and Joba is a good kid. This is old news. The Daily News, by posting a video of the incident at this point, is taking a page right out of the National Enquirer. I didn’t see it, but apparently Joel Sherman wrote a nice little article about Joba. See, this is ridiculous. If the DUI was so upsetting to Sherman, why didn’t he write about it when it happened? Was he living under a rock? The article (which I refuse to read) is all about stirring the pot.
O’yeah enough becasue you like him peter, but, if it was A-Rod you would be the first calling out the public for not cutting his head off. I believe dui is worst than taking steroids as I been a victim, my cousin was kill by someone who’s alcohol level was over.10 so if you think this a minor mistake you’re wrong.
O’yeah enough becasue you like him peter, but, if it was A-Rod you would be the first calling out the public for not cutting his head off. I believe dui is worst than taking steroids as I been a victim, my cousin was kill by someone who’s alcohol level was over.10 so if you think this a minor mistake you’re wrong.
Totally agree Pete. This is a story about a 22 year old that had too much to drink and did something stupid a couple of months ago. How is this news?
How to read the entire post TL1125. Good job.
Personally, I say move Joba to SS and Jeter to the pen.
That’ll shake up this underachieving 0-1 team.
Can I get an Amen?
Bravo Pete. At least you understand what is killing newspapers.
My theor is that reporters can relate to Joba because I’m sure most of them have driven home with a few drinks in them on occasion, and can therefor see Joba’s situation happening to them. But most reporters have never taken steroids and have never hit a 95 mph fastball, and that’s why they feel they can take some moral high ground when it comes to Arod or any other player who has taken PED’s. But which crime is actually worse? According to the newspaper coverage of Dante Stallworth’s case (WHERE HE KILLED A MAN)and Alex Rodriguez case (Became a better baseball player?), I guess its crystal clear.
In other news, water is wet and that big yellow thing in the sky is the sun.
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Brian Regan fan?
He was young and stupid.
As a perfect individual, I will be the first one to step forward in saying I never did anything stupid in my early to late 20′s.
Joba got a DUI?
Sherman’s article wasn’t that bad. A little over the top but nothing outrageous.
Andy, I think its a lot simpler than that. Joba is a likeable guy and this is the only mistake he’s made. A-rod on the other hand is not very likeable and has made lots of silly mistakes in his career. It is a lot easier to rip a guy like that.
“Everybody who didn’t do anything stupid in their early 20s, please step forward.”
there goes half the blog that was only thinking of jumping. right off the ledge.
There’s the internet information age for you. 24 hours of constant scrutiny and curiosity. After all, this blog is a consequence of the new info age. Haha, remember newspapers? The only way to interact with the journalists was “Letters to the Editor”?
Btw, I’m going to the Yanks-O’s game tonite. Alllll the Asians, esp the Taiwanese and Japanese, are going tonite. I’ll be cheering for my man, Wang!
Pete, I am so glad to finally hear a writer come out and state the truth on newspapers. I had the same argument yesterday with a cast of illiterate yahoos about ESPN’s over obsession with the Yankees loss to Baltimore. Even in the world of sound bites and 200 words posts online, the substance for stories has disappeared. They should no longer call it reporting and just stick to journalism since that is what is has become – random journal entries of nonsense.
I thank you for keeping perspective on the issues surrounding the Yankees, especially with unimportant issues like Joba and whackos on the blog.
Keep up the good work.
pete – agreed, thanks.
also, i went to school in amherst, also (not umass – the smaller liberal arts college on the other side of town). i also had my moments of driving to vermont for beer on sundays!
I guess your right Patrick. Dante Stallworth was also a model human being before he got drunk, drove a car and killed a man, but still he’s not as bad as Alex.
Pete: Want to make it a non-story?
Don’t write about it.
No use in letting The Smoking Gun dictate baseball news. That’s what Page 6 is for.
Just say it, Pete. Joel Sherman’s an idiot.
Also, isn’t it a little bizarre that ESPN.com’s headline on this is “Joba pokes fun at N.Y. drivers, Berra in video”? Makes it sound like Joba posted a video goof on YouTube out of boredom.
Joba shouldn’t get a pass because he was young and stupid.
Seriously, though. As long as no one was hurt, and he doesn’t do it again then I can live with it.
“People wonder why newspapers are dying.”
Stop pretending you’re above all this. You write just as much trash as anyone.
In other news, the Yankee Hottie is neither an actual Yankee, nor a hottie. Discuss!
“Pete: Want to make it a non-story?
Don’t write about it.”
good point. i looked at the video, laughed at it because it was funny( and no one was hurt), and moved on.
The quotes about Yogi and NYers didn’t bother me.
Playing the Yankee card did send up a little red flag as to a sense of entitlement that should be monitored so it doesn’t grow though.
I went to UMASS too. I certainly appreciate going to a bodega in NYC any time of the day and pick up beer…
But wait…. is Yogi still short? It’s not what he said was untrue. New Yorkers are the meanest drivers I’ve ever encountered and Yogi is short. It’s not like Joba compared him to Bilbo Baggins. Who…. cares….
Well, you got to give Pete a little credit. I was wondering what he was going to do with the story. He defends himself for posting Alex stuff because it’s “newsworthy”.
So, he did give the Joba story some run time here. But he gets only a little credit because he didn’t make fun of Joba like he did Alex.
Speaking of alcohol and stupidity, who’s up for a drinking game tonight? I figure a shot of beer for every sinker wang throws and 2 shots of beer for every groundball he gets. That’ll get the job done!
Time for a Yankees win tonight!
It’s the first night of Pesach. I don’t need a drinking game to get drunk.
“Speaking of alcohol and stupidity, who’s up for a drinking game tonight? I figure a shot of beer for every sinker wang throws and 2 shots of beer for every groundball he gets. That’ll get the job done!”
I’ll be sure to call my local hospital and tell them to have the stomach pump ready,
I got a court summons last week for peeing in public, and I’m 26. I forgive you, Joba.
Good stuff Pete…honestly, stuff like this getting brought up again and again is just depressing. There’s no point in bringing it up, and once they do, it just gets talked about over and over and over…
“Everybody who didn’t do anything stupid in their early 20s, please step forward.”
Never anything stupid Peter just dumb.
Great post .. and great blog. It’s my must-see Yankee news site.
And what a point about journalism. One of many reason why newspapers are dying is they keep sticking to the same formula – the moral hand wringing is just one part of that formula.
And can a sports writer survive a bad Yankees outing and not bang out a story saying, ‘the money wasted on free agent busts … blah blah blah.’
It’s one game. Grow up. Reach deep down and write something more sustantial then a knee jerk column about how CC and Tex are busts.
Pathetic.
“I guess your right Patrick. Dante Stallworth was also a model human being before he got drunk, drove a car and killed a man, but still he’s not as bad as Alex.”
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Really? Seriously?
So true about the “Yankee Hottie.” Seriously, what kind of person starts a blog calling themselves a “hottie”?
Oops. It’s Toto, not Toot. Toto is bad enough, actually…
Well said Pete. Sadly, its what your profession has reduced itself to as they struggle for survival.
If I was running the Yankees PR, I would shut Joba down from speaking to the media except for after his starts. Baseball only talk, and only about his start. If the media can’t follow that policy, shut him down altogether.
To me, too many members of the media, and their employers, act like children. So, treat them as such. When kids screw up, you limit their access. Hence, the creation of “timeout”.
As far as Joba is concerned (Arod too for that matter), its “timeout” time for the media. Nothing more than the boring, “I threw him a fastball at 2-2 to get the out” stuff after games from now until the end of the season.
If they can’t respect the kid, then limit the access to him. It will allow him some breathing room, which he needs IMO, and its in the best interests of the team.
When people talk about “distractions” when players come to NY, its this stuff. So, just cut it off. They get nothing from Joba for the rest of the year.
After this happens to 2-3 other players, the media will get the point and you can reassess the policy.
At this point though, there really isn’t anything Joba should be talking about with the media except his next start.
I did plenty of stupid things when I was in my 20′s although none of them carried with it the danger of killing another human being. I at least had the sense to risk only myself.
Joba shouldn’t be given such a free pass. The only difference between him and Stallworth is that Stallworth killed someone. In fact, Joba’s blood alcohol level was 0.134 to Stallworth’s 0.12.
How you can repeatedly vilify someone like ARod who at worst, lied to the public, and be so quick to give Joba a free pass for a DUI is beyond me.
DUI related accidents kill 25,000 people per year.
Kissing a mirror, doing steriods, going to strip clubs, and having mysterious super-pink lips does not endanger other humans. And a person’s attempts to claw out their eyes after seeing said mirror pictures does not count. Those are self-inflicted wounds.
Stick to reporting baseball Pete. Leave the morality editorials for people with a clue.
What team will be the Rays of 08 this year?
My guess Florida Marlins
Does anyone think that Jorge Cantu can be comeback player of the year. He’s looked good this year in the WBC and after.
Drinking and driving is one of the most irresponsible and reckless things you can do as an adult. It wouldn’t be an issue if it was just the driver who puts himself in risk but you are putting others drivers lives in danger.
There is nothing more sickening then a celebrity who could EASILY afford a ride home drinking and driving for what? It’s stupid and it pisses the hell off out of alot of people and it should.
What if he killed somebody drinking and driving? Aww he’s 23 give him a break. He’s 23 not 17. He’s an adult start and should start acting like one.
What does this have to do with Stallworth? When did I say that drunk driving is more acceptable than doing steroids? I was simply explaining why it’s easier for some folks to make fun of A-rod.
Drunk driving is a serious crime and Joba is paying the penalty. A-rod is more like a clown that we just laugh at; outside of the steroid stuff he’s pretty harmless. Are you saying that Pete should make blog posts that make fun of Joba for driving drunk? Are you serious dude?
What worries me is not that he was driving drunk but that he had an open bottle of Crown Royal in the cup holder. It’s one thing to have been drinking and then drive, and in my opinion much worse to be actively drinking and driving. But yes, it happened, and hopefully it won’t happen again.
P.S
DUI compared to what A-Rod has done is nothing. Keep killing A-Rod for posing in magazines and give Joba the free pass.
SJ,
Your in Florida. What do you think the chances of the Marlins pulling a Rays of 08 this year? Do the have enough on the team to accomplish that? Young pitching. Good young hitting?
Your dig at newspapers falls flat, the video came out on the internet, espn.com has a story on it. Newspapers aren’t the only ones.
Agreed, Global.
Oprah said years something years ago in response to the charges that money changed her. It’s always fascinated me. She said that money makes bad peope worse and good people better.
Whether or not these celebrities/athletes/politicians/actors like it or not, they’re held to a different standard. Gone are the days of yesteryear when things could be swept under a rug and people could live how they want and you could buy your way out of trouble. Now? People (and the judicial system) can’t wait to burn famous people at the stake.
It’s harsh, but that’s the reality. If you’re a celebrity or an athlete, you have to be even more careful. But that’s the price you pay for living a life that millions dream of.
When Joba goes from the stretch, and then raises his left leg to begin his pitch, he does appear to have a little Captain Morgan in him…
“When Joba goes from the stretch, and then raises his left leg to begin his pitch, he does appear to have a little Captain Morgan in him…”
We all got a little Captain in us
indeed!!!!!!
“When Joba goes from the stretch, and then raises his left leg to begin his pitch, he does appear to have a little Captain Morgan in him…”
Classic!
Sports used to be a way for me to escape from everyday life/wife. Not sure if its because I am getting older, but now i am finding it really hard to read the paper or listen to sports talk. It’s never about the games anymore. I wish one of these guys in the media like a Lupica/Sherman had a son of their own that was a professional athlete. Of course those genes would have to come from the wifes side-I don’t think either of them ever played a day in their lives.
The media in this town is just downright ridiculous. If your name isn’t Mariano or Jeter, they will throw you under the bus in a NY minute.
The point is, Joba isn’t getting a free pass. He was arrested and the case was adjudicated. That’s not a “free pass”. He got the penalty just about every person, even non-athletes get, for a similar crime, given the fact he has no criminal record.
He didn’t kill anybody. So, saying he “could have” is the same as saying “he also couldn’t have”, which he didn’t.
However, the case occurred 5 months ago, not 5 hours ago. Showing his video accomplishes nothing but get the moralists in a lather.
There is something called “timely reporting”. This isn’t “timely”. Its, “we have a slow news day, let’s find something to fill it”. Big difference.
SOS,
The Marlins are certainly the trendy, “this years Tampa Bay” pick. If their pitching stays healthy, that could happen.
I do think they are short in the bullpen though. Not real confident in their bullpen and their overall defense is still pretty bad.
That said, its a fun team to watch and if they get hot, they will give the rest of the division fits.
“When Joba goes from the stretch, and then raises his left leg to begin his pitch, he does appear to have a little Captain Morgan in him…”
Which of course is much better than having Joe Morgan behind him.
Oops. The point that Oprah was trying to make is that money doesn’t change you. It only magnifies who you already are.
So these athletes who get caught drinking and drugging to excess? That’s who they were.
And in reality, we only hear about it because they’re famous.
If Dante Stallworth was some loser guy who killed somebody with their car, we wouldn’t hear about it. But because he’s an NFL player, it sees the day of light. Just like this Joba video. Crown Royal cup holder? Must’ve been customized.
So which was the blog bashing Arod for some pictures?
For weeks?
I forget…
I just want to be on record as saying this is the best blog (baseball, or otherwise) on the net.
Your writing is both humorous and insightful. Count me among the many voices thanking you for your continued hard work, Pete.
this post is laughably hypocritical in light of your A-Rod coverage.
just an utter joke.
Joba Chamberlain was DRINKING A BOTTLE OF LIQUOR as he drove around. he could have killed someone.
A-Rod posed in front of a mirror.
have some perspective.
yes, this is where Pete comes into the thread and condescends to anyone who disagree with him. i know the ropes.
hilarious.
I might be crazy, but with the dawn of the internet/cable age and the fact that most of these teams own/produce their own product…couldn’t the Yankees black ball certian media outlets?
Torre did it with ESPN and it didn’t seem to stop them from covering the Yankees.
If I rememeber correctly the media was supposed to report the news and have editors do editorials…now we have reporters on ESPN/SNY acting as if they were experts…why because they cover a team?
And the funny part is some people take what theses so called experts say as facts…and this isn’t just in sports coverage but in the way that every day events are covered.
Love the old hater Joel Sherman, turning it into teams passing up on him because his family too. Follows his artcile on how people aren’t buying the expensive Yankees seats not because they can’t afford them, but standing up to the greed. Give me a break. You make a mistake and you own up to it. Thankfully no one was hurt which is the important thing at the end of the day and I hope he learns from it.
Totally Right, Pete
“He didn’t kill anybody. So, saying he “could have” is the same as saying “he also couldn’t have”, which he didn’t.”
Speaking of “could have”. IMO he COULD HAVE killed Youk on one of those 99MPH high and in pitches. I can see why he crapped his pants after.
SJ,
I agree. I think they are going to give teams fits this year. I just hope its against the Mets when they do.
Okay, trivia:
Who is pitcher A & pitcher B?
A-6’5″/240
B-6’2″/230
95% of the people condemning Joba have driven drunk. It’s Russian Roulette as far as getting caught or having an accident. That doesn’t make it a good decision or right….but it sure brings out the hypocrites.
It’s kinda like all the people outraged about Gitmo and waterboarding and the war….none of them knew anyone in the Towers on 9/11.
But, just wait and watch…if there is another serious attack and they are affected by it….watch their stripes change.
A = AJ or Phil
B = Joba
yanksfanmc, i couldn’t agree more. Sports use to be a “getaway”, now it has turned into TMZ/Faux/Page 6/Access Hollywood crap.
I truly miss the days when there was analytical reporting, substance to stories, and the things about whatever sport that drew fans into understanding it better.
So true TJ
Dang, Vader. You’re good.
A=Phil. B=Joba. Don’t know if they’re current, because Joba’s lost some weight (guess I should check Bruney’s). But Phil’s a big kid.
AJ is 6-4/230.
Sherman is turning into another old bitter writer like Kernan, Lupica and Madden its really laughable. I also agree with Peter nothing is more irritating than Joba to the pen.
I don’t know if I’m good or just waste too much of my life caring about the Yankees.
people are missing the point.
The recent story isn’t Joba and DUI – it’s the stupid video.
If he ever gets into a similar situation (and I hope not) – hopefully he’ll tell the cops how the NY rags are not worthy of lining a birdcage.
“Okay, trivia:
Who is pitcher A & pitcher B?
A-6’5”/240
B-6’2”/230″
Can one of them be Edwar Ramirez?
TJ: only sick puppies with revenge fantasies and a hankering for vengance, who possess no understanding of the USA or the Constitution, think torture is a good idea.
why be part of that crowd?
“The recent story isn’t Joba and DUI – it’s the stupid video.
If he ever gets into a similar situation (and I hope not) – hopefully he’ll tell the cops how the NY rags are not worthy of lining a birdcage.”
IMO he didn’t say anything offensive. Drivers are rude in NY everyone is in a hurry this is not news. Also Yogi is short but he has 10 rings and I’m sure he would laugh if he saw Joba poking fun at him. Bottom line who cares? There are ballgames to win!
“It’s kinda like all the people outraged about Gitmo and waterboarding and the war….none of them knew anyone in the Towers on 9/11.”
This is offensive and nonsensical.
I cant remember where he got caught drinking. Was it in Nebraska? When i think of Nebraska, I think of an area like Jeepers Creepers 2 bus ride. No one on the streets and its all fields. If thats the case, I guess i can see why he wasnt worried about hurting anyone. Just saying(if it was in Nebraska or a similiar state).
Hypo…you are right that torture is bad, but locking up enimies of this country is not/nor is allowing people who are not citizens of this country to be tried in our court systems.
That video is embarassing. In a way it’s much worse than the sentence imposed on him. 400$ fine, 9 months of probation and license suspension. That’s a slap on the wrist. He won’t even be back in Nebraska till mid-Fall (hopefully)
The video. That’s just awful but hey you don’t the world to see you in your moment of shame, don’t put yourself in that situation.
“Hypo Crisy
April 8th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
TJ: only sick puppies with revenge fantasies and a hankering for vengance, who possess no understanding of the USA or the Constitution, think torture is a good idea.
why be part of that crowd?’
Nobody said it was a good idea. It’s just that hypocrites always scream the loudest when it doesn’t affect them. They also scream the loudest when it does. They take nothing else into account.
Vader – this ain’t a politics board, so let’s leave Pete’s house in peace after you’ve said yours, but…
Locking up our enemies is not bad, sure. But who said those people were our enemies? Us? Their neighbors? Rival tribes? People getting paid per head by the CIA?
And then, no system for challenging your accuser. Sounds downright unAmerican to me. I thought we had the right to face our accusers, to challenge their allegations, to demand that THEY prove their claims.
So the whole thing stinks to high heaven, and undermines out strategic power: we lose allies, gain enemies, abandon our moral high ground, sell our national soul cheap, and prevent NOT ONE attack because of it.
I retreat to the background now…
“couldn’t the Yankees black ball certian media outlets?”
Jordan did it with SI… and if were ARod, I would do the same.
Vader you don’t know what you’re talking about…prisoners of war are guaranteed trials by international treaties we signed.
Can’t we just stick with baseball?
Joba made a mistake at 22 endangering people’s lives and it is generally seen as a youthful mistake, A-Rod made a mistake at a similar age that didn’t endanger anyone but himself and his reputation and that is seen as a terrible explanation and is ripped for months here.
Is the video news? No, but of course it is going to make the rounds. The video of Stallworth getting his test made the rounds so what’s the difference?
I watched the video, it wasn’t that bad. Joba didn’t make a fool of himself. The quotes that are supposedly on video are kind of funny but not anything too crazy. I watched the video on smoking gun, it just shows the cop administering a sobriety test.
The video might have been a story if it happened last night. But the video is 5 months old and the case has been resolved.
If Joba would have killed someone he definitely would be in the Pen.
Stop with the political BS. This is not the place for that nonsense.
Sorry to not talk about baseball…but if I remeber correctly Count, the trials for the prisoners at Gitmo were not going to get trials by international treaties but within the US court system.
If I am wrong I am sorry and I agree not to talk about anything but baseball here.
Pete, you’re so right about this. I love your blog and only get upset when I start reading some of these knuckleheaded comments. Keep up the great work.
Ok, this really should have nothing to do with a debate over torture and 9/11. (Although, I will say I think it’s the very definition of hypocrisy to only believe that trampling another person’s human rights is ok because they have some potential connection to a wrong done to one’s self personally.)
And I agree that ARod shouldn’t be treated so badly by the moralizers if they aren’t willing to say the same about people who risk killing someone, but I think there is a difference that explains the news coverage. Basically, there is no debate about the righteousness of the actions of Joba or Stallworth (or Burress). What is there to say really? There isn’t anyone out there that can rationally defend what they did. Forgiving them the wrong, I suppose is a different story. On the other hand, I think there is a legitimate debate around things that ARod does and how much we should care about them, and whether any forgiveness is even necessary to begin with.
What a waste of time this post is.
Do you people realize what you’re arguing about? You guys have to have something better to do than discuss this nonsense.
Joba made a mistake 5 months ago. Now a video comes out in which IMO Joba says absolutely NOTHING offensive. Yogi didn’t care. I doubt many New Yorkers will care, I sure don’t. I was more interested in the field sobriety tests they gave him and watching how he did, but again it was just curiosity.
Of course the media is going to blow it up. Is that a surprise? I don’t see what the uproar is. That’s what the media does.
And somehow this post gets compared to the A Rod coverage. Really? Did you guys READ the post?
It must be a slow news day. How many hours til the freaking Yankee game? Can we talk about baseball please? Please?
Didn’t A-Rod do something stupid in his 20s? Do you ever let that go?
this crap is only going to keep some players from wanting to play for NY teams.
I do think it deserved to be in the papers 5 months ago when it happened. It doesn’t need this type of National Enquirer garbage though.
I hope fans know enough to punish the newspapers for this kind of lousy reporting by not reading it anymore.
Holy crap. Now we’re talking about POWs and 9/11?
This blog is going down the drain, at least the comments section. Take it to the CNN blog or something.
Hypo Crisy and Count,
I agree 100%
Pete, I put it up on my website. I feel you are right and I’m going take it off now.
miggs,
it’s not even that people are talking politics, it’s that they’ve brought the most extreme views with them.
I hope Pete gets a new gameday post up there quickly…
How many innings do you think Wang will go tonight…I’m hoping for 7.
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this crap is only going to keep some players from wanting to play for NY teams. ”
In all fairness Boston Dave, this isn’t the first police video to appear online with an athlete involved.
To say it has something to do with playing in NY is simply not accurate.
Pete I didnt know you were a fellow Umass Alum. You will be happy to know they now sell beer in MA witihn a certain distance to the vt border, they were losing to many tax dollars.
Is the lineup out yet?
Save us Pete. Please.
HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE COMPARE AROD AND JOBA! i like joba but he could of killed someone literally killed them! arod only hurt himself!
Did Leonard Little get this much coverage???
He drove drunk, killed someone, and then got caught driving drunk again a few years later. Yet he’s still playing football.
p.s. I am still sickened by the Leonard Little stuff
miggs,
I agree that politics should be on a cnn blog. Shouldnt a drunk driving incident be on cnn as well not on the sports blog? Like someone stated earlier. Its become Access Hollywood.
Boston Dave I hear what you’re saying but is the increased coverage really because Joba plays in NY?
Aren’t baseball players held to a higher standard in almost any circumstance? Steroids are a perfect example.
Also, the Ryan Moats video got a ton of coverage last week. He doesn’t play baseball OR play in NY.
I see yur point but don’t think the coverage is a result of playing in NY.
How the hell did: “leave Joba alone. What he did was stupid!” Turn into a debate about torture?
No wonder I a begining to hate this place.
I completely agree about Leonard Little. And he’s still playing football (and not even well might I add).
SOS whats up! I like your record prediction. 118 wins should do. Let’s get that first one tonight.
I refuse to discuss this other nonsense any further.
I’m much more interested in finding out if Wang will be able to locate his sinker this early in the year. I also want to see Jorge gun a baserunner down trying to steal.
I want to see Godzilla play 3-4 games in a row and have his knees feel great. I want Tex to get a few hits so he can breathe a little easier. I want to see Gardner go 1st to 3rd on a single to left field.
Hopefully this comment will generate some actual baseball discussion. If not I’m outta here.
Couple of good ones from the boys at It Is High :
“Teixeira can’t buy a base hit. He is dead last in the league on RBI’s Home Runs, extra base hits and practically every measure there is.
CC is already wearing garments usually reserved for people re-habbing from major surgery in hospitals.
AJ Burnett hasn’t won a game. We have yet to see an effective sinker from Chin Ming.”
Also they praise Pete regarding his joke about the walls at the old stadium being in good shape from Abreu never touching them.
” Memo to Susie Arth, Sports Editor at Lohud: If the man isn’t the highest paid employee at the Lohud Compound, then forthaluvoGeezus, give him a raise before ESPN scoops him up and chains him to a desk in between Steve Phillips and Buster Olney.
The man has only paved the way in the sports blog industry. Christ, there’s a reason EVERY sportswriter in NYC refers to him as The Blogfather….”
Daniel Cabrera just hit Jorge Cantu on the hand…I just got Jeter flashbacks
I love these DWI apologists. Bottom line, stupid or not – young or not – he could have killed somebody. What an idiot he is.
And Pete, you know what ? Just because you did it too doesn’t justify it. Give your head a shake.
Miggs,
What is going on my brother. I like all the positive vibes coming from you. But lets not count them out if they lose a couple more. Yesterday i mentioned that the 114 win team lost its first 3 games of the season. So it wont be jump of the cliff night if they dont come through. 118 is in sight. This will be a special year, thats for sure. I will be in here for the game blog. The funny part of the start of this season is the doom and gloom crowd wont be able to blame the 2 most blamed people of last year. Alex and Meachum. Im sure they will find a third one soon enough.
Thanks Pete and well said. No one is lessening his crime. But the video was way out of line and not worthy of being “news”. There is no privacy anymore so I suppose it should be expected, but that does not make it right. I am hopeful that Joba learned from his mistake. But the video is not news, especially since it happened several months ago. I am glad you wrote what you did Pete and stood up against the dolts who really need to get a life.
“Daniel Cabrera just hit Jorge Cantu on the hand…I just got Jeter flashbacks”
Maybe it wasn’t personal all this time. Daniel Cabrera just has poor command up and in on righties.
Ha.
Meachum.
Thank god he’s gone.
Why dont you write a post on this about A ROD
Pete is the Blogfather…now all he has to do is go back school, get off-campus housing and start throwing parties with coed mud/oil wrestling.
“Daniel Cabrera just hit Jorge Cantu on the hand…I just got Jeter flashbacks”
Dammit!! I have him being the comeback player of the year.
Fore Lew,
I hope you don’t drive over the speed limit. Studies show you are at a higher risk of accident which could lead to injury or death.
I hope nobody is saying it’s ok to drive drunk. They are saying Joba made a mistake, as we all do. Fortunately, he was caught and punished as anyone else would have been. We all hope that is enough to get Joba to change his ways.
You can stop with the holier than thou bs now.
Is there full moon tonight?
“We all have a little Captail on us”
Eww…..
I heard 1in 4 NYers had herpes. So… I guess you DO have a little of Jeter in you.
Aparently its called Jeter Fever……
Boston Dave, another DWI apologist. I imagine you’re out driving drunk every day with an attitude like that.
Great post Pete. Don’t have much to add to that but hope that Joba has the good sense not to dignify any of it with a comment – I suspect he does.
Good point Boston Dave. I always seem to slow down once i get that yearly speeding ticket. At the time of the ticket i always seem to find many vulgar words to say about the cop that stopped me. Not thinking that im putting anyone at risk. But the ticket removes any lead thats stuck to the bottom of my shoes for the year.
“Daniel Cabrera just hit Jorge Cantu on the hand…I just got Jeter flashbacks”
I guess D-Cab found himself a new Jeter, LOL.
“Doe
April 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
‘People wonder why newspapers are dying.’
Stop pretending you’re above all this. You write just as much trash as anyone.”
Pete’s newspaper entries (not this blog) is rife with newsy/informational stuff about the Yanks without Pete’s opinions involved. This is a BLOG and Pete can pretty much opine as much as he wants since it’s a BLOG. Everyone’s opinion should be welcome on this BLOG – you holier than thou types should go take a walk outside and stop staring at your screens.
Fore Lew,
maybe you should stop doing so much imagining and start doing some thinking.
This is a place for baseball discussions not an ethics and morality board. Everyone ease up and talk about the game we love instead.
there’s a game in five hours. cc sabathia obviously wasn’t ready for his start. not because he lost . but because he pitched about as badly as he can pitch. i don’t know if wang will win or not , but he should be able to come out and give a quality start.
and it is important to get off to a good start. there’s no reason for a starting staff like the yankees have to not roll off 3-4 quality starts in a row during the season. i expect wang to have a good start.
would i panic if there’s a loss today? no , but if wang had a bad start and couldn’t locate, i’d start to wonder what the yankees were preparing for. this whole notion of patience with playing badly goes against my grain.
playing badly and losing are two different things. if everything is done well and you lose , that’s just the way it goes. it’s a long season. the breaks will even out. but playing poorly is another thing.
if the yankees come out and play another bad game, it is news. i think you have to have an attitude of fighting to win every game. i do not think you can just go through the motions and expect wins to somehow appear because you’re good.
my favorite time of the year is when the yankees finally start playing like their hair is on fire. this is usually after the fourth of july, and it’s getting old. screw that. win early and everyday and the future will take care of itself.
if you don’t win, let it go and put your focus on winning the next game with the same intensity. but this whole crap of just treading water until the superiority of the yankees emerges is just BS.
Boston Dave, maybe you should sit down one day and think about the immpact of drunk driving on society. Think about what it would feel like to lose a family member or friend because some self-important idiot like Joba hit them with his car while he was sipping Crown Royal.
Think about that.
Man be real Joba is just as stupid as A-Rod
Fore Lew,
somewhere, someplace.. there is a middle school where you would make a great hall monitor.
“because some self-important idiot like Joba”
there is only one idiot and it’s the person who says something like this
Great, point taken. Drunk driving is bad. Nobody is disputing otherwise. Now, let it go.
While you may feel the need to burn Joba Chamberlain at the stake for his transgression, neither the courts, nor most of the people on this blog, will do so. You are fighting a lonely battle.
Just let it go and talk baseball.
Randy…I agree, Wang should go 6-7 innings tonight with ease.
The good thing is that there is a game tomorrow and I won’t have to wait an extra 24 hours if they lose.
Ah, Bosotn Dave resortt to insuls to attempt to win the argument. Pwned.
It was a loosey-goosey time on Lincoln’s back roads. Joba was young and naive. He’s older and wiser now.
Ed – Mo is invulnerable
April 8th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
“Daniel Cabrera just hit Jorge Cantu on the hand…I just got Jeter flashbacks”
I guess D-Cab found himself a new Jeter, LOL.
It will be interesting to see if he learns how to control his pitches, now that he has to bat!!
Fore Lew,
there is no argument. only a hall monitor trying to convince people that Joba should be burned at the stake, while everyone else laughs at him for saying this.
“The good thing is that there is a game tomorrow and I won’t have to wait an extra 24 hours if they lose.”
vader-
that was annoying. you get all revved up for the season to begin and they take a day off.
anybody have a scouting report for Koji Uehara?
“…there’s no reason for a starting staff like the yankees have to not roll off 3-4 quality starts in a row…”
Really?? None of our pitchers can be considered to be consistent.
You just don’t know who will show up from game to game.
Boston Dave:
http://www.npbtracker.com/2008.....ji-uehara/
YOU taking people over the coals for being moralistic is really a laugh!
scouting report for Koji–
Koji >> Chien-Ming
Wang predictions:
7inn 8hits 2 runs 3bb 3S0
I have faith in my boy wanger.
Oh Jeeeeez…
I need a lineup.
No more Joba…pleeeease.
I’d rather talk A-Rod…or even “Joba to the pen”.
Summer,
Come back on June 21 when you are relevent. We are still in Spring now.
Its a baseball blog. Its a morals, political, religous or DUI blog. Nobody cares what you think. People here talk baseball. Most, if not all of us, could care less about the other stuff.
If that offends you, move on and, like I said, come back when its your season.
Its **NOT** a morals, political, religious or DUI blog. Sorry for the typo.
Hmmm. 91 fastball? Succeptable to the long ball? Is he related to Kei?
“It was a loosey-goosey time on Lincoln’s back roads. Joba was young and naive. He’s older and wiser now.”
LOL… * bows to Rickles. Well done.
thanks Tom in NJ
Forget the drinking and driving.
That shirt he’s wearing?
Lock him up and throw away the key!
Lets get back to talking baseball and the Yanks. I didn’t see opening day, I was working and listening to the Oriole announcers. Mad Dog has brought up a few times the last two days that Sabathia couldn’t get it up to 90 on Monday. Is that true or was that the crappy YES gun? I can’t belive he couldn’t throw 90 when he was throwing harder during the spring. I know he had no command, but let me know about his velocity.
“Come back on June 21″
Why June 21? Why not after the season is over? Is there something in June that im missing? School gets out maybe?
Excellent post Pete, as the readers of your fine blog and every other reasonable person knows, it’s A-Rod that’s destroying the fabric of our sport and national society.
wang tonight:
4 IP, 10 hits, 7 runs, 4bb, 1 SO
Amen Pete! A-friggin-men
So Koji throws a “shuuto” pitch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuuto
“The pitch is mainly designed to break down and in on right-handed batters, so as to prevent them to make good contact with the ball. It can also be thrown to left-handers to keep them off balance.”
Does anyone know how I can access this blog on my blackberry? Is there any special thing I can download?
>Koji >> Chien-Ming
Let’s see how Koji’s skills translate to MLB.
Chien-Ming has proven he can handle the MLB.
The worst argument for this is the “he could have.” Well he didn’t. He drove drunk, got caught, got punished. Get over it, get over yourself.
SOS,
That’s the official day of summer.
Bad Scooter,
He threw a lot of pitches between 91-93. His problem was his mechanics were off. That’s why his velocity was up and down during the start.
He was also throwing a lot of two seamers and cutters when he saw that he couldn’t locate his fastball. There isn’t any issue with his velocity.
Does anyone know if this netting thing is going to affect games watched on mlb.tv the computer?
Great post Peter.
good question john, I’m not sure, a mobile site would be nice to follow this blog on our crackberries
one thing i noticed with beckett yesterday is that he had great fastball command. red sox [pitching coach, john farrel emphasizes this even more than most pitching coaches . it’s also an easy thing to execute in big games. there’s not a lot of finesse there. opening day is a big deal. the kiss theory of “keeping it simple stupid” falls in line with basing pitching on fastball command ( comes in handy with both beckett and papelbon too for obvious reasons)
i’d like to see wang likewise keep it simple and attack the zone with his sinker. it’s cold out still and the pitchers should be ahead of the hitters. wang throws a heavy sinker so advantage wang tonight.
i do not want to see wang messing around with pitches much that he’ll be more comfortable with later in the season when it’s warmer and when he needs them more.
tonight he should be able to win with a very high percentages of sinkers with some sliders mixed in.
beckett went right after the rays and that’s what i’d like to see wang do tonight.
ok, some baseball talk.
1. does anyone out there think that wang is still feeling the effects of the foot injury or is he 100% back?
2. cano seems to be seeing more pitches per at bat and actually walking sometimes. great sign. is he attentive on defense as well?
3. will ramiro pena ever hit enough to be an everyday player?
This blog has gotten to a point where I only scroll for SJ44′s posts. I don’t know you, but you’re fantastic.
Small blog posting – wealth of much needed reality. I couldn’t agree more Pete.
This blog is a breath of fresh air. Too bad Joba didn’t have one when he was pulled over.
Boston Dave,
so does that means he throws a devasting forkball?
Bad Scooter,
Guthrie was hitting 94 on the YES gun on Monday, which is, I think his normal velocity. So, unless Guthrie is usually around 96-97, which I don’t think is the case, the gun should have been pretty accurate. Sabathia hit 91 a few times, I don’t think he was any faster than that unless I missed it. Mostly he was 89-90, a few at 88, and a few at 91.
—
Dr. Jekyll
wang tonight:
4 IP, 10 hits, 7 runs, 4bb, 1 SO
—
Mr. Hyde
Wang predictions:
7inn 8hits 2 runs 3bb 3S0
—
Let’s see who will show up.
Rover,
MLB.tv uses the local broadcast for each team… so yes (no pun intended) it will impact it. MLB doesn’t have their own broadcast team and cameras at each ballpark.
Regarding Pete’s previous post.
Have the Yankees addressed “the net” situation. Have they said that they plan on fixing it??
“wang tonight:
4 IP, 10 hits, 7 runs, 4bb, 1 SO”
What?? No faith in the Wangster? That’s a shame. I say:
6 IN, 6 hits, 2 runs, 2bb, 4 SO
“So Koji throws a “shuuto” pitch:”
I love their chef’s knives.
CC’s fastball was sitting at 93. TV radar gun readouts aren’t that accurate.
I’m going with Mr. Hyde
rover, if mlb.tv picks up the YES feed you will get the netting until YES does somthing about it.
kd,
I’m pretty sure Wanger is all the way back, otherwise he woldn’t be pitching – not with the Hughes, Aceves, and Tomko (eh) in AAA.
Cano did seem more patient at the plate. What drove all of us crazy last year was when he would give away at bats, then lose his focus in the field. Although I was in the trade Cano camp, I do acknowlege he has great talent and his problems (when he has them) are 90% mental.
I can’t wait to see Pena get some ABs. The big question is if he’ll start some games at 3B over Ransom. Remember, Ransom was given the job weeks before Pena started to show that he should be on the big league roster.
As for CC’s velocity…if he was having trouble controlling the fastball it would figure that he would take speed off of it…The same way a pitcher who is behind 3-0 in the count will sometimes throw a “batting practice fastball” which means taking speed off just to throw a strike. So, I wouldn’t worry too much about the lack of velocity. Lack of command of the fastball usually comes from 1 thing: Bad Mechanics. He’ll work on that from now until his next start and should get the problem corrected.
“CC’s fastball was sitting at 93. TV radar gun readouts aren’t that accurate.”
Personally, I saw much more 88 than 93. Hopefully, its just a mechanical issue that he can work through, as SJ suggested.
Vin
Thankyou. I just didn’t know. Maybe that is why they cut the price this year?
Thaks
update >>
Vader
Thankyou too.
LOL at Pete
I love the hypocrisy in your reporting sometimes.
It’s ok to hammer constantly on Arod for every little thing the guy does.
It’s not ok to talk about joba though for doing something that can easily kill someone else.
Nobody thinks drunk driving is ok. And yes, there but for the grace of god go all of us (ok, most of us). Poor judgment in the form of drinking and driving is almost, sadly, a rite of passage in this country. We all should know better. Drinking and driving in no way improves your finances or your standing among your peers. You get a criminal record, you lose your driver’s license for a time, you pay fines (massive in NYS) plus your insurance costs can go through the roof as a result.
A lot of professional athletes appparently took PEDs. Not a lot of baseball players got caught by Mitchell or the Feds. But the ones who did – assuming they fessed up – generally did not get a criminal record, lose their license to drive or pay heavy fines. While they were juicing, some of these players moved up in the record books, signed lucrative contracts and grew in stature among the fans and media, if not among their peers who knew what they were up to. They are called Performance ENHANCING Drugs for a reason. Alcohol is not a performance ENHCANCING drug unless you fall down, slur your speech and walk crooked for a living.
The first act, the DUI, can only lead to personal loss, and maybe even loss of innocent life or health. The second act, PEDs, can lead to great financial gain but also loss of life or health. Both acts lead to personal embarassment and loss of respect once disclosed because both are wrong. DUI is irresponsible and reckless. PEDs are venal. DUI takes place in one’s personal life and PEDs strike at the very heart of a ballplayer’s professional life, at the integrity of all he stands for as an athlete.
Joba’s DUI is about his life away from the field where I as a baseball fan don’t want to stand in judgment. A-Rod’s PED acts are about the very essence of his life as a player where I as the fan have every right to be judgmental about A-Rod the player. What to make of A-Rod the man is someone else’s problem.
I’m joining this discussion late, but just want to add one thing- yeah, some NY’ers are rude, but there is honesty in rudeness. After 18 years in Passive-Aggressive superficially polite Pacific Northwest, I’ll take the company of a rude NY’er any day/anytime. At least you can be sure who your friends are and know what people want from you.
Pete,
When’s the last time you heard about a pro athlete inject steroids and then go kill someone?
ok now.. When’s the last time you heard about a pro athlete drive drunk and kill someone?
“Let’s see, Joba did one thing wrong when he was 23.
A-Rod willfully cheated for three years when he was 25 and had been in the majors for seven years.
Sure, that’s exactly the same.”
WOW.
Pete, you do know that drunk drivers kill about 13,000 people in the USA each year, right?
As for PED users in MLB…it’s safe to assume the number of innocent people they killed due to their PED use is zero.
did any of you read what Pete actually wrote???
“This is not to make light of drunk driving. It’s a serious crime and if Joba does it again, the team should do everything in its power to punish him. But enough already. Stop letting The Smoking Gun drive the news.”
he doesnt think drunk driving is ok. stop trying to insinuate that he does.
It’s not about newspapers, DUI or steroids. Pete likes Joba because he’s a husky (stomachally challenged – like Giambi) guy’s guy and he’s nice to Pete; Pete hates A-Rod because he’s a golden boy superstar type who wouldn’t give Pete the time of day — not back in high school, not now, not ever. Do you know any fat guy who doesn’t think Chris Farley or John Candy aren’t the funniest comedians? Pete likes to tweak every one here so his blog will get more action. And btw, that’s the real reason newspapers are failing — the interactivity of blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Do some of you actually read what I write before you make stuff up to criticize?
This is what I wrote:
“This is not to make light of drunk driving. It’s a serious crime and if Joba does it again, the team should do everything in its power to punish him.”
I’m commenting on the coverage of what he did, not what he did. Seriously, try and pay attention. If you can’t comprehend what you read, maybe this blog is too complicated for you. I’m not going to write on a level so idiots can keep up.
That doesn’t let you off the hook, Pete. Not at all.
Not when the coverage of A-Rod is even more excessive and over-the-top, and you’re one of the primary contributors.
Oh, come on Pete, not even you can say that taking steroids is really worse than engaging in an activity that could potentially kill someone! That is not the direction to take this argument in. And if you really believe that was Joba’s only time driving drunk, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Now I’m not saying we have to belabor either point, I’d rather we didn’t, but you cannot compare the two in terms of what is more dangerous.
Oh the coverage.. You mean the actual investigation of a story instead of just copy and pasting the same thing every other NY paper had like in the case of Arod.
I understand what you’re trying to say but it’s still a huge double standard when it comes to each player.
Arod says he wants Reyes on his team.. OH BOY! What about Jeter or Damon?!? That’s a huge story.
Joba delays his dui trials.. that’s buried in your notebook updates.
If someone had dug up a DUI video of A-Rod back in his Seattle days, Pete would’ve posted it right here on his blog in an instant — with the headline…
“A-Rod attempts MURDER with vehicle!”
Get ‘em, Pete!
“If you can’t comprehend what you read, maybe this blog is too complicated for you. I’m not going to write on a level so idiots can keep up.”
LMMF’in%$#@!AO!!!
Joba delayed his trial?
Sure thing.
1. It wasn’t a trial. It was an arraignment and he pleaded guilty. He never had a trial. But don’t let a few facts keep you from ripping him.
2. His attorney delayed twice because he had cases in other courts. This happens all the time in all 50 states. Joba delayed another time because he was in Florida. The judge never said a word about it.
I love how the A-Rod fanboys can’t wait for somebody else to do something wrong so they justify what he did. It’s like you’re rooting for Joba or anybody else to make a mistake then you celebrate it.
Again, this post was about the media coverage not the event itself.
“I love how the A-Rod fanboys can’t wait for somebody else to do something wrong so they justify what he did. It’s like you’re rooting for Joba or anybody else to make a mistake then you celebrate it.”
Maybe you should read the responses as carefully as you want others to read your post. People are merely pointing out your well-documented hypocrisy. You’re the media — and you cover A-Rod in a certain way — and you cover the Jobas and Giambis in another way. People aren’t rooting for other Yankees to make a mistake; they’re hoping you’ll show some objectivity rather than attacking some players while protecting others.
No, Pete. No “fanboys” are waiting for anyone else to do anything wrong. The best thing for the Yankees, now that the regular season has started, would be just to play the games with none of these distractions.
As for Joba, it’s unfortunate that the dashboard video was released. However, it was. In it, he said some stupid things and they’re getting covered & commented upon. Let’s see how long of a tail this story has.
In contrast, the recent A-Rod coverage started with a leak to Selena Roberts, most likely from the Feds. You’d have more of a point if the A-Rod coverage were measured and reasonable…or even comparable to what Joba’s gotten so far. But it’s a circus, one that you’ve contributed mightily to.
That you don’t see the hypocrisy is pretty remarkable.
Pete doesn’t try to actually win arguments, he tries to simplify them into straw men he can easily knock down or take issue with minor errors in order to dismiss the legitimate points someone makes (such as when a lay person incorrectly calls an arraignment a trial, although, technically, delaying the arraignment delayed all potential legal activity that could have come after an arraignment, including, you guessed it, a trial).
Pete how am I going to learn facts if you bury them in your notebook? One would assume something as serious as a first offense DUI charge in Nebraska that does carry mandatory jail time for most people would be blog worthy, as it could effect the Yankees as a team.
No one is rooting for anyone to make a mistake. I’m only pointing out YOUR double standard when it comes to YOUR coverage of the YANKEES.
Joba was lucky it happened in his home town and not somewhere else!
Um, have to take exception with most everything on here-
First, there is nothing irregular about delaying an arraignment or continuing a court case- happens all the time regardless of stature, class, etc. And it wouldn’t matter where he was stopped- if in Florida or New York or Nebraska he wouldn’t be getting the book thrown at him. In Washington a first offense would typically be amended down to a lesser offense like reckless driving- or the mandatory minimum penalty of 1 day in jail and about 1k in fines with probation.
Second, how one can constantly harp on ARod and then say “Joba took care of things, let’s let it drop” is beyond me. Joba could have potentially killed someone. Yes, I’ve done stupid things and have driven while intoxicated before. I have not done steroids- however, taking drugs is more of a victimless crime than DUI potentially could be- it isn’t like Arod’s roids were covered in blood after being smuggled around by the Medellin cartel. Same with his hookers- so he likes hookers, who cares.
The point is it is hypocritical to continue to have every 5th posting about ARod and his shortcomings and then dismiss Joba’s more serious violation as a product of youth. As we have seen, alcohol is responsible for more death and misery than any hooker or steroid is- maybe Jim Leyritz’s issues can be dismissed as youthful indiscretion? The issue of alcohol abuse is far more serious in baseball-
Pete, Joba probably has conditions of probation that prohibit his consumption of alcohol. Are you going to rat him out and post it on your blog every time you run into him at a hotel bar or smell alcohol on his breath?
It’s truly astonishing how many people can’t comprehend what they read.
My post was about the silliness of covering the video of Joba’s traffic stop like it was a story six months after the fact. Obviously drunk driving is wrong. I wrote that as well. Of course, some just skipped over that part as it didn’t fit their agendas.
Then, of course, the A-Rod fanboys used the topic to rise to the defense of their man. Look, somebody else did something totally unrelated. Therefore A-Rod deserves better treatment!
Now they can go back to reading Details.
E-Gawa, you’re simply misguided. In what world is a routine delay of a arraignment a big story? I was covering spring training. That Joba’s arraignment was postponed was not exactly big news. But of course you want to use the kid’s troubles to make A-Rod look better. You must be praying Jeter or Jorge does something wrong, too. That would really make your day, right?
i agree, a non-story. however, if our third baseman had authored the same, the media would be two feet up his butt.
Pete,
In the same world where bringing your kids to a WBC workout is a big story.. Or saying how you would like to see an All star player on your team leading off a big story.
Yeah, I’m clearly the misguided one.. Are you reading these other posts? Everyone seems to see the double standard in your coverage but you.
I’m a Yankee fan not a fanboy.. either report it all or don’t report any of it. It’s that simple. Stop picking favorites.
Oh and good job in not mentioning that there was a press conference today. I guess that’s not news either. lol.
Pete any word on why selena is waiting to release her Arod book until May 12th? He hasn’t been in news enough to drive up sales? Would have been nice to have that released and out of the news before Arod had to come back to the team. Hey Selena, See yoU Next Tuesday
Rest assured, Pete is well aware of his hypocrisy. What he doesn’t acknowledge is more revealing than what he does. Like I said before, this has nothing to do with drunk driving. And speaking of fanboys, just contrast Pete’s “man crush” on “Big G” versus his reaction to A-Rod. Both MVP sluggers who signed monster contracts before being exposed as steroid cheats. I’m still waiting for Giambi’s mea culpa press conference — and a refund for his lost seasons due to mystery ailments. All we got was “shouldn’ta been doin that stuff” to a few reporters and then a bushy mustache. Before there was A-Fraud, there was G-Fraud. Pete won’t say boo about the obvious parallel. Why? Because the Giambino bought the beers and wings at the strip club. I wonder if anyone drove home drunk that night.
Pete the fact that you can’t see the double standard is simple amazing and makes me question YOUR credibility.
Joba was driving around drunk putting the lives of many in danger. I don’t give a rats ass about how many people do it or how young they were. Its still putting people’s lives at risk. What Joba did is far worse then anything Arod has done but taking steroids was wrong but the only life he potentially endangered was his own and that’s stretching it.
BTW those that say this is a blog and not part of your paper/writing is wrong. Its on a lohud site and you are still representing your company when you write here.
I’m so sick of the New York media … Joba says that Yogi is short and every paper is screaming today – “JOBA RIPS YOGI” … are you kidding me? Good god. come on.
First of all, steroids do hurt and kill innocent people. Have you all missed the stories about fighters killing or beating their wives and their children? I guess because it’s not in high volume like drunk driving deaths those women and children don’t matter.
Second – the entire point of releasing the video was to humiliate Joba because he’d been built up as a great guy. We all have good and bad instincts inside us, and I think that’s what Pete understands and the rest of you try to ignore.
Also Scott, thanks for revealing yourself to be a misogynist moron. A-Rod’s life is out there for all to see; if Selena didn’t write a book about him, someone else would.