I felt sorry for Yankees manager Joe Girardi last night. Every reliever he brought in just poured more gasoline on the fire. Had the supposedly formidable New York bullpen done its job the Yankees might have had a chance at the end. I still think the Yankees win this in seven, but my belief in that prediction definitely was shaken by the Phillies performance last night.
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I wish foolish sportswriters and sportscasters would stop grouping World Series stats with post-season stats. The World Series is much more pressure-packed than the divisional and championship playoff series. This is as foolish as saying wildcard game stats are comparable to Super Bowl stats in football or that the numbers from the first round of the NHL playoffs are comparable to the numbers posted in a Stanley Cup finals.
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Speaking of ignorance, how inappropriate was it for Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig not only to allow steroid-user Mark McGwire back into the game as the St. Louis Cardinals’ hitting coach, but also to say that he was ‘delighted’ to have Mark back? Hello! Earth to Bud! Anybody home in that cranium of yours? Performance-enhancing drugs has been baseball’s scourge during your reign. You didn’t acknowledge that the game even had a problem until Congress got involved, and now you’re welcoming back one of the poster boys for cheating. How is this any different from your banishment of Pete Rose? Methinks there is a double-standard at work here. Of course, there have been a lot of double-standards at work during your ostrich-like commissionership.
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Did you see where Bud made an appearance on Letterman last night? I turned it off before the Commish walked onto the Ed Sullivan Theater stage. With guests like that, Letterman soon will be joining Leno on the low-ratings road to comedic extinction.
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Should be a fun night at Yankee Stadium with former Red Sox villain Pedro Martinez on the hill tonight for the Phillies. You could probably start a bonfire with all the “Who’s Your Daddy?’’ posters on display.
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Does the fact that A-Rod went hitless and struck out three times means he and Kate are in a bad place?
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3 comments:
hey scott - about mcgwire, did you forget that arod plays for your team. he just accidentally used
bud lite didn't ban pete-bart giamatti did. and from the mouths of many baseball people, writers and insiders-betting on baseball is akin to a mortal sin. steroids although tainting the purity of the game, just made the game exciting and watchable and helped to correct the mess the owners and players made in sinking the 1994 season.
don't forget andy pettite and jason giambi also contributed to the success your baseball team has had for most of this decade. dump on McGwire all you want-baseball would be a has been sport if it weren't for him and Sosa in 98. Fans were not interested in loud mouth, overpaid, whining, complaining men who were playing a GAME until the pursuit of Maris' record that summer.
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