Monday, August 19, 2013

  A full two weeks later, and A-void is still dominating the pages of the newspaper and overloading the tweet-feed. If George M. Steinbrenner was still alive and in charge of the New York Yankees I do believe that, much in the words of CVB/Cracker front-man David Lowery, would have sent his "sorry ass back to Florida" and would have eaten the $100M "owed*" to the embattled ballplayer. (* I am more than a little galled to do the math, but I could live comfortably for FIVE years (I live cheaply) on what he "earns" in a day.

But, avoid did earn his money last night. From statements coming in before and during the series with the bosox up in fenway, there were assumptions that someone would throw at arod. The best bet was on Lackey, but maybe that was way too obvious. So it fell to Ryan Dempster -- who has never actually figured out a way to beat the Yankees -- to throw at arod. Threw the first pitch behind his knees, "missed" with two inside fastballs before plunking arod in the elbow on a 3-0 pitch.

Apparently, home-plate umpire Brian O'Nora (did I spell that right?) was the ONLY one in the ballpark who didn't think that dempster threw at arod intentionally. Girardi went apoplectic and got tossed from the game. The Yankee manager got to watch on TV as arod had the best revenge possible: a monster home-run (430 feet +) to dead-center. He got to stand and watch it. He got to jog around the bases, pumping his fist and firing curse-words at whomever he chose, for in that moment - and only in that moment - he was doing what he is being (over)paid to do: help drive the Yankee offense which has turned off the anemia of late. Arod mocked Big Papi's home-plate salute to the fans and to heaven.

Honestly though, I wish we had more moments like that and less of the insane lawyering up, the potshots between the player and the team brass. This whole season has been turned into a debacle by the likes of arod and braun ... at least Tejada's suspension fell by the wayside news-wise, but I am sick of all the stuff that doesn't happen on the field.

Oh, well- Twins host the Mets in a make-up game today: play ball! Neither of those ballclubs have anyone juicing I have to think, or they'r be playing better, right? Right?

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Thanks,
B.

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