Sunday, June 14, 2009

Tantrum Time

How is it that Chamberlain and Posada can go deep into a pitch count with constant shake-offs and meetings at he mound? Who is in charge here? Clearly, it was neither of the players involved. They looked no better than two petulant children. Throw what I call. No, I'll throw what I want. No. Throw what I call. No. No. I'll throw what I want to throw.

Given that, what was the role of the manager and pitching coach in the fiasco? Looking at the results, their most active response was to tsk, tsk on the bench. Just what the Corp. needs, an enabling mommy and daddy. Guess which one is the mommy.

Scoring 15 runs can cover up a lot of problems but the Steinbrenner Corp. had better get its pitching sorted out. While everyone sees Boston up by 2 games, who has noticed that Tampa Bay is 3 games over .500 and a winner of 5 straight?

Radio Susan was pondering the size of a sell out at Yankee Stadium after attendance was announced at 48,000 and change. The answer is just over 52,000. Susan commented that it doesn't matter that the Yankees no longer sell out because everything at the new stadium is so much more expensive than the old that, even with fewer fans, Steinbrenner Corp. is raking in tons more money. Doesn't that warm your heart?

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