When push comes to shove (and defying all logic and belief in the essential harmony of the universe, there follows a useful quote from George W. Bush) the player is the "decider". Amazing. Perhaps Bush's legacy will be the 21st century Yogi of politics. Anyway. The fact that Halladay and Damon aren't signed has more to do with GMs getting smarter, (I know that too requires that we suspend disbelief) and more clubs struggling with $$$, than Boras. Damon only has value as a DH and Halladay is perceived as an offensive liability in the AL. Who woulda' thought. I have no interest in the other guy because the Yankees have no interest in him either.
The Yankees also have no interest in Brandon Triche but, more importantly, I do. The young Triche got a painful lesson in Big East basketball tonight in Newark. The Orange got out of town with a 7 point win thanks to Wes Johnson, Chris Joseph, and Scoop "The Meal Ticket" Jardine. Triche, on the other hand, was abused and repeatedly turned over by Seton Hall's 3 guard offense. The Hall got inside both his shirt and his head as Triche responded with one of the worst night of shot selections I have ever seen. And Picasner will testify to my intimate knowledge of poor shot selection having played along side Kevin LeRoy and having once personally gone 1 - 14, all done without blowing a layup.
The good news was that SU demonstrated sufficient depth to handle a run and gun, guard oriented offense - and Triche will grow into the job. JB gave him far more minutes than he deserved, a rarity for our favorite on-screen nose scratcher (I am trying hard to be more upbeat).
And, as expected, the refs allowed a hockey game in sneakers.
The bad news for the Hall - they weren't able to put away a team that committed 4, 128 turnovers and allowed 6,764 offensive rebounds.
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