Monday, May 16, 2011

Cashman Goes NEWT

In an unprecedented move, the New York Yankees have petitioned Pope Benedict to allow an exorcism to free Brian Cashman from the undead spirit of George Steinbrenner.

No longer able to exercise free will, rational thought, or sane behavior, the possessed Cashman convened a press event in the owner’s box during Saturday night’s game to throw an already disturbed Jorge Posada under the same bus that Jorge earlier jumped under when he refused to bat ninth. Posada apologized to Yankee manager Joe Girardi the following day but rather than let the story die a natural death, the Steinbrenner-channeling Cashman poured gasoline on the smoldering ashes by ripping Yankee Captain Derek Jeter for his innocuous post-game comments that if he felt Posada had done something wrong he would have spoken to him.

Jeter has been clearly unhappy with Yankee management since their bush behavior in contract negotiations and their really stupid handling of the Posada incident is hardly part of any solution to the Yankee’s on-field problems: a line up with only two regulars hitting over .260, a porous defense, and if you need more, see Chad’s last post.

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