How many games will we have to blow until the Yankees finally wake up and put Joba in the bullpen?First, a quick test: who was the last Yankee player to come up from our minor league program and immediately and consistently shine?
It was Joba.
And before that it was Derek, Jorge, MO, Andy and Bernie. Please note; not one other player in between has been consistently excellent at anything.
Joba was the first in a decade plus.
So what did the Yankees do? They removed him from his role of excellence and made him a mediocre starter. What's that principle of management called? Stupid???
In so doing, it opened the bullpen to the likes of: Veras, Albaladejo, Marte, Edwar, Melancon, Robertson, Coke, Bombko and about 5 others who are now selling roof tiles at Wal-Mart.
Not one of these guys is worth dick. They cannot throw strikes unless we have an unsurmountable lead. And even then, with Veras in particular, it gets dicey. Phil Coke can give it away as well.
But in a tough situation, where one run will decide the game against a decent team, every one of these miserable losers thinks it is the Yankee way to walk the first batter they see. Apparently, no Yankee pitching coach has ever explained to them that, "walks kill."
If Girardi had any cojones, he would have put both Coke and Robertson on a Greyhound back to Scranton without a stop in the clubhouse to change. If I were running the team, waterboarding would come to mind, then I would put them on the bus. I would also stuff their mouths with habeneros, and tape their lips closed for the ride.
These guys, and all the others, with the possible exception of "Ace" Aceves cannot be trusted. More than that; they suck. They shouldn't be allowed to play the game. They diminish it. They demean it.
The game we lost last night could well be the one game that keeps us home for October again.
Alphonso,
ReplyDeleteI can state without hesitation that the Columbus-Wilkes Barre pitchers who were within earshot of SuperFrankenstein last Thursday (if they understood English), got the message that "Walks kill."
I don't know how it could have been delivered more clearly. The Yankees do not need pitching coachs, as long as SuperFrankenstein has the opportunity to occasionally address the team.
I feel much better. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIf Coke had been in Syracuse that night, we'd have won Sunday.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, though.
We can talk to Coke the next time Scranton comes to town.
The thing that got me most angry was Posada called for an inside 2-1 pitch that went 3-1 and was happy about it. Then they walked the guy and the next one got a hit.
ReplyDeleteAlso Joba isnt a lock as a great reliever. You know what would fix our bullpen? DFA Veras. Then the next reliever to walk a lead off batter gets sent down and another rookie gets a call up.
You mess with their money and they will throw strikes.
Thank God there's someone else out there who gets it.
ReplyDeletePeople always talk about Joba becoming an "ace." It's never going to happen.
Joba will never go back to the pen. Ever.
ReplyDeleteSure he will.
ReplyDeleteAfter his rotator cuff surgery you "Joba should start" people are apparently intent on making necessary.
Somebody from coaltown has to step up and become the 8th inning guy. We made the decision on Joba, and we can't toggle the guy.
ReplyDeleteWe just need to pull the plug on Veras.
Does anybody really think another team would take him?
I think Cleveland will take him, and pair him with Carl Pavano to shut us down in game seven of the playoffs.
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