How's that for the climax of Hope Week! Pleasant enough? Yes, we are shackled by the wrists into an eternal, nightmare, dungeon torture chamber conundrum of Stephen Drew - at times supplemented by his twin necromancer, Brendan Ryan. Forever and ever. Drew without end. Amen.
Think I'm overstating this? Let's go to the videotape. Eighth inning, last night. We're down 4-1. We knock out their starter. The reliever gives up two singles. We get a huge break when their second baseman flubs a grounder. We score two runs, put the tying run at third, have the bases loaded, two outs. And here he comes, Satan's hunchbacked, mule-whipping, vampire boatman from the underworld, Frankenstein's nephew, Stephen Drew.
Fly ball. Inning over. Game over. And, one of these days, season over. Mark my words: It will end with Stephen Drew at the plate and Rob Refsnyder sitting at home, watching on TV, like the rest of us.
Essay question: Try to imagine the Yankees going a month with a rookie who hits below .200? They have now gone a full calendar year with Drew. This isn't a small sample size. This isn't a slump. The new reality is that Drew cannot adjust to the defensive overshift, and he is a permanent liability. This isn't someone hitting below the Mendoza Line. Drew cannot see the Mendoza Line.
Last night, we watched Drew's alter ego, Brendan Ryan, flub an easy ground ball, leading to a Cleveland run. Ryan, of course, was supposed to be the great fielder who couldn't hit. We've now watched Ryan for a year, and he's not a bad middle infielder, but he is no Omar Visquel, no gold glove, not even close. They are our Bobbsie Twins, and we are stuck with them because - here's the latest news from Hell - the team apparently thought Rob Refsnyder acted "arrogant and entitled."
Why didn't they just say "uppity?"
Apparently, Refsnyder thought he was coming to NY to play 2B. Did he cut in front of somebody at the buffet table? Because the Yankees announced that he was going to stay and then, less than a week later, threw him back to Scranton, so we could immerse ourselves into the Bobbsie Twins.
When I think of Refsnyder's "arrogant and entitled" attitude, whatever that is, I think of Ian Kennedy. Remember how the Yankees - and their courtier beat writers - were down on Kennedy? He didn't realize that rookies are supposed to bow and scrape, so his ticket was punched to Arizona, in favor of keeping the Yankees' future aces - Hughes and Chamberlain. Kennedy nearly won the Cy Young in the desert, but the apologists said it didn't count - he would never have succeeded in the AL East, because that's what apologists say, rather than apologize. (See AJ Burnett.)
Wait a minute. How long have I been here, whining about Stephen Drew? It seems like minutes, but I just looked at the calendar and - ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT'S ACTUALLY AUGUST OF 2015? I've been writing this post for 13 months! It was July of 2014 when I started. Dear God, I'm trapped. Satan has my soul. As Kirk would say, KHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
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And Refsnyder only won the game against Boston, in Boston, with a home run.
But Stephen Drew has photos, or embarrassing website memberships, of Cashman and Girardi.
It is sick.
When did this arrogant and entitled bullshit come out? And from where? I know I don't read nearly enough, but that is outrageous, even for the Yankees.
When he was here, even the YES announcers could only talk about how great his defense was versus the expectation, and how he wasn't cowed by being in the bigs and looked and acted like he belonged. That was a good thing.
Wtf?
Is it possible that Cashman has some sort of deal with Drew's agent Boras???
I didn't hear one player sticking up for him. Some kids are just annoying. Maybe he's one of them.
This has happened before, when a rookie didn't fit. Yankee players didn't like Kennedy, and there have been reports of his poor clubhouse attitude coming out of Arizona, as well.
If Refsnyder doesn't fit in the clubhouse, that's his fault. A player's clubhouse presence is just as important as his on field ability. Silly writers whine about the game they never played.
That said, I thought Refsnyder looked a bit nervous in the infield, but he looked like he belonged in the batters box. The kid'll get another shot, and he'll have matured in the interim. That's what really matters, not Drew.
It is almost impossible to follow a the US publications about the Yankees out here in the Old World, so can anyone fill me in about Refsnyder and his outrageous behavior. Or whatever he did to piss off the clubhouse. I mean, is there an article anywhere, a broadcast or a leaked video?
Drew has the Picasso-sized contract. I dunno if Draw can draw like Picasso, but Cashman can't admit his mistake. Nobody in Arizona or Chicago or wherever is gonna pick up that contract.
Cadman apologist Mike Francesa made the bad attitude insinuations on his radio program. I do believe Refsnyder will get his chance, but it won't be this year and not necessarily with the Yankees. The way Cash acts, it wouldn't surprise me to see Drew crowing over his new two year contract in the very near future.
I m 68 ALL SEASON I'VE WATCHED YANKEES BASE BALL AND TIME AFTER TIME W/MEN IN SCORING POSITION THE SCORE IS TIED OR BEHIND 1 RUN & UP COMES STEVEN DREW WHAT THIS CAN,T HIT PERIOD SEND HIM DOWN TO DOUBLE A BALL HE'S PLAIN NO GOOD!!!!! SIGNED 68
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