The Menace Of Red

When Clint Frazier ran into the wall catching that fly ball the other day, it doomed him.



He made a great catch, just as Jacoby last year did when he, too, collided with the immovable object.

Jacoby did not recover for well more than a month and, by that time, he was deep on the bench.

I am sorry to say that Red may be menaced by the same thing.  An extensive recovery period.

The Yankees are saying his concussion was his first, and it was minor.  I think not.

He is describing symptoms that suggest a fairly significant relocation of his grey matter, and I think he won't play ( or should not ) for 4 weeks.  By that time, the team has been selected.

He may, of course, force himself onto the field.  The personal incentives are high.  But his performance will falter, and the symptoms will return, if he plays too soon.

So he has punched his ticket to Scranton.  Should Jake Cave suddenly emerge, he may have punched his ticket out of town.  All because of a great effort.

" Good deeds shall not go unpunished," said my grandmother goose.

For some reason, the hands of destiny seem to not favor this young man's Yankee future.

I hope we get lucky.