Indeed, he was. Or is. And today, Yank fans should mourn the loss of Weaver, a true baseball character, who will be missed in the bullpen, the clubhouse and, most notably, Suzyn's postgame show.
That line, "I'm not as tough as I look..." surgically ignored the fact that Weaver resembled a kindergarten teacher who found a Yankee jersey and somehow slipped through security. He seemed to channel Wally Cox, though his fastball exploded on batters, and if he hadn't completely run out of gas and blown two tires, as well as leads, we might have won the 2024 world series.
Weaver is the latest ex-Yank to move across town, a troubling migration that is starting to suggest a sea-change in the city's culture. The Yankees keep losing players who, - despite NYC's oppressive scaffolding, un-Julia-Roberts-like hookers and pizza rats - actually like Gotham and want to stay. Yesterday, he agreed to a 2-year, $22 million contract that adds him - for now - to Devin Williams and Clay Holmes, none of whom had to change their mailing address when they moved.
Listen: I'm not going Chicken Little here. No panic in this colon. It's still early in the hot stove winter. A gaggle of free agents remain unsigned - including ex-Yank Michael King - and anything can happen. But the Mets seem to have unlimited money and a scar on their cheek from having ditched and lost Pete Alonso. Meanwhile, in every interview and funeral home visit, Hal Steinbrenner offers a long poormouth solo. You wonder where this is going.
Today, the Internet proclaims the Yankees are "among the finalists" for the Japanese ace, Tatsuya Imai. It's us or the Cubs, says our great friend and companion, the A.I. chatbot.
Dear God, we all know what's coming: The participation trophy. Meanwhile, New York City slowly turns orange and blue.
I don't wanna sound the sirens and call for mandatory evacuations. Not yet, anyway. But if the Yankees lose out on Imai, it's a freefall to the secondary options.
Luke Weaver turned out to be far tougher than he looks. The Yankees? I'm not so sure.
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Bye Bye Luke
Easy Gas
Came to pass
Time to change the name
To the NY YankAss
“In a world where
EVERYTHING is going to shit!
One team is leading the way
To a baptism of, uhm, uh, like, you know . . .
Bronx Bottom Spray!”
I'll really miss Weaver. They totally fucked with his head trying to "fix" his "problems" with pitch tipping. That's why they didn't try to re-sign him and he didn't want to come back. More great coaching that a) didn't work, and b) alienated a player.
Maybe he'll suck with the Mets, but why don't I think he will?
God, Cashman and his morons are just...morons.
Perhaps they’re more.
More than just morons.
But how would one quantify it ?
And how would we described it ?
He was good for a season and a half or so. Relievers are volatile and I can’t see what the Mets are thinking paying him 11 mil. They overpaid for the two guys that imploded as closer while not paying their homegrown first baseman. Cashgrab is clearly trying to at least make the playoffs and hope for a miracle. Wtf is going on in queens?
LYRICA, AA. LYRICAL...
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