Steinbrenner Blew It
That George Steinbrenner loves the big-name pitchers - Randy Johnson, Kevin Brown, Carl Pavano, Jared Wright, Mike Mussina - and has paid mightily for them. And not just in coin.
The White Sox are on their way to the World Series, riding on the raft of Cuban pitchers. Jose Contreras pitched a complete game to clinch the series victory, and Orlando Hernandez has posted an ERA of .000 in the playoffs. Steinbrenner forced both of these pitchers to defect from the Yankees.
Meanwhile, in the National League Championship Series, the Astros lead the Cardinals three games to one. Two of their three star pitchers? Former Yankees again - Roger Clemens (who I still think is a Dickhead, if not Dickhead of the Week) and Andy Pettitte, who really loves Jesus Christ. Steinbrenner facilitated their exit nicely as well, disrespecting Andy with a low-ball offer, who then went to the Astros and enticed Roger, who'd been retired just long enough for George to allow his contract to expire, to join the team.
These four guys were all pitching for the Yankees in 2003. Nice work, George.
Labels: baseball
posted by Dan G @ 9:35 AM
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2 Comments:
As awful as it is to get tea bagged in such humiliating fashion, hats off to the Chisox for takin' it to the Halos. They deserve to be in the Series. Ozzie Guillen has done a great job bringing the team back from the brink. I hope the 'Stros get in,too. ...White Sox vs. Astros: An interesting, old fashioned pitchers' series, and a ratings disaster if ever there was one.
MLB can promote it as the Never-Befores vs. the Not-Since-1917s. Then maybe people will watch. I hope I'm not jinxing the 'Stros. If anyone can come back from 3-1 it's the Cards.
Boy, an Astros/White Sox World Series. Are we in some sort of alternate reality?
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