St Joe is back in town with his Dodgers and Francesa was kissing his ass. Joe was making nice and saying how all is forgiven and he was too emotional when he left the Yankees.
Now let's review. He came to this team when he was reviled and termed "Clueless Joe." He did a great job, no one can take it away from him. Just like Casey Stengel did. But just like Casey the time came when he had to move on. And he couldn't do it. The Yankees offered him a contract that still made him the highest paid manager in Baseball and he said he was "insulted." He went to the Dodgers in America's second largest market with a team in contention. How did that work out for him? He's a good manager but I think there were any number of guys who could of done it with the Yankee team. I mean Joe Girardi did it last year and he ain't exactly Miller Huggins if you know what I mean. Joe just didn't appreciate what it means to be part of the Yankee tradition. He made tons of money and will go to the Hall of Fame because of the teams the Yankees gave him. Nobody can take his accomplishment away from him. But the Saint act is getting real old.
I bet he get a warm ovation in his first appearance and then they can boo the shit out of him.
Saints are great but you don't want to hang around with them too much. Too sanctimonious if you know what I mean.
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When the count goes to 2 and 1 it turns the average batter into a .300 plus hitter. When the count is 1 and 2 they all become .150 or .180 hitters. You can look it up. It follows that the only vital job a manager has is to increase the percentage of control pitchers on his team and get rid of the wild throwers fast. That's how I coulda been the greatest manager ever...but I preferred to hide my light under a bushel.
I am reading a great book called
'1921: The Yankees, the Giants, & the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York' by Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg. It is the history of the year 1921 in the first World Series that the Yankees were in against the New York Giants who shared the Polo Grounds with them. Babe Ruth. John McGraw. Baseball. Great reading.
Here I was thinking they were playing at the Stadium and they were on the West Coast.
CC pitched a great game last night and when Mo struck out the side, Torre and Mattingly lost their shit like the little bitches they are.
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