Toast
What’s that I smell? Is it toast? Or maybe it's just a porterhouse on the grill at Keen’s. Either way it smells just great.
Last fall, Al Neuharth, a well-known expert on baseball, wrote a column which got published in USA today, probably because he owns the paper. Otherwise, no way such an idiotic piece would have been printed anywhere. Al’s thesis was that the Yankees were smart to get rid of Joe Torre, notwithstanding his twelve consecutive post-season appearances, six pennants, four championships, and so forth. Torre was washed up, or so Al claimed; Girardi was going to lead the Yankees back to the World Series; Torre was going nowhere out in LA; and Hank Steinbrenner was a genius. (If I were Hank, I wouldn’t be so proud of that endorsement; it’s kind of like the Rain Man pronouncing that Hank is an excellent owner, if you understand what I’m saying.)
Meanwhile, the Yankees are staying home for the first time since 1995; and the Dodgers are close to clinching the NL West. Their magic number was four going into tonight’s game, which they lead in the fourth, so maybe make that three. I know the NL west is baseball’s weakest division, but they’ll still get to play in October, and who knows what will happen when the play-offs begin. How many wild card teams have won it all since 2000? I looked the other day for Neuharth’s article, but it’s long gone, history, just like the Yankees, and I'm guessing that’s also because Al owns the paper. I mean, if you can get yourself published notwithstanding that you have no idea what you’re talking about, you can just as easily bury the article a year later, in the hopes that no one will remember it. Fat chance, Al. There are only a couple hundred articles, or postings, most of them written long ago, not now, not after the Yankees fell on their face, but last fall, just days after Torre had left, reminding everyone what a fool Neuharth is.
However, before I get too excited about the fact that this year, the Yankees really do suck, I have to agree with G-Man. It diminishes the rivalry to have the Yankees in disarray. 2004 was such a big deal, not just because the Sox won the series for the first time in 86 years, but because they had to beat the Yankees to do that. And yes, one of the reasons we all love to hate the Yankees is because they’ve had so much success over all those years. I mean, who hates the Royals?
In the meantime, however, let’s all enjoy the simple fact that, right now, for the rest of 2008, whatever else happens, the Yankees are toast.
Last fall, Al Neuharth, a well-known expert on baseball, wrote a column which got published in USA today, probably because he owns the paper. Otherwise, no way such an idiotic piece would have been printed anywhere. Al’s thesis was that the Yankees were smart to get rid of Joe Torre, notwithstanding his twelve consecutive post-season appearances, six pennants, four championships, and so forth. Torre was washed up, or so Al claimed; Girardi was going to lead the Yankees back to the World Series; Torre was going nowhere out in LA; and Hank Steinbrenner was a genius. (If I were Hank, I wouldn’t be so proud of that endorsement; it’s kind of like the Rain Man pronouncing that Hank is an excellent owner, if you understand what I’m saying.)
Meanwhile, the Yankees are staying home for the first time since 1995; and the Dodgers are close to clinching the NL West. Their magic number was four going into tonight’s game, which they lead in the fourth, so maybe make that three. I know the NL west is baseball’s weakest division, but they’ll still get to play in October, and who knows what will happen when the play-offs begin. How many wild card teams have won it all since 2000? I looked the other day for Neuharth’s article, but it’s long gone, history, just like the Yankees, and I'm guessing that’s also because Al owns the paper. I mean, if you can get yourself published notwithstanding that you have no idea what you’re talking about, you can just as easily bury the article a year later, in the hopes that no one will remember it. Fat chance, Al. There are only a couple hundred articles, or postings, most of them written long ago, not now, not after the Yankees fell on their face, but last fall, just days after Torre had left, reminding everyone what a fool Neuharth is.
However, before I get too excited about the fact that this year, the Yankees really do suck, I have to agree with G-Man. It diminishes the rivalry to have the Yankees in disarray. 2004 was such a big deal, not just because the Sox won the series for the first time in 86 years, but because they had to beat the Yankees to do that. And yes, one of the reasons we all love to hate the Yankees is because they’ve had so much success over all those years. I mean, who hates the Royals?
In the meantime, however, let’s all enjoy the simple fact that, right now, for the rest of 2008, whatever else happens, the Yankees are toast.
posted by pops | 11:35 PM
3 Comments:
I think that's the nose of HP 18. Might be Talisker from the After-dinner flight. Let's ask Rico.
November 8, are you good?
You will all be happy to know this is killing me. I have no glib remarks. I suppose the only joy I will claim is that the price of this humiliation is fine food and drink with friends of equally quality..daled
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