Comments on: “What would George Steinbrenner do?” What a ridiculous question

By: pjmarn6

pjmarn6 — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:32:20 +0000

You wanted these guys on steroids to put up the big numbers and get the HUGE multiyear contracts and when the steroids are washed out of their systems and “gee whiz” you find they are just ordinary ball players who are not going to continue putting up fantastic numbers, you get disappointed :(
Poor, poor, poor baseball fans!

By: bbk1000

bbk1000 — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:53:56 +0000

Craig has proven to be more of a gossip columnist than a sports writer, so I don’t expect much when reading his misguided rantings.

The O’s being in first place, along with the extra wildcard gives the Yankees a longer leash. We all know the O’s are not making the playoffs. The Yankees will eventually get their act together, at least enough to make the playoffs.

It’s a marathon, not a sprint, well at least the regular season.

By: stevem7

stevem7 — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:06:09 +0000

Don’t know if you are aware of it Craig but the season is 25% over and the statement “It’s early yet” is about the dumbest comment any sportswriter can make. It makes you an ENABLER of poor performance and says you really don’t care how the team has played up till now because there is time to recover. You probably aren’t old enough to have been around in 1965, but some of us have seen this before and as Yogi used to say “It gets late early out there”. The sun is setting on the 2012 Yankees a lot quicker than you realize and much like the 65 Yankees most of you will spend the season waiting for them to come back which isn’t going to happen. I know, I saw it live in 65.

By: djpostl

djpostl — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:13:59 +0000

13 Hrs yet only 23 RBIs (meaning only 10 of his RBIs are not his own ass) whilst batting behind a guy whose OBP has been over .400 all season. Yup, he is a bum.

By: djpostl

djpostl — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:11:59 +0000

If not on a blog you can bet your bottom dollar it’s on Bleacher Report.

By: djpostl

djpostl — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:11:19 +0000

Because he is just crushing it. Oh wait…

By: djpostl

djpostl — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:10:38 +0000

He also broke Teixeria (or at least has done nothing to address his decline) and broke Jeter last year (Jeter very openly talks about how he had to scrap all the shit Long did with his swing in order to turn his game around).

By: drewzducks

drewzducks — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:50:06 +0000

“I’m Chevy Chase and you’re not”

By: skeleteeth

skeleteeth — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:52:17 +0000

You’re out of your element, Donnie.

By: scastro87

scastro87 — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:44:18 +0000

Shlockiness is his main mode.

By: scastro87

scastro87 — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:43:19 +0000

Not sure if serious.

By: scastro87

scastro87 — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:34:35 +0000

Hmm, well we’re talking about the current Yankees struggles, not their future team or performance, so I don’t see how Jesus Montero’s future performance or potential has anything to do with it.

By: vallewho

vallewho — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:11:56 +0000

and how many other players are there on the team? It would be cool if he could fix 3-4 of them…

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:59:56 +0000

Seriously. But to be fair, beat writers have a tougher job than national bloggers. You guys can write about anything you want in the world of baseball. The local guys have to think of something, day after day after day, to say about the team they’re covering. Matthews is a pretty good writer; forgive him if he devolves into schlockiness a couple times a year.

By: dangle13x

dangle13x — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:42:03 +0000

The only people that haven’t been ripping him are moronic NY fans who idiolized this mongoloid. I’ll admit he was a great representation of the fanbase.

By: dangle13x

dangle13x — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:39:17 +0000

scastro just rattles off sabremetrics to argue. Maybe you should play a little less fantasy baseball and try communicating with people in terms other than stats. The Cubs suck.

By: dangle13x

dangle13x — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:35:48 +0000

Ha you are dumb enough to read a rookies stat line through 40 games.

By: dangle13x

dangle13x — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:34:32 +0000

Talk George all day? Exciting, but I’m good. There are plenty of borish, rich, morons that have the power to make decisions.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:27:17 +0000

Oh, for corn’s sake, Girardi is just doing what Joe Torre always did……wait out the storm. Having said that, a little dose of Hank might be in order, if simply for auld lyne syne.

By: nightman13

nightman13 — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:26:03 +0000

That’s a pretty girl down there Richard, I wonder if she goes out with one of the Yankees!!

By: scastro87

scastro87 — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:12 +0000

.255/.355/.540 136 OPS+ 139 wRC+ with 13 HRs. What a bum!

By: scastro87

scastro87 — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:22:17 +0000

Yankees would be rolling with Jesus’ .262/,295/.428 line.

By: scastro87

scastro87 — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:20:56 +0000

Kevin Long: Fixed Granderson.

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:15:44 +0000

This breaking news just in: Generalissimo George Steinbrenner is still dead.

By: steeler999

steeler999 — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:02:31 +0000

Can we please stop with the ” Steinbrenner would never let this happen” routine. If we acknowledge Steinbrenner was responsible for the Yankees rebirth in the 70s, we must also acknowledge he played a big part in what happened throughout the 80s & early 90s. The Yankees didn’t start turning things around until George was suspended.

By: yahmule

yahmule — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:59:04 +0000

When people pass away, there’s sort of a universal agreement to do a collective shine job on their image and reputation. Steinbrenner really out that social theory to the acid test. I’m glad enough time has passed that people feel comfortable ripping him again.

By: vallewho

vallewho — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:55:22 +0000

George is gonna come back from the dead and:

1- demote Tex to AA for a month to tech him to hit the the ball other way. If that doesn’t work- cattle-prod.

2- switch out AROD’s bats for a 1/2oz lighter models and tells him to lose some of that weight his carrying around the midsection.

3- tell Garner that he’s never gonna be a .300 hitter and that’s OK. Just run and go for 70.

4- tell martin to choke-up on the bat, and pick a few more fights.

5- release Garcia and let one of the “young” arms completely loose.

6- order Hughes to let it fly; every time he thinks on the mound the ball flies out of the park.

7- order Granderson to bunt at least 3 times every week; that will be at least 3 less strike-outs.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:47:13 +0000

Or that Tex insists he can find a hole on the half of the infield where 8 people are sitting.

By: vallewho

vallewho — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:32:48 +0000

One frustrating thing that has been evident for the past 3 years is that the Yankees cannot seem to put a game-plan together when facing a pitcher that they have never seen before. For that alone, I think Long has to go.

By: 18thstreet

18thstreet — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:18:17 +0000

Man, that story about the secretary, I just don’t know what to make of it. I want it to be a story about a rich guy putting his money to good use, but it sounds like the work of a crazy person.