WE LOVE RIZZO, BUT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE YANKEE FAN BASE WHEN IT COMES TO SUCKING

Joey Gallo was an awful player. He was awful before he came to New York, but Yankee fans were hoping the short porch would bring magic to his bat.  That did not happen and so when the Yankees shipped him off to the Dodgers, we were thrilled and he was thrilled until he realized he not only couldn't hit in New York, but LA too.  In fact, he can't hit anywhere, and the Twins will soon find that out too.

Then Aaron Hicks started just sucking the life out of our city. And Yankee fans got mad.  When players sign big contracts and don't perform, Yankee fans get angry. These players are milking their contracts, wearing a top uniform and we get mad because that's our hard-earned money these crappy players are pocketing. We want near perfection, especially if you're a Yankee. That's the bottom line.

Anthony Rizzo however has swooped in and is gonna try and save him. God bless him. We love Rizzo, but he doesn't truly understand the Yankee fan base when it comes to sucking in the Bronx.

Randy Miller of NJ.com writes:

"The fan abuse was a buildup of frustration. Hicks hasn’t had a good year since signing that seven-year, $70-million contract a few springs ago. He’s been hurt a lot. His numbers are poor. And in this game, his usual solid outfield play was awful...

First baseman Anthony Rizzo, the Barney Fife to Aaron Judge’s Andy Taylor in the Yankees clubhouse, was asked about Hicks during his Sunday presser...

“When that type of stuff happens, it sucks and it’s on us in the clubhouse to make sure you’re love and protected,” Rizzo said. “When you hear outside noise, it’s hard to ignore it. But as professionals, you do ignore it and you do the best you can. The atmosphere you create in the clubhouse is the most important thing.”...

“It’s a new year, a fresh year,” he said. “What was done last year is done — good, bad or indifferent. 2023 is going to be a whole new book, a whole new journey of ups and downs, ebbs and flows.”

Rizzo is right about circling the wagons in the clubhouse. That always makes a player feel good. But if that player does not perform, Yankee fans will demolish him every at bat.  Is it fair? Nope. But welcome to the Bronx. If you command that type of contract you HAVE to perform, and Hicks is not.

Rizzo is a leader and has proven it in the Bronx, but when it comes to our fan base, I just feel like he will never truly understand it. That being said, Kudos to him for having a positive attitude.