HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW?

It's amazing how the ability of a ball club changes in just 1 game.  Last night the Yankees looked lost.  Today, they looked scrappy and determined.  That's the best part about a loss sometimes.  As soon as it ends, you want to get back to the ballpark and play again so you win.  You gotta love this great, great game.

Today it was about the kids.  The same kids that we here at Bleeding Yankee Blue interview and root for on a daily basis.  We want the next Core Four.  We want the youngsters to be given an opportunity to shine and prove to the Yankees organization that they're ready. Today John Ryan Murphy cranked out his first home run.  Today Dellin Betances looked dynamic.

Today, our buddy David Robertson closed things out in a 4-3 victory.   But I'm getting ahead of myself... this is how it happened:

Vidal Nuno pitched 4.1 innings today.  He gave up 5 hits and 3 runs. He also had 5 strikeouts.  Filling in for Ivan Nova so far suits him nicely.  He a good pitcher, and I love that he's a lefty. Betances followed, and other than balking at one point, he was tremendous.

Shawn Kelley and Matt Thornton followed and looked damn good.  The bridge to DRob was intact and we won.

As far as run scoring for the Yankees... it went like this;

In the bottom of the 2nd, Mark Teixeira scored on a balk. That was followed by John Ryan Murphy singling in 2 more runs. Then, in the 5th, Murphy homered.  Boom, all Murphy, all the time.

It was a good day in Yankeeland.  A combination of the kids and a W. The Yankees have forgotten about being beaten up last night. Today, they had a clean slate! Gotta love it.

Final: Yankees 4 - Angels 3.

I leave you with The Heavy... How you like me now.



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HEY YANKEE HATERS... I GET IT!

I live in a world full of Yankee haters. It's true. Transplant New Yorker here through and through so let me tell you, it is not easy handling the fall-out of Michael Pineda and his use of pine tar not once....but twice.

So remember the first time Pineda was caught with an "unknown substance" that was on his wrist? Well, the good old ex just couldn't resist digging into that one. The next morning I got the standard "HAHA Pineda is a cheater. He's a real Yankee now" text. He's a Red Sox fan so that is to be expected I guess. Now why I ever dated a Red Sox fan is a whole other story for a different time.

That was bad enough. I mean, any other comments made I just issued the standard "come on, everyone does it. Most just don't get caught." Or I also used the "Where were you last year when Clay Buchholz was also accused of the same thing? John Farrell didn't seem to disapprove!" That seemed to diffuse any rebuttals but man.....fool me once, shame on you Pineda! Fool me twice well....shame on me and I don't have a good defense to offer you.

I thought on Thursday I was going to be safe. No one said a word to me. NO ONE! It was like sports fans everywhere just didn't watch the game or pick up a newspaper or.....read this blog! I thought I dodged a bullet....boy was I wrong.

My alarm clock did not wake me up this morning. Nooooo, that was my Mets loving father. He is awake and at work before vampires and zombies disappear. So of course, when it is dark out my text notification goes off and I read this.

Dad: "NICE win last night! Bad job getting caught cheating. What's up with the Pine tar?!"
Me: -____-
Dad: "Someone should've shown him how to be less obvious."
Me: "Yes dad, he made a bad decision."
Dad: "Bad decision? HA! Cheater, cheater, cheater."

Well, I can't really be surprised by that. So after a few hours I finally get into the office. I'm still half dead thanks to my un-godly wake up call. So while I am trying to find an IV to pump coffee through me I get this:

Orioles fan: "Hey Jeana! You have a little something on your collar-bone area there."
Me:*foolishly brushing away* "Is it gone? What is it?"
Orioles fan: "Well now we know who Pineda's supplier is"
Me: "You are lucky I haven't had my coffee yet..."

So after I finally got a cup of coffee in me....

Diamondbacks fan: "Hey Jeana! Is that a hickey on your neck?"
Me: *gives him the "REALLY?! not clever" death stare*
Diamondbacks fan: "Must not be, it isn't brown."
Me: "Very cute. Did you come up with that by yourself?"
Diamondbacks fan: *pulls out his phone and shows it to me* "No, I stole it off of a Meme I found online."
Me: "Yeah, yeah....he did something stupid. Not like he is the first one to do it."
Diamondbacks fan: "None of our pitchers do that, definitely not Wade Miley."
Me: "Your pitchers also can't seem to pitch effectively, either. Maybe THEY need some."
Diamondbacks fan: "Ouch. I will give you that though, since you are down Ivan Nova and now Michael Pineda's reputation is shot."

And it continued later at lunch.....there is a little Arizona version of what is supposed to be a deli down the street. The guy who owns it is a big San Francisco Giants fan. He got his digs in too.

Deli owner: *shakes head* "Your boy Pineda got off easy."
Me: "I know."
Deli owner: "What's up with the 10 game suspension? The crime doesn't fit the punishment. With the way your schedule is he will only miss 1 start. $20 says he does it again."
Me: "I think he learned his lesson."
Deli owner: "What about your management? They should've doe a better job stopping that after he did it the first time. They didn't manage him. Matt Cain would never do something like that."
Me: -____-

So look Pineda, I get it. This isn't a crucifixion or anything. I will say this though, I feel like Matlock or something because I felt like I was in the court of sports law today! Just go out there and kick some butt please! That will shut up all of the haters.





--Jeana Bellezza, BYB Senior Writer and Editor
Twitter: @NyPrincessJ



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NOVA SURGERY DATE SET

Ivan Nova will go under the knife next Tuesday.  That came from the Yankees originally, but here is the report from CBSSports.com, writing:

"Dr. James Andrews will perform the operation on Tuesday of next week (source: CBS New York). Nova has been sidelined since last Saturday when he exited his start because of elbow soreness.

This unsurprising news of course means that Nova will miss the remainder of the 2014 season and likely the early portion of 2015."

 I have a great idea.  We should have Tommy John go around the country to every pitcher who needs Tommy John Surgery.  He needs to walk into their surgery room right before they go under, sign a ball for them, shake their hand and collect a check.  It's fascinating to me just how amazing this surgery had been for hundreds of pitchers.  Actually, John recently spoke out about all the surgeries lately.  Watertown Daily Times wrote that John said:  "'It's unreal... and it's crazy that they would pick 2014 to be an epidemic year, it seems like guys are going down right and left.... Throwing pitches in the big leagues will not hurt your arm... It's what you did down the road when you were younger. ... In essence, the injury itself is a buildup of overuse. And not overuse as an adult, but overuse as a kid... What I would like to see these guys do, these surgeons and all, is ask all the guys who have had the surgery -- 'How much did you pitch as a kid and how often, and did you pitch year-round?' And nowadays, probably 70 to 80 percent of the pitchers today have been pitching 12 months a year since they were seven, eight or nine years old. And your arm is not made for that.'"

It's truly fascinating. Look, in the end, Nova will be fine. Nova will recover quickly and he'll be back before you know it. It is very interesting how many are happening these day though.

Good luck Ivan, get well soon.

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WHY THE SHIFT IS RIDICULOUS!

“Hit em where they ain’t.” Sage advice from Wee Willie Keeler, that today’s ballplayers could benefit from. He would know. A lifetime .341 hitter, he knew how to get the ball where he wanted in order to get on base. He was the master bunter of his day. In fact, he is the reason why there is a rule that if you bunt a foul ball with two strikes, it counts as a strikeout (read here). Keep that in the back of your mind as we look at the trend by managers to put on the shift.

Ahh yes – the Shift. Ever since Joe Maddon started using it every day when he took over the Tampa Bay Rays in 2006, the shift has gained more press time and more popularity than it ever deserved. It is actually a very creative defensive maneuver, based on the principle that if hitters consistently hit the ball in specific spots, put more defensive players to cover those spots. The story goes that it was put on against Ted Williams to distract him (some old-timers call it the Williams shift), and it has survived all the way to today.

The mystery to me is why it is so successful, and why teams are so willing to put it in play. Every time I see hitters like Mark Teixeira batting from the left side and the entire infield is to the right field side of second, I wonder how hitters do not make an obvious adjustment. A simple bouncer to third base gives them a free hit. Yet they continue to try to pull the ball, where they always hit it, and there is a fielder there ready to catch the ball and throw them out at first. It is baffling.

The answer may be as simple as hitters’ unwillingness to adjust. If a hitter insists on being a pull hitter, then take advantage and put all your fielders on one side of the field. In business, we call that being a dinosaur. Keep doing what you have always been doing, even if it no longer works and your business is going down the tubes. If hitters would adjust to the fielders’ positions, the shift would be a historical artifact.

I think guys like Don Mattingly would have loved teams playing the shift on him. He knew how to go with the pitch, and adjust his hitting to the circumstances on the field. He would look at the barrel of the bat on the flagpole to see what direction the wind was blowing and adjust accordingly. One of my favorite stats on Donnie Baseball was his .348 lifetime batting average against Randy Johnson. Left-handed batters were horrible against Johnson, but not Mattingly. He knew how to punch the ball out to left field when he knew he could not pull it. Sure, he did not have as much power to left, but he knew how to hit it there and get on base.

So, here’s a memo to all the major league hitters out there. You are professional athletes. Your job is win games for your team. Sometimes that means that you have to adjust to your opponents’ defensive tactics. It means that you have to hit the ball to the enormous gaps created by shifted infielders. You may not get home runs, but you will get on base and you will come around to score. You will put your team in a better position to win. Which is the point. Then managers will have to come up with another gimmick to stop you.

--Ike Dimitriadis, BYB Writer
Twitter: @KingAgamemnon
My blog is: Shots from Murderer's Row

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LOST IN THE BRONX!

This is Clark Grizwold in the film Vacation. He's lost. While it probably makes no sense to you, I needed to get your attention rather than have a headline that read YANKEES SUCK. In fact, the Yankees do not suck.  They just looked lost tonight. That's the end of that bit...

The Yankees went from creaming the Boston Red Sox 14 - 5 to losing in a more pathetic way tonight.  We were never in it and alot of it had to do with pitching.  I can't even get mad at Hiroki Kuroda, even though fans will want to be mad at someone.  Blame the bats for going silent.  Blame great pitching by CJ Wilson.  Blame whomever, but don't get mad at Kuroda. The dude's been solid for us for the past 2 years.  Tonight he just sucked and you know what? Every pitcher is entitled to a bad outing once in a while. Tonight it was Kuroda. He went 4.2 innings, giving up 10 hits and 8 runs.  Forget it. Chalk it up as a bad night.

The Yankees scored 1 run tonight. Alfonso Soriano sacrificed home Derek Jeter in the 6th inning.  A sacrifice.  Not a homer. Not a hot shot in the corner for a run scoring triple... a sacrifice. Now, I know, runs are runs, but in the case of momentum and rallies and all of that, well, big plays, big moments pick up a team. It's important. The Yankees didn't have any of that tonight. They had no moment to speak of. They had nothing...just a sacrifice.

But don't fret. It's one game. I see big things for the Yankees this weekend. It's the Angels, and we're the Yankees... we got this.

Final: Angels 13 - Yankees 1.
 I leave you with that scene from Vacation:



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THE YANKEES "NEW LIFE"

With the huge turnover the Yankees experienced during the off season, the expectation was that the team would take a while to “gel” and might get off to a slow start.  The club actually did start slow, going 5 – 6 through its first eleven games.  In spite of that start, one got a sense that the “feel” of this team was very different than its 85-win predecessor.

While still “old” at some key positions (shortstop, first base, right field), the Bombers have injected “new” blood at others (third base, center field, pitching), and it’s those unfamiliar faces that are giving this year’s team a new life.

Gone are the likes of the expressionless Chris Stewart and Lyle Overbay who seemed to be there only to fulfill contract obligations.

Instead, “fresh air” is being injected to the club by Yangervis Solarte, Masahiro Tanaka, Dellin Betances, Michael Pineda, Jacoby Ellsbury and Brian McCann. 

While Carlos Beltran is on the backside of his tremendous career, he too has brought promise and hope to a team many dismissed before the season began.

A lasting image from 2013 for me was Lyle Overbay allowing two foul pops – on successive pitches – to drop safely behind him without giving much of an effort to make a catch.  He showed no emotion when the batter followed by lashing a single on the next pitch.  My opinion of course.

I don’t mean to pick on Overbay; he did have some moments for us, but to me a professional baseball player should show that they are out there for a love of the game.  After all, it IS a game and why bother playing it if you aren’t going to give your supreme effort every pitch, every play?

That’s why I feel so good about this “new” version of the Yankees.

Brian McCann will never be one to hide his emotions, and that’s what I love about him.  He shows me that he genuinely cares.

In addition to our new catcher, the 27-year-old Solarte is quickly winning me over.

Just the other night he was the start of a triple play against the Rays.  As he trotted off the field he had a grin from ear-to-ear, and the camera followed him into the dugout where he looked around for someone to either hug or chest-bump.  Later in the game, he would hit his first major league home run and was quoted afterwards as saying he hoped the dream never ended.

That’s EXACTLY the type of player our Yankees have missed for some time.

There is no doubt in my mind that Solarte’s combination of talent (on the field and at the plate) and passion is going to keep him in the Bronx for the foreseeable future.

We need him.

McCann and Solarte aren’t the only ones of course.  Tanaka and Pineda have shown dominance from the mound, and Betances is showing that he truly may be our closer of the future.

Ellsbury has been on fire at the plate, and coupled with Brett Gardner and Ichiro Suzuki in the field, he is the centerpiece of one of the best outfields in baseball.

I still shake my head at the prognosticators who predict that this team is only capable at best of matching last season’s win total.  This version of the Yankees is so much better than that team could have ever hoped to be.

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention our manager Joe Girardi.  I’ll be the first to admit that until the middle of last season I was one of his biggest critics.  It drove me crazy when he’d make moves simply because “the book” called for them to be made.  I threw out the term “Binder Joe” like it was candy at a parade.

Only, Joe has changed.   Or, maybe I have.

Our manager has shown a tremendous ability to use whatever resources he has at his disposal to win.   Last year’s squad should NEVER have won 85 games, yet there we were still in the hunt for a wild card spot with two weeks to go.

In the final game of our recent series with the Red Sox, players seemed exceptionally brittle and by the fifth inning, Girardi had Beltran playing first base – a position he had NEVER played before.  There’s no book in the land that would have told him to make that move.

It worked.

Sure there are going to be moments where I’ll clench my fists in frustration, questioning what the hell our manager is doing, but I’ll never call him “Binder Joe” again.

We’ve had a slew of wins, even slaughtering the Sox 14-5 last night and I don’t know how long it will last.  One thing I do know is this: the Yankees of 2014 are a team headed in the right direction.  From top to bottom this club shows a heart and passion that the 2013 team seemed to have lost.

I really like our “new life”.

    

--Steve Skinner, BYB Writer
Twitter: @oswegos1




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THE YANKEES HIT PARADE

I really do appreciate the rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox. The games are always entertaining. But tonights game was just long. Or maybe it felt that way. Hey look, I have to give credit where it is due. The Red Sox are our biggest rivals, not because they suck, but because they can meet us tick for tack. But tonight, their fielding reminded me more of "The Bad News Bears." Rather disappointing.

Okay, that's the remake clip, not the original. But let's be honest, Billy Bob Thornton was pretty inappropriately hilarious in this film. Just me? Fine!

Our ace, CC Sabathia, did an incredible job today. He pitched 6 innings, only giving up 2 runs. After last nights game, it's exactly what we needed. He gave our bullpen at least a nights rest. But the real heroes in this game were our bats. Jacoby Ellsbury did an excellent job of leaving his old home of Boston something to remember him by, going 3 for 6 with 3 RBI's. Mark Teixeira hit his first home run of the season, in a moment of "is it or isn't it." The ball hit just above the line, and the ump waved his hand around, signaling a homer. Brett Gardner spent some time stealing bases in the 3rd. Was an excellent reminder of his speed.

Top prospect Shane Greene made his major league debut tonight. Of all teams, and of all places to make your debut with the Yankees, I imagine that Boston is the most nerve wracking. He is charged with 3 runs, and struck out Shane Victorino. Welcome to the big leagues, Greene!

There was a moment in the 1st inning where Gardner was called safe, which made me question these new catching rules. Now it worked in our favor this time, but for the sake of fairness, I have to ask "what the heck?" The new exchange rules state that if a fielder catches the ball for the out, but looses control of it on the exchange, the runner is safe. Uh, say what now? Hey, MLB! Fix that! I foresee so much confusion due to this in the future.

The defense by the Red Sox was making basic little league mistakes out there. It was a train wreck. Good news for us, but resulted in 5 errors for them. They sent out five pitchers, including Mike Carp as relief. That makes two positional players that the Yankees see pitching in the same week.


Final: Yankees 14 - Red Sox 5

--Erica Morales BYB Senior Writer 
Twitter: @e_morales1804

 

 

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PINEDA SUSPENSION HANDED DOWN

It turns out that Michael Pineda will in fact miss 10 games for his antics last night. In other words, suspension.  Obviously MLB is taking into account the pine tar neck situation as well has the pine tar on his hand the last time he pitched against the Sox, even though the last time people weren't sure it was pine tar at all.  Whatever the case, the suspension starts now. 

Now, Michael Pineda could in fact appeal and attempt to have his suspension reduced.  But to be honest, we know what it was, we know he did it, he admitted it.  I'm not too sure how he appeals, why he would and what good it will do. It will waste everyone's time. The Yankees are embarrassed, Pineda has egg on his face, or... er... pine tar... and life goes on. We're down 1 man in the rotation now, and I guess they can fill the hole with David Phelps in the meantime.

So what did we learn? We learned that if you're going to cheat, conceal it better.  We learned that pine tar, according to the "experts", and by experts I mean every single person on the planet that spoke out about this, can give you alittle grip.  We also know for a fact that it gives the ball better movement when it breaks.  Just so you know... that's cheating.  That's why Michael Pineda was suspended.  It wasn't because he didn't cheat well enough... it's because he cheated.

The story's over ladies and gentlemen.  Yankees vs. Sox tonight... let's get a W.

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IT'S NOT PINEDA-GATE, IT'S PINE TAR. GET OVER YOURSELF

The rulebook states that a foreign substance being used by pitchers to doctor the ball is illegal.  If you use it and get caught, you’re ejected and most likely suspended.  That happened to Michael Pineda. He was dumb, real dumb… almost like he wanted to get caught.  I mean for crying out loud, it wasn’t like the dude was late to the game, jumped off his motorcycle and accidentally wiped bike grease on his neck as he was getting his uniform on. He put it there on purpose.

It was out in the opened.  He admits that and you know what? He was disciplined and to be honest... now it’s over.  That’s unless you read the blogs and media all over the world today, who are reviewing the incident as severely as rape or PEDs use. Yup, what I wrote is extreme, but it’s to make a point; He cheated ,he blew it and it’s the 24th of April. I don't feel like reviewing every other doctoring incident caught on camera because I'll be here all day. Plus, it's a silly exercise. I'm talking about the hammering of dumb Michael Pineda.  I am stating it here... this incident is now behind us.

I tweeted this last night and I meant it:

I know Pineda was dumb in this whole scenario, but the reporters are crucifying him like he injected PEDs on the mound or something #itsover
— Bleeding Yankee Blue (@BleednYankeeBlu) April 24, 2014

The line of questioning from reporters last night was too similar to a Congressional hearing. There were even slick beat writers almost trying to trip the guy up because of the language barrier, almost to get him to say something scandalous  Sure, Michael Pineda messed up, but he could have hid behind the Yankee machine and never talked to the media last night.  What he did was the right thing to do.  He took his lumps like a man, and now he needs to deal with the punishment. Case close. I'm not so sure investigators need to go to him home and look for more pine tar evidence, you know what I mean?

Ironically, through most of this, I was coaching Little League when my phone blew up as I stood in our dugout. “Pineda got pinched”. “Did you see the pine tar on Pineda’s neck?” I got a quick update and continued on my way with our own game. The funniest parallel I can tell you is that it was damn cold last night and our pitchers were freezing.  They couldn’t grip the ball. One of the kids said,"I wish we could use something to get a good grip.”  I said, “You can’t do that, it’s illegal”, knowing good and well that pitchers have been using some sort of grip on the ball for decades.

Look, my position on this is simple; If you need it, use it. But if you get caught, don’t deny it and take your lumps.  John Farrell did the right thing last night, but he was also a pitcher who most likely used, or knew someone who used pine tar in his clubhouse in his career.  Joe Girardi was a catcher who knows all about it too I’m sure.  These 2 did their best tap dance to the media.  The media let them slide, because it’s not supposed to be talked about. "Those to managers are old school, but Pineda, he's new in this HD world where everything is amplified! Let's get him!"

Meanwhile, Al Leiter, was as giddy as ever and talking to the audience in the post-game, openly admitting to using pine tar on his belt to get a grip.  In other words, it’s no big deal… or is it if it’s literally on your face?

What Michael Pineda did was stupid.  But it’s over.  Overkill in the New York media over an incident like this will erupt into something more. It will fester.  Look for a ton of managers to examine Pineda, or others every game now.  Is it fair? Sure. Go for it. My point is this is nothing new. Life should go on like it did before Pineda.

In the end, this isn’t PEDs being shot up in his ass on the mound during a live game ladies and gentlemen.  This isn’t murder. This is pine tar on a 30 degree, windy night. It’s not a scandal, it’s a dumb mistake.

Pineda’s suspended… let’s move on, OK?

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ARE YOU DUMB, OR JUST STUPID?

Look, I'm the first to admit that I love the doctoring of the ball. And just so you know, everyone does it and everyone used to do it. Look, I'm a child of the Gaylord Perry era and no one did it better than him. I also understand it's cheating, which makes the whole thing seem like a big contradiction because I also know that PED use is cheating... and I hate that.  OK, so sue me...

Tonight, in front of the world, just 2 starts later, Michael Pineda used pine tar on this person after the same team he used pine tar on the last time... and this time, he got caught.  Now, I know that John Farrell wasn't realizing all of this in the dugout tonight.  Farrell had it in his head last night that Pineda was most likely going to get checked in today's game, and that's a smart manager.  You break up the game with alittle examination of the opposing pitcher and even if Pineda doesn't have an illegal substance, you hope the pitcher is thrown off, rattled and distracted a bit. It also wakes up your own club.  Tonight, John Farrell played the odds and won...so did the Red Sox.

But not only does Michael Pineda have pine tar on his neck and screws himself in the process... he also screws the Yankees and with it, changes the whole landscape of the game.  More importantly, and I'm saying this because it's very important... write this down...

If you really need an illegal substance and aren't smart enough to hide it, you clearly have no confidence in your own abilities.  Pineda failed miserably tonight.  It's disappointing. There is no comeback story anymore. Pineda has let his team down and it's pathetic. 

But believe it or not, there was a game tonight. It didn't matter much to the Yankees, because the moment Pineda left the game, the Yankees didn't show up anyway. There were errors and a lack of run scoring.  The wind was out of the sails. It was over in the 2nd. 

The Yankees scored 1 run tonight. Alfonso Soriano had a sacrifice fly and Carlos Beltran was able to score.  That's it. Again, the Yankees had 3 errors. The Yankee bullpen did a good job of holding the Red Sox to only 5 runs, but you also have to understand, John Lackey pitched really good tonight.  I hate saying that, but it's true. You have to wonder... if Pineda was actually dealing and not screwing around, could the Yankees have had a chance?

We have more about this incident in MICHAEL PINEDUH!, but it was clear, the game was lost in that second inning when Pineda was ejected.  It sucks, but we need to move on.  Sadly, the New York media will crucify Pineda tomorrow, and they should. He deserves it.  What a dummy.

Final: Red Sox 5 - Yankees 1

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MICHAEL PINEDUH!

Michael Pineda won’t be sent down, HE’LL BE SENT TO SCHOOL!! I will first say to all the Yankee hating, self-righteous fans attacking the Bombers’ # 1 idiot, YOUR PITCHERS ALSO USE PINE TAR! Yes, even your team breaks the “No Pine Tar” rule. So grab a seat in your glass house and put down the stone. You have no leg to stand on.
 

Now back to Pineda. Unlike the countless number of MLB hurlers that use a bit of the sticky stuff to get a better grip on early spring evenings, Mikey was dumb enough to make it obvious beyond obvious. He should have just taken George Brett out to the mound instead of his glove, winked at John Farrell and yelled, “Hey! I’m going to use pine tar tonight!” Seriously was this kid dropped on his head?

The towering right-hander was already under the microscope after being caught with a foreign substance on his hand during his last outing against Boston. Did he think, “Maybe if I make it so blatant they’ll completely miss it? Maybe if I wear it on my neck in plain sight they’ll figure there is no way I could be that dumb.” No, Mikey. We all now KNOW you are that dumb. In fact were setting up a spelling contest between you and Yasiel Puig and I am betting heavy on the Not-too-bright Dodger outfielder.

I also have to take the WHOLE YANKEE TEAM to task on this one. It’s like being a parent and stopping your goofy kid from wearing two different shoes on the way out the door to school. Everyone in road grey HAD to have seen the giant smudge of tar on Mikey’s neck. Why not stroll over and say, “Hey, Big Mike, maybe lose the large jar of pine tar on your neck. It’s just a thought. Your call at the end of the day, but I think they might be able to see that…FROM SPACE!!”

I am just utterly disgusted in Pineda. Not only did he make himself look awful but also he is going to be suspended 10 games for sure…and I’d toss in 2 more for absolute stupidity. He is the CY Young of dumb dumbs at the moment and it’s a shame considering all he went through to get back to the Big League level.

I wish I could go on and on about this, but I am really at a loss for words. I’ll just sit back and listen to the sports world bash Michael Pineda and the Yankees. They have them dead to rights this time around.


** Here’s an old classic about being a moron by RUN DMC. Way to go Mikey.**





--Mike O'Hara, MLB Fan Cave Host, Season 1
   Twitter: @mikeyoh21
"Paulie was always my favorite player."


 

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