It’s going to be fun this year when the Yankees play the Angels. We’ll get to see Albert the great in action. Honestly thought I was quite happy with him in the NL sparing the Yankees his crushing bat during the regular season. But we’ll have to live with it.
So what about the Cardinals… We’ll this may have been the worse move since the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. Pujols is the best player in baseball. He was well on his way to being the best Cardinal to ever (sorry Stan Musial). Had the Cardinals given Albert some love last winter he might still have a bird on his hat. But they let it go. You can’t tell me they couldn’t afford another $3.2M per year. This was a business decision that had a lot to do with the DH rule.
7 years from now the Angels will have a spot for Pujols in the line up as a DH. The Cards would have had that luxury. This is why either both leagues should either have the DH rule or not. It puts the NL teams at a disadvantage for negotiating with sluggers who want long term deals.
Anyway… I’m sure Cardinal fans will still go to games next season and wave dollar bills when/if Albert comes to town.
Oh.. BTW.. The Angels pending $3B TV contract helped them raise some funds to afford Pujols as well. And for the Cardinals… I maintain that this will go down as one of the worse free agent non-signings in baseball history.
Yankees have been awfully quite. News dominated by Reyes and Pujols. Aside from letting it be known that they would listen to offers for AJ Burnett (who would be interested), Yankee hotstove has been pretty dull. They need to solidify the rotation so let’s hope they find some help.
Kudos to Penn State’s Board of Trustees for making the correct decsion last night to remove Joe Paterno from his head coach position as well as Spainer from being president. There was really nothing else they could have done though. Paterno admitting he should have done more and that left the Board no choice but to let him go.
Shame on the students who took to the streets last night, turning over cars and rioting. I suggest they take 10 minutes and read the Grand Jury report. I guess Joe Pa’s messages about character and integraty haven’t quite hit home with these kids. Then again, it was probably more of an excuse to be part of a “happening”. I’ll tell you this. If I saw my kid on CNN or ESPN turning over a car last night this morning he or she would have woke up to the reality of having to pay their own tuiton.
“I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case. I grieve for the children and their families, and I pray for their comfort and relief. I have come to work every day for the last 61 years with one clear goal in mind: To serve the best interests of this university and the young men who have been entrusted to my care. I have the same goal today. That’s why I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. They have far more important matters to address. I want to make this as easy for them as I possibly can. This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more. My goals now are to keep my commitments to my players and staff and finish the season with dignity and determination. And then I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to help this University.”
So basically he’s saying. I’m sorry this happened. I feel bad for the kids and families. I should have done more. BUT… I want to go out on my own terms even though I was wrong. By the way.. he was going to be out the end of season anyway so this is no sacrifice on his part.
Simple facts. Mike McQueary saw a 60 year old man in the shower with a 10 year old boy. He caught him the act and didn’t save the child. He ran away and told his father and Paterno. Paterno hears from McQueary, 60 year old man, shower and 10 year old boy… he should have gone to the police immediately. Instead he stuck his head in the sand… for over a decade.
Why has Paterno not been fired already? Why is McQueary still an employee? If Penn State allows these two men to coach Saturday or ever again it will haunt them for a very long time.
To call the sex abuse scandal at Penn State despicable is really an understatement. This sub human Jerry Sandusky should be thrown into the general population the worse prison in the country. Did Joe Paterno know in 1998? Of course he did. This piece of garbage Sadusky would bring young boys to closed practices. Wasn’t that a tip off to Paterno and other coaches? Why did Sandusky still have access to campus facilities up until a week ago? It’s all a disgusting mess and Paterno is worried today about coaching on Saturday. He’s got to be kidding. Football does not matter at Penn State right now. Paterno had his opportunity to do the right thing years ago and he missed it. Nothing tells us that he will be a stand up guy now either. Fire Paterno’s ass right now. Ban him from the campus and tear down his statue.
Watch this video showing the timeline of events and you will see that there was a definite cover up.
Is it likely that the Yankees #1 and #2 starters will both be men who have initials for first names? With Cashman saying that pitching is priority in the off season and C.J. Wilson the premire pitching free agent the are odds favorable. But how will Wilson handle the big stage of New York. His agent Bob Garber had this to say… “His body of work speaks for itself,” said Garber. “He’s a No. 1 starter and he’s proven himself on a big stage. There’s no reason he couldn’t do that in New York, so we’re open-minded and that would include the Yankees in the process.”. Some one should probably give Garber a heads up that C.C. Sabathia is the #1 starter for the Bombers. If Wilson is going to come to the Big Apple he’ going to have to get use to being #2 again like when he pitched behind Cliff Lee. Wilson does seem a bit off center which may make him perfect for Broadway.
This week the Yankees announced that they have signed a 3 year deal with GM Brian Cashman. Cashman, 44, joined the Yankees in 1986 as an intern and worked his way up to GM beginning in 1998. No other GM has had his team reach the playoffs each of their first 10 seasons (98-07).
I for one am happy that Cash is on for another 3 years. He’s 13-14 for reaching the playoffs and had a keen eye for talent. Get some more pitching!
