If you bet on Boy George losing his cool sometime in May -- you lost.
Co-chairman of the New York Yankees Hank Steinbrenner relayed some of his feelings regarding the pitching staff on Monday and they weren't all that positive. If you didn't read the story in the
New York Times here are a few snippets:
On Joba Chamberlain:"I want him as a starter and so does everyone else, including him, and that
is what we are working toward and we need him there now. There is no question about it, you don't have a guy with a
100-mile-per-hour fastball and keep him as a set-up guy. You just don't do that.
You have to be an idiot to do that.
"The mistake was already made last year switching him to the bullpen out of
panic or whatever. I had no say in it last year
and I wouldn't have allowed it. That was done last year, so now we have to catch
up. It has to be done on a schedule so we don't rush him."
On Mike Mussina:"[Mussina] just needs to learn how to pitch like [45-year-old Phillies pitcher]
Jamie Moyer."
I'm not really sure how Hammerin' Hank believes these comments will help the club, but I guess he knows what he's doing. I mean, you have to have smarts to hold the position he does on one of the most successful franchises in sports. Oh, right.
The plan at the beginning of the season was to start Chamberlain in the pen and then move him into the rotation as the year progressed. I didn't like that idea and really don't see it happening. Sure, the Yanks have had trouble with the starters so far (but we are only in April), but are you ready to give the eighth inning to Brian Bruney (even though he's pitched well)? Would you trust Kyle Farnsworth?
GM
Brian Cashman responded to Boss Jr.'s comments:
"Joba's staying in the bullpen right now. That's where we're at. [Putting him
in the rotation is] not something that's going to happen here early on, and
[Hank] knows that. We've talked about it. I don't know what set him off."
I guess it's never an off day with the Bombers.
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I agree with Cashman. It is still early. Although frustrating, I believe in that the rotation will shape up. Hank is an idiot. I think he will be worse than his dad.