Where to Begin?

So much confusion, thanks to our beloved if often confused Picasner, and so little time.

 Let’s start with this little nugget,

 ***I NEED AN EXPLANATION, PLEASE***

Why do you bring in your closer with the score tied? It's not a save situation. 

The generally accepted management principle is that you bring in your closer in the top of the 9^th when you are at home and the score is tied exactly for the reason contained in Picasner’s statement, “It’s not a save situation”. If you are home and tied after 8, the home team can never have a save situation. So, bring in your closer, presumably your best shot at a scoreless half inning (unless you're Mariano pitching against Boston), to give yourself a shot at winning with a single run in the 9^th.

Picasner’s most lucid observation: May 18 – “Calm down, Picasner.”

 Notable Quotable? Dave Powers, affectionately known as “Mentor” may have said  "Make the other team make the play." Along with 11,458 other coaches, managers, players, sports writers and other ne’er do wells, but manufacturing a homey quote to explain consistently cheesy base running is tiresome, even though we know Our Beloved Leader to be an unabashed Yankee apologist. Gardner’s move was Gardner dreaming. Damon was 0-2 getting gunned downed at home by the Phillies. And the list goes on.

 What to do with Hughes? Wrong question. Ask, instead, “What to do with Wang”.

Picasner almost gets it right commenting on Steve Phillips, “This guy could screw up a Little League team.” Fact is, he did screw up a Little league team, aka The Mets.

Picasner continues his I hate Manny campaign. Manny carried the Dodgers to the NLCS in 2008 and was hitting a paltry .348 with 6 HRs in 27 games this year. Nice way to waste your money, unlike the great value the Yankees got from enormous contracts given to Carl Pavano, Randy Johnson, ad nauseum. Current Yankee Best Buys include Nick Swisher a steal at $5.4 for a .243 lifetime hitter (currently underachieving at .223) or $3.75 million for Damaso Marte and his 15.19 ERA.  Dearest P, even if Swisher “comes around”, you’ve got bupkus.

Irritating Personality? Gary Sheffield is in the Warped Personality Minors compared to the pinstripper’s wife cheating, Madonna-boinking, attention seeking, vainglorious, juice head – The Look at Me, Look at Me, A-Roid.

Midsummer special: Watch our Fearless Prognosticator’s head explode if Manny is voted (currently 4^th in outfield votes) onto the All Star team. Once again we may learn to never underestimate the stupidity of the American electorate.