Wednesday, December 22, 2010

I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WHILE I'M...

...waiting for Christmas. So I'll have to comment on the little things.


***PITCHING COACH ROTHSCHILD WORKING WITH AJ***
Brian Cashman says "...mechanics are everything" with Burnett. I think his head plays into everything he does. If something goes wrong, if he doesn't get a call by the ump, if a batter gets a lucky hit, anything at all, AJ loses his focus and he's done. With other pitchers, if a couple of men get on, you can see them try to find a way out. Not so with Burnett, with him, that freefall doesn't end. He has the most electric stuff on the staff, perhaps in the league, and the Yanks need him to figure this out.


***MORE BULLPEN HELP ON THE WAY?***
The Yanks are still looking at a couple of guys, including Joakim Soria of the Royals. Kansas City says they're not trading him, but we've heard that before. The question has arisen, why don't the Yanks put Chamberlain into the rotation? Well, lo & behold, Cashman now says something Picasner was saying two years ago: "His stuff plays so much significantly [better] out of the 'pen. We had given him an opportunity to pitch in the rotation, and the velocity dropped. It's just not the same stuff." Well, how about that?

***WHAT'D HE SAY?***
Since it wasn't that long ago, the early 1990's, you probably all remember Lenny Dykstra of the Mets & Phillies. When he retired, he became a sort of stock market guru and supposedly made a fortune before it all went away. In a recent interview he attempted to "explain" what went wrong. Former comic, Professor Irwin Corey, he of the gibberish lecture, made a lot more sense. Follow the link if you're interested, but don't expect to learn anything:
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2010/12/21/lenny-dykstra-mired-in-debt-and-blames-jp-morgan-and-wall-street/

***IS THERE SOMETHING BREWING?***
In a recent e-mail, Dwight Perry, Seattle Times, wrote: "...just no Felix Navidad -- keep your mitts off our pitcher!" meaning King Felix, of course. I laughed until I started thinking about the Russell Martin deal. Then I read that the Mariners sent former starting catcher Rob Johnson to the Padres for the "player to be named later." Do the Mariners need a catcher now? Do the Yanks have an 'extra' one? Is Brian Cashman cackling into his hands? Is Picasner clutching at straws? I need a life.

CP-

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