It's been a wild, wild week, chock full of a
whole buncha shit that I either wasn't anticipating or was just fooling myself into believing would not happen - well, that's not entirely true, I was somewhat expecting Torre to be outski (but certainly not in the manner in which it went down) - and my Yankees Chick brain is still spinnin' like a top.
The disappointment of Torre leaving and now the surprise and anger I'm feeling towards A-Rod (I mean
Betray-Rod; does he realize how much effort I have put into supporting him and telling haters to shut the f*ck up every time they called him out?! OK, breathe...
serenity now... more on that disappointing development at another time in life [AKA tomorrow]) have left me a smidge concerned about the future of the team, but those fears were assuaged a bit by my excitement over the fact that Girardi was confirmed to be the winner of the
2008 Yankees Manager Lottery And/Or Death Trap of High Expectations And Intolerable Scrutiny. The Girardino was
my pick for the job, and I really do have high hopes for the team under his leadership, but his hiring has left another couple of nice dudes in the lurch: Mr. Pena and dear, dear Donnie Baseball.
Tony could surely get a managerial job elsewhere - he was, after all, Manager of the Year in 2003 - and has even said he would be happy to stay in NY in a coaching position under
Manager Girardino, so we surely can't feel too poorly for him, but Mattingly is disappointed and done with the Yanks.
Girardi was the right choice. More right than Mattingly or Pena, and even
right-er than Torre, much as we love him. Mattingly would have been not much more than a sentimental hiring, chosen purely out of the Yanks' collective love for him, which, with the efforts the Cash Man has made to turn this team around, would not make much sense at all. What will become of the man, though? He has already said he would not accept a coaching offer with the Yanks, so unless he magically comes out of retirement and kicks Giambi's fat ass out of first base to join the roster next year, his time as a Yank is dunzo. Will he manage somewhere? Coach? Minor leagues? A tour on the Professional Motivational Speaker circuit?
Hey, if Torre gets an offer somewhere (LA?) perhaps
he will bring his old bench coach along for the ride? You never know...
Add to RSS
So the A-Rod thing definitely did suck and really did piss me off. Typical A-Rod. I PRAY we just re-sign Lowell and don't even get involved in the A-Rod sweepstakes. I want no part of it.
Oh, and a while back one of your lovely readers had the quote of (something like) "just because you have the best record in the league doesn't mean you're the best team." I was hoping maybe they're still reading and if they've changed their stance on the subject. haha.