A couple members of the Yankees family came under fire in the New York dailies today.
Actually, it hardly registers as a news flash that Phil Mushnick of the New York Post tore into Yankees announcer John Sterling. Sterling is one of his favorite targets.
Mushnick, though, goes after it with particular venom today. He jumps all over Sterling for botching the call of the final out of a game last week. And then Mushnick goes to town.
Twenty-two years of this garbage, 22 years of tuning to Yankees games forced to rely on a guy who doesn’t know what’s going on and hardly cares. He’d rather holler his asinine nicknames and so-often-wrong “signature” calls so the fools at “SportsCenter” can reward him with a sound bite and a credit.
Don’t hold back, Phil. He concludes:
It’s not even a matter of enough is enough. Enough was enough 20 years ago.
Oh, and for an added bonus, here is what Mushnick had to say about Chris Berman:
Geez, Chris Berman is anchoring another NFL Draft for ESPN. Isn’t there a kid’s birthday party he can work that day?
Meanwhile, at the New York Daily News, Bob Raissman notes that ESPN’s John Kruk took issue with Nick Swisher’s excessive celebration during Saturday’s game in Boston. Considering he was a complete dog during his season with the White Sox, I welcome any Swisher bashing.
From Raissman’s column:
Kruk said Swisher’s display was more about rubbing it in than anything else. He said he’s not a “big fan” of look-at-me celebrations primarily designed to salt the wound.
“Yeah, Nick, you did your job. That’s what you were expected to do so just accept it and be a little more humble,” said Kruk, in a disgusted tone. “I hear Yankee fans say, ‘Well, that’s Nick. That’s the way he is.’ ”
The more Kruk spoke, the more agitated he became.
“But when does a pitcher start saying, ‘This is the way I am and this is the way I play.’ If you beat us you beat us,” Kruk said. “If you show us up and try to embarrass us by laughing and joking and pumping your chest and everything, perhaps I’ll dot you one right between the numbers and see how that feels.”
I don’t know what Phil Mushnick’s problem is but it sounds like, he has a serious problem. Lighten up for Pete’s sake.
And as for Kruk, whatever. He was the face and leader of a team of underachieving clowns. He was a nice player but he of all people should have a heart when it comes to guys actually having fun playing baseball.
Yeah Kruk, the Yankees thumped your Phillies in 09 – you’re not the only one whose dreams the Yankees have crushed.