The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte

No, not the Alex Rodriguez jersey:

The Daily News and the NY Post have recently decided to get in on the PROSPECT HYPE TRAIN and both have articles a few times a week about Yankees and Mets hype train. Too bad they don’t have copy editors for their headlines:

“Jesus Matero impressing Yankee officials”

They spell his name correctly (if you’re confused, they meant Jesus Montero) throughout the article which just makes it funnier/more bizarre.

Other amusing things from the Daily News today include random digs at Alex Rodriguez:

Alex Rodriguez did his best Derek Jeter impersonation Sunday with a flip play to help the Yankees beat the Oakland A’s.

Of course, Jeter’s came in a playoff game while A-Rod helped seal an otherwise routine July triumph.

And Bill Madden whining that the Yankees aren’t winning impressively enough (seriously I’ll just take wins at this point):

A win is a win and good teams find a way to get them, as Joe Girardi was saying Sunday in the aftermath of the Yankees’ sweep-completing, 2-1 squeaker over the Oakland Triple A’s. But much as the Yankee manager would like to believe his team is finally finding its groove, he would be advised not to use this particular series as a true measure of his team’s abilities.

(Random aside: I think the Saturday and Sunday games were absolutely indicative of the Yankees abilities: they can’t score runs and their pitching a lot of the time ekes it out for them.)

Sometimes you have to take one for the team, thank you Jose. I salute you for turning this:

Into this:

From The Daily News:

Mussina was selected five times as an Oriole between 1992 and 1999, appearing in three of those games. He hasn’t made the All-Star team since joining the Yankees in 2001. He declined a last-minute invitation as an injury fill-in in 2006, saying, “I was at the supermarket.”

“If (Francona) calls me and I’m at the tractor pull, I’m probably going to stay at the tractor pull,” Mussina said. “I think I’ve done pretty much what I wanted to do this year. … I went out there and proved that I could still pitch when people said I couldn’t.”

That is the best response ever.

A few days ago ESPN’s Daily Poll was “Who is your favorite Jason Giambi”. I forgot about it briefly until I stumbled on the screenshot I took of it. I just want to record this for history:

Also, I voted for Team USA Giambi because he’s so hilariously skinny. Clean cut Giambi on the other hand, is frightening.

I was looking over the box score of the Phillies/Giants game and saw this:

IBB - O Vizquel 3 (by A Eaton, C Durbin)

Wondering why anyone would ever intentionally walk Omar Vizquel I dug through the play-by-play. I figured maybe it was to try and set up a 1-out double play. No, it was far funnier than that.

Bottom 2nd: San Francisco
- B. Molina singled to left
- A. Rowand walked, B. Molina to second
- J. Bowker singled to left, B. Molina scored, A. Rowand to second
- J. Castillo grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, A. Rowand to third, J. Bowker out at second
- O. Vizquel intentionally walked
- J. Sanchez struck out swinging

This is hilariously stupid managing and wastes a pitcher at-bat to lead off an inning. Good job, Charlie Manuel.

Ozzie Guillen quote of the designated time period:

Derek Jeter has everything in his life. He’s got money, he’s got rings. … He’s not married. He lives in New York. At the All-Star Game, I looked around to see if he’s got anything I don’t like. Whoa. The perfect man. Too bad I don’t have a daughter.