I don’t know if the New York Daily News’ Bob Raissman is the only journalist to actively refer to Los Angeles as “Lipstick City”, but he’s certainly the one most likely to be stopped by process servers looking for Gallagher.
Why was Michael Kay treading lightly on Alex Rodriguez and jolly-stomping Joe Torre? That is the question a caller to Kay’s ESPN-1050 Tuesday soiree asked.
The inquiry agitated Mr. Kay.
“There are things about Joe Torre, if I wanted to come out and say, would show how cold and calculated he really is,” Kay fumed. “… Joe Torre is for Joe Torre. … The graveyard of Yankees coaches is loaded with bones of coaches Joe Torre did nothing about.”
In his role as TV play-by-play voice of the Bombers on the Yankees Entertainment & Sports Network, Kay never labeled Torre as selfish, or even hinted he tanked when it was time to stand up for one of his coaches. If Kay felt so strongly about this, why didn’t he offer the information as either opinion – or fact – during a Yankees telecast?
Stop laughing. While Torre was managing the Yankees to 12 straight playoff trips – and four World Series titles – there would be no criticizing, and very limited second-guessing, the manager on YES.
Any stabbing was done behind Torre’s back. The “truth” – or any particular broadcaster’s version of it – is not a priority to the stooges running Al Yankzeera.
Judging by the totally Twinkie treatment Joe Girardi received from YES yesterday at his introductory press conference, the Yankees’ new manager should not be concerned with any covert interference from the propaganda machine.
Girardi worked at the network last season. He now owns an Al Yank diploma. Does anyone really think his former booth buddies (some of whom he played with) are going to offer an honest analysis of his managerial skills, especially if the Bombers don’t get off to a fast start?