Obligatory comment on Joba Rules
The "Joba Rules," restricting young pitching prospects to strict pitch count limits and required resting periods before appearance, have got to go, say columnists and bloggers. Why? Because Yankees fans have been so damn insecure, and rightly so, about their team's chance of success in the playoffs this year, or even making the playoffs.
The Joba Rules are a wise stewardship not of the Yankees' chances this year, but of the entire future of the franchise and playoff races for years to come, according to other columnists and other bloggers.
Coming from a perspective of not giving a crap if the Yankees win now or later, here's the real truth about the Joba Rules:
Today's young pitchers are apparently a bunch of pussies.
Are they that fragile?
Come on.
Is Major League Baseball's history littered with the untold stories of countless young pitching prospects whose arms were blown out and futures ruined along with their teams because in the old days managers and owners didn't buy into any of this pansy nonsense?
Are we prepping these guys for their coming out in the debutante ball or are they athletes competing in a man's sport?
Maybe that Dorothy dress the Yankees had Ian Kennedy wear the other day is more appropriate than any of us knew.
The Joba Rules are a wise stewardship not of the Yankees' chances this year, but of the entire future of the franchise and playoff races for years to come, according to other columnists and other bloggers.
Coming from a perspective of not giving a crap if the Yankees win now or later, here's the real truth about the Joba Rules:
Today's young pitchers are apparently a bunch of pussies.
Are they that fragile?
Come on.
Is Major League Baseball's history littered with the untold stories of countless young pitching prospects whose arms were blown out and futures ruined along with their teams because in the old days managers and owners didn't buy into any of this pansy nonsense?
Are we prepping these guys for their coming out in the debutante ball or are they athletes competing in a man's sport?
Maybe that Dorothy dress the Yankees had Ian Kennedy wear the other day is more appropriate than any of us knew.
Labels: Ian Kennedy, Joba Chamberlain
posted by Trentonian Editor at
11:08 PM
2 Comments:
Joba pitched for the second consecutive day Thursday. This 21-year-old has given up less runs than Gagne has blown saves. Kinda sucky.
No question, he's the real thing so far. The point was whether he'd crumple like a China doll if they did happen to pitch him two days in a row. You'd think not, but that's the way Yankees brass have been treating these young pitchers.
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