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The Gospel According To "L" Hello my compadres and welcome to this week's edition of "The Gospel According to 'L'." Remember that this piece is posted at L.O.T.M. Yanks every Sunday or Monday during the MLB regular season and postseason. During the off season, this piece is rarely seen, except on special occasions. Nevertheless, here you will see what almost nobody else will give you - the whole story. Here you will get the truth, not lies or hyperbole. If you dislike what I have to say, you know very well that nobody is obligating you to read it, go to another website. If you prefer being lied to or if you prefer seeing the Yankees portrayed in a disrespectful manner, then go to ESPN.com. With that in mind, let's get down to this week's business. I want to
first talk about something I stupidly did not talk about in
last week's "Gospel." Last Monday, Pedro Martinez caused the
temporary injuries of both Alfonso Soriano and Derek Jeter.
And Mike Mussina did nothing in response! NOTHING! As great
a pitcher as Mussina is, he is a damn sissy! He is to
baseball what anti-war protestors are to politics, and it
doesn't belong in this game. Even Glendon Rusch had enough
cojones to retaliate after Clemens beaned Mike Piazza, yet
Mussina does nothing! And for that he is no better than an
enemy! He is scum for that! Let me give you a lesson on the
art of pitching. I should write lesson plans every week
instead of a written piece, since I do intend to be a
teacher and have been trained as one. When the opposing
pitcher hits your team's hitters, and you do nothing in
response, do you know what that opposing pitcher or that
opposing team will think? They will think they can plunk
your guys without having to worry about any repercussions!
It is a mirror image of the school bully. If a bully keeps
picking on you and you do nothing to stand up for yourself,
the bully will keep doing it over and over again! If Roger
Clemens doesn't try to back Mike Piazza off the plate in
2000, which is what he tried to do, nothing else! By the
way, I don't fault Pedro for throwing inside, he did the
right thing, and he was protecting his plate, as he should
have. But he hit Jeter and nothing was done in return! Now
Piazza was hit by accident, not on purpose! Personally I
wish he were hit on purpose, just to teach him a lesson, but
that's another story. But the point is - if Clemens does not
try to back Piazza off the plate, Piazza will continue to
believe that he can feel comfortable at the plate against
Clemens and keep hitting bombs off him. Same thing with
Pay-Rod in game four of the 2000 ALCS, Clemens gave him some
sweet chin music, high and tight, and he ended up
one-hitting those sons of b**ches that night! You think
Roger Clemens won 300 games by pitching like a sissy?
Pitchers like Roger Clemens get respect because they protect
their plates. True hard-throwing bad-asses are the ones who
will have the most success in this league, not those who
don't want to fight back! It's too bad most people don't
understand that. The only thing those filthy animals
understand is "Yankees suck." But that's what a poor
education gets you my friends; you get what you pay for - or
lack thereof in this case. Let me ask you a question - if
Clemens were a Met and Piazza a Yankee - would the reaction
have been the same? I'll bet Clemens would have been a hero
to millions!
Then there was the series with the Blue Jays that just concluded today. Friday night was a little frightening because of the way Andy Pettitte continued to get hit inning-by-inning. I mean the Jays put up a picket fence for the first four innings for Christ sakes! But thankfully, after blowing a four-run lead, Pettitte was bailed out in the later stages. Saturday was a disaster that will lie squarely on the shoulders of the inept bullpen! Chris Hammond and Antonio Osuna (just off the D.L.) dropped the ball in that eighth inning and helped a sinking ship like the Toronto Blue Jays put the game away! I wasn't even home to see it, so I had to take my radio. I swear I had never heard John Sterling say base hit so many times in a matter of about ten-fifteen minutes until Saturday. And Karim Garcia should be strangled to death for dropping that easy fly ball! I told you a few weeks ago, he'd find a way to make this team lose because he didn't want to come here - my predictions may actually be coming true. It was kind of funny to know that Juan Acedevo came in and only got one out of four batters out. Just like old times eh Juan? I never thought that franchise would be dumb enough to pick up our garbage. But then again - Homer Bush - where is he now? Either a supermarket bag boy, a crack house, independent league team, stuck in the minors for life, or only the Good Lord knows. Sunday afternoon - no complaints. Jeff Weaver is making me eat my words, he's actually pitching the way he was poised to, and not like trash. They say when he's right; he is the next Kevin Brown. Well, he may be starting to show it. Why Jose Contreras isn't off the DL yet is beyond my imagination. He was placed on the DL well over a month ago, why isn't he off yet? Maybe he's hurt worse than we actually realize. All right
now I'd like to talk to you about the All-Star Game, or as
it should be known, the All-Favoritism Game. The Great
Popularity Contest. Because this is not a game of All-Stars,
this is a game of favorite players. This is a game where a
guy who is hitting close to the Mario Mendoza line is voted
in to start over a younger player who is hitting over .300
with 25-30 homers. I have to laugh my friends, I really do.
The media, including YES and other local sources, which are
far better than the national propaganda machine, treat Jason
Giambi's selection as an honor. What are you kidding me! If
anything Giambi should be insulted! The only reason he was
added to the All-Star team was due to an injury. Now don't
get me wrong, he didn't deserve to be the starter, Carlos
Delgado was voted in as he should have been; even I voted
for Delgado to start at first. However the same sick,
pathetic losers who voted in a has-been like Cal Ripken for
so long will not vote for one of the game's most dangerous
first basemen because of the uniform he wears. "Oh no that's
not true; it has nothing to do with his uniform." It
doesn't? Back in 1999, when Derek Jeter was screwed out of
the top spot by some parasite teen up in the New England
region; tell me it had nothing to do with the uniform!
Jeter's numbers at that time were plenty better than Nomar's
- at the end of the season it was a different story, but at
that point in time his numbers were far better! And I can
remember hearing one animal who I hope; well I'm a nice guy
so I won't say it. But anyway, this individual said - "I'm
glad no Yankees were selected to the team." And yet, it has
nothing to do with the uniform! I love it, I really do! If I
were Jason Giambi, I'd spit on Mike Scoscia's invitation.
"This Time - It Counts." Sure it does, and that just proves
to you what an idiot Scoscia is when it comes to managing an
All-Star team! Also left out is 300-game winner Roger
Clemens, yet, the best closer in the game today - Mariano
Rivera. And finally also left out is one of the best
shortstops in the game - Derek Jeter. He even left out Pedro
Martinez! Oh yeah, this time it really counts. I hope the
N.L. wins just to teach Scoscia a lesson. But I also pin the
blame on half the Yankee roster who decided not to cast
their ballots. And for that, they're scum! But I have to
actually applaud ESPN.com for finally showing the Yankees
some respect! Not that they have any respect for the
Bombers, but at least some honest judgment can do some good.
Let me quote the Power Alley - "If Mariano Rivera (1.67 ERA
and 15-of-16 in save opportunities) isn't an All-Star, call
us crazy. What a joke that he's not on the AL team." I know,
hey I'm just as surprised as you are. Maybe they finally
hired a human being to work for them.
Every week I come here to give you information and thoughts you'll get nowhere else. I'm not here to make friends, nor am I here to have thousands agree with my opinions; although you should agree with the facts I give you. Where else do you get the rhetoric being spouted on this page? ESPN? No. Sporting so-called News? No. FOX biased Sports? No. WFAN? Hell no! YES? Nope! Although I must say, Michael Kay is the closest to somebody who tells the truth, unlike the other savages. He doesn't always tell the whole story, but he's better than the rest, including the entire hate lineup on WFAN. Any Yankee fan, who listens to WFAN, with the exception of Sterling's once-in-a-while shows, needs to have his or her brain examined. This is the place where you'll get it all, and you will not see your beloved Yankees made fun of! Here they are treated with the respect they deserve! If you agree with what you see here, tell all your friends, give them the address. I would love for this site to someday get hundreds of hits daily. Someday it will happen. Until next week my friends and foes - Yankee Baseball Forever! © 2003 Jorge "Mr. 161 Street-River Av" Catayi
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