I saw this story on Friday. Yankee manager Joe Girardi is upset that Brad Penny hit Alex Rodriguez in the game with the Red Sox on Thursday June 11. Girardi thinks it was on purpose, and he doesn't like it. He is a Yankee, they can't throw at us. Who knows if it was on purpose or not. Maybe it was. But it wasn't at the head, it wasn't dangerous. And of course Girardi has no problem with the fact that this season, over the first seven games the two teams have played, Yankee pitchers hit a Red Sox 9 times - Yankees were only hit twice. (and a vast majority of those HBP were inflicted on Jason Bay and Kevin Youkilis, the two players who just so happen to have done the most damage to the Yanks this season). It is all part of baseball - but when your team has done the same thing over and over, and finally, the opponent responds (in a way it should, that wasn't dangerous), it is just complete b.s. to fake outrage the way Girardi has. Just shut your mouth and manage your team. In a similar Yankee story, injured reliever Brian Brunney on Saturday said he had a problem with Francisco Rodriguez's antics on the mound. You have to love when guys on the DL feel the need to talk to the press, and then especially in this case when Brunney is a teammate of Joba Chamberlain whose antics rival K-Rod's (not to mention that Joba does not have close to the resume at this point that K-Rod does.
What I would love to happen is for the media to maybe do its job - why doesn't someone who hears Brunney's quote or Girardi's ask them about their apparent hypoctical stances. I am sure he would duck the question, but can't someone at least ask Brunney, "if you you think K-Rod is a tired act, what do you think when Joba celebrates on the mound?" But I won't hold my breath.
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