Views from the Facade - 7/2
Much has been made about what a great move it was giving Alex Rodriguez two days off during the Yankees series in Florida last weekend. What’s still being overlooked, at least by the YES broadcast team, is why didn’t it occur earlier? Why did it take an intervention from Brian Cashman to make it happen? Why didn’t Joe Girardi get off the dime earlier?
The only reason I can come up with for questions 1 and 3 is that Girardi is under so much pressure to win he’s going pedal to the medal the rest of the season. That, and personally, I don’t think he’s a very good manager. It doesn’t matter if A-Rod said he felt great every day, Girardi has an obligation to A-Rod and to the team to make sure he’s performing at or near 100%. And make Phil Hughes the 8th inning guy already, would ya.
It’s this type of situation that convinces me that anything short of a world’s championship will cost Girardi his job.
Xavier Nady will undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow next Wednesday. Nady was told by doctors that the ligament tore completely off the bone (hope you weren’t eating when you read that).
Jose Molina will begin a minor league rehab assignment at Triple-A Scranton on Friday. Once Molina is ready to return to the majors, the Yankees have to decide whether to carry three catchers or send Francisco Cervelli to the minors to play every day. The latter probably makes the most sense.
Alex Rodriguez Jr. may star in the bigs one day. Okay, he’s not really A-Rod’s son, just his nephew..the son of his half-brother Joe Dunand Sr. Lil Joe, Joe Dunand Jr., is 5′9″, 140 lbs…and only 13 years old. But as the Daily News reported he’s a chip off the old uncle’s block.
Uncle A-Rod and his nephew have a “comfortable” relationship, according to Dunand Sr., who adds that his son shares A-Rod’s “love of the game and work ethic.”
This from the Elias Sports Bureau - When A-Rod and Ken Griffey Jr. homered in last night’s Yankees-Mariners game it marked just the 2nd time in major league history that two players with 550 or more home runs went yard in the same game. Willie Mays and Hank Aaron were the first duo in 1971.
Newest Yankee Eric Hinske will wear #14. The Baltimore Orioles are the only AL East team that Hinske has not been a member of.
Joba “the nibbler” Chamberlain set a new record, but it’s not one to be pleased about. He has the most career no-decisions for a pitcher with 26 starts.
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