Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 25, 2005
Ignoring Sosa

Ivy Chat has some advice for the Cubs concerning Sammy Sosa:

When Sammy said, "They lie. I understand they want to move forward and they feel they have a competitive team, but I don't think nobody can replace me. They can say whatever they want to say, but it is going to be hard, my friend, to duplicate me," Kerry Wood should have smiled and said, "He's right."

When Sammy said that Lee Mazzilli is the first manager ever to be honest with Sammy, Dusty should have said, "That dude is so right!" and winked and moved away.

Instead, these Cubs are still trying to get the upper hand in the media with Sammy. What they miss is that they already have it. We know that Sosa lied. He said he left the last game of the season in the 7th inning. The truth was he left in the first inning. Sosa is a boldfaced liar. With videotape proof.

Maybe Sosa can get in on Jose's pay-per-view event. :-)


Posted by David Pinto at 11:41 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Sammy needs to stop talking about the Cubs and the Cubs need to stop talking about Sammy. And the reporters need to let it go, too. Does anyone care anymore? Sammy is on the Orioles. Why don't they ask him how he's going to like his new stadium? Or the fences with no ivy. Or the new city he's living in. Jeez Louise, I'm really beginning to despise reporters.

Posted by: sabernar at February 25, 2005 12:11 PM

A smiling "no comment" comes across a lot nicer than petty vindictiveness. As much as I can't stand the Yankee dominance over the past 90 years, they've known how to play the media game in recent years. Torre must have told his guys what mom's everywhere have told kids, "if you have nothing nice to say then say nothing at all."

Posted by: LargeBill at February 25, 2005 02:48 PM

TY for the link.

As to the press, so long as the players are willing to answer the questions, the press will keep asking,

Posted by: Chuck at February 25, 2005 03:01 PM
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