March 01, 2008
Old Farts
Two great quotes from Brian Cashman in one paragraph:
"Brett Gardner is not your typical Yankee-profile type of player,'' he said.
"We're trying to break that profile to some degree because there's more to this game than hitting for power.
"We think he could be a Juan Pierre who takes a walk. Here's a guy who can steal bases; he can get on base; he plays the short game. We need athleticism like that, especially when you have a bunch of these old farts filling the roster out. Those young burst-of-energy, athletic guys really stand out on a team like ours.''
Juan Pierre who takes a walk. Wouldn't that be Tim Raines or Rickey Henderson?
Bunch of old farts. It was a little over ten years ago that I realized I was an old fart. I was in Cleveland for the World Series with ESPN, and most of the production team was out at a club at The Flats. I was trying to have a conversation with the other person from our group in their 30s, and we both decided the music was too loud. Since it didn't seem to bother any one in their 20s, we came to the conclusion we were old farts, and have called each other that ever since.
It's good to see Cashman putting his players on notice. It seems to me that the veterans on the Yankees aren't being treated with kid gloves anymore.
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Juan Pierre who takes a walk. Wouldn't that be Tim Raines or Rickey Henderson?
Sure--if you added moderate (ten to twenty-five HR/yr) power, cut his caught stealing rate in half, and made him an above average to excellent outfielder. You wouldn't have to improve his throwing arm, at least to create a pseudo-Raines.
Yea, I don't think that woulda gone over too well, for Cashman to start comparing people no one has ever heard of to the two greatest lead-off men of all time.
"We think he can be another Rickey Henderson." ... right.
"It seems to me that the veterans on the Yankees aren't being treated with kid gloves anymore."
I agree, by the way, who signed and overpaid those "old farts"