Beav,
I and others understand what you write. But when we on this board read anyone's post we're not bound to restrict ourselves to the border parameters of the person we are responding to. It's not disrespect, it's just everyone's right to extend upon what was written simply because the responder might wish to.
I responded to the idea of "high character" and "high work ethic" in general about the Yankees and their history. It's a fact that they have more known roid/whatever rules breakers. But even if you want to limit this to Girardi, who I believe is a man of very high integrity, a pitcher on his watch who he was responsible for was recorded twice using illegal gobs of pine tar. Girardi may not have known Pineda was going out there the first time like that, but someone failed to make rules clear to that pitcher, and it's clear a breakdown in ETHICS and CHARACTER happened twice on Girardi's team just on that one issue.
Overall I think people outside New York respect Girardi a lot. But let's not pretend there's a character and ethics nirvana going on in New York.
Regarding Cano, we all have to admit what place "character" and "work ethic" get when any team considers a great producer like Cano. If we dig deeper we all had a good idea about who A-Rod was before he joined the Yankees. Cano was the heir apparent to Jeter. The Yankees were absolutely not willing to lose him if at all avoidable...regardless of alleged lack of work ethic.
REVENGE OF THE RED SOX:
Let's see, Ortiz homers off of Price twice in the playoffs last year. Some sort of peaceful agreement was reached between Price and Ortiz, according to the latter, then Price plunks him deliberately on his first pitch of the year to Ortiz. Even if what Ortiz said about an apology being offered by Price is bull, the facts remain Price took a deliberate shot at him the first time he sees him after being homered on twice, the umpire warns him and both benches, then Price plunks Carp and still does not get tossed. Only Sox managers are kicked out, until Workman takes a tit for tat shot and he gets tossed. Ironically, the Red Sox come back and win anyway. Maybe God was telling the umpire...don't be such a dorkuss next time.
ORTIZ DECLARES WAR:
Is this what Price and the Rays really want? Maybe it's the only way to get people to the games in Tampa. :crazy:
http://mlb.si.com/2014/05/31/red-sox-rays-david-ortiz-david-price-ejections/
After the game, according to MassLive.com’s Jason Mastrodonato, Ortiz called out Price for holding a grudge after the two had allegedly buried the hatchet following last year’s incident:
“I have a lot of respect for the guy, man, but it’s over,” Ortiz told reporters. “I have no more respect for him. Last year we kick his ass in the playoffs, he went off, talking (expletive) about everybody, (Sports Illustrated writer) Tom Verducci and everybody. Players.
“We kind of got to talk on the phone. We kind of straightened things out. He was kind of upset. Me as a veteran I kind of let him know how things go in this game. Later on he called me and apologized because he knows he was wrong. He apologized in public. He apologized to myself. Everything was cool. So first at-bat of the season against him he threw at me.
“I mean, it’s a war. It’s on. Next time he hits me, he better bring the gloves. I have no respect for him no more.”
Ortiz wasn’t finished, getting personal with his comments on Price later in his postgame debriefing.
“You can’t be acting like a little girl out there. You aren’t going to win every time. When you give it up, that’s an experience for the next time. But when you’re to be acting like a little (expletive) every time you give it up, bounce back like that and put your teammates in jeopardy, that’s going to cost you.
“I was going to let him know. I respect everybody in this league and I get the same respect from everybody. If you’re mad because I take you deep twice, let me let you know, I have almost 500 homers in this league. It’s part of the game, son.”
These are two teams headed in different directions. The Red Sox have now won five in a row — including two straight walk-off wins — and enter Saturday within six games of the first-place Toronto Blue Jays. The Rays have lost four straight and are now 8.5 games back.
This is becoming one of the most entertaining rivalries in the game, and it did not disappoint on Friday. The Red Sox are surging. The Rays are sinking. The second game of the series is Saturday night, with Tampa’s Jake Odorizzi facing Rubby De La Rosa. Yeah, it’s going to be an interesting weekend in Boston.
Ahhhhhhhhhh what great publicity,
:lol:
Merlot
