Comments on: Great Balls of Fire

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:32:09 +0000

[31] On that, I agree with you and Tommy.

By: jkay

jkay — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:19:27 +0000

Great balls of fire!

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:39:44 +0000

[24] I feel the same way…perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised though. Torre did the same thing in the Verducci article when he revealed private conversations he had with Arod.

Torre made a huge mistake with this book. I am sure he thought he had enough teflon to pull it off, but when he returns from Hawaii and see the overwhelming criticism, I have a feeling he’ll have a lot of regret.

By: rbj

rbj — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:27:03 +0000

Wow. Remember the 1998 Yankees’ ad, when Cone had his arm in a sling and so some fans were doing everything for him and then he needed to use a urinal and so one guy had to, er, lend a hand? Funny joke, but this is for real, and real disturbing.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:53:55 +0000

[28] And to all you hip-hop fans out there, there is no change in perception of “The Beatnutz” >;)

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:52:13 +0000

[27] But that’s the thing, you CAN beat ‘em, and Donahue proves it!

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:13:02 +0000

If you can’t beat ‘em, scrotum!

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:10:34 +0000

I didn’t hear about the Damon thing, but it doesn’t sound like Torre outed Clemens here. It says clearly that Steve Donahue did.

Sick stuff though.

By: 3rd gen yankee fan

3rd gen yankee fan — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:35:11 +0000

If I was a piece of sushi, I’d be Spicy Tuna.

[0] Y’see, THIS is why I loved Clemens. Because he was SO HARDCORE!

By: tommyl

tommyl — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:15:14 +0000

[19] Yeah, I think its just the idea that players were told everything (whether it be depression, or rubbing tobasco sauce on yourself) was private. I’m sure all of us have done things we’re not too proud of at one time or another, I know I wouldn’t want those things suddenly plastered all over the place.

I also wonder how the Dodgers players must feel now. If I were a player, I wouldn’t talk to Joe about anything at this point. It really kills his credibility and legacy. As I said before, when he left, I felt it was time for him to go but I still had a tremendous amount of respect for him. Now, I’m not yet sure what I feel.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:11:44 +0000

[22] You’re right. I need to go to bed, too. Hopefully Sliced will come out of hibernation and pick this up in the morning, but if not…

well, I’m off to bed. Nikki, if you’re reading this too, you should go to bed as well >;) G’nite!

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:06:28 +0000

[21] you’re on “fire” tonight, Chyll…

ok, that’s enough now…

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:01:31 +0000

[17] I’ll be looking for the guy with “restless legs syndrome”…

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:00:12 +0000

I’m suddenly reminded of Jerry Lee Lewis!

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:59:21 +0000

[16] I hear you tommy, but something tells me not to think too much on the idea of Joe talking out his experiences to Verducci and saying, “Hey, you know what Rocket would do that would really tick me off? He’d go in the trainer’s room before every start, and Stevie would rub him down with some icyhot from his wrists all the way to his ankles, and then you know what he’d do? He’d rub mustard gas on his bojangles! Whaddaya think of that??”

Talking about Damon’s depression bothers me a lot more than this if it were a third person account, but this just goes to show how absurd it is to take this book as seriously as I tried not to at first. In the relative scheme of things, both of these guys ought to be embarrassed to put their names on it. Well, as Bill Gallo drew in his cartoon yesterday, if I got eight of the questions right, I don’t need to read the book…

By: PJ

PJ — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:55:20 +0000

Sort of gives new meaning to Cramer Atomic Balm or Red Hot, doesn’t it?

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:49:50 +0000

“on his testicles” – WTF!?!?! I should do that before getting on the ‘A’ train every morning, at the very least it would always guarantee me a seat.

By: tommyl

tommyl — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:41:56 +0000

You know, the more stories I hear coming out about this book, even the so called “entertaining” ones just upsets me. Torre told all his players to come to him, to tell him anything and that what happened in the clubhouse would stay within. I’m certainly not Rocket’s biggest supporter but this is a betrayal of trust, and on a rather personal level. It really makes me rethink how I feel about Torre. I could hate him calling on EDSP over and over again, but at least I respected his class and the way he carried himself. I don’t know if I can do that anymore, and that makes me sad.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:41:36 +0000

I’ll never hear Simon & Garfunkel the same way again… g’nite!

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:38:03 +0000

[12] Get ready assignments? That’s worse than I could even imagine!

[13] Or maybe not…

“And I think it’s gonna be all right.
Yeah, the worst is over now,
The trainer’s rubbing ointment on my Red Rubber Balls.”