Comments on: Yankee Panky: Spring Flinging

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:55:46 +0000

and damn, I remember Bubba being an awful hitter but jeez…thats just putrid.

By: RagingTartabull

RagingTartabull — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:50:48 +0000

[38] to be fair, Bubba’s best season was ’05 where he hit .276/.304/.327 over 76 games (his career high). Last year Gardner put up a .270/.345/.379 line over 108 games.

Bubba also topped out at 4 steals, although I think that was more Torre misusing him than anything else.

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:41:27 +0000

[37] Brett Gardner is a faster version of Bubba Crosby. Do you see any parallels, Cliff?

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:32:04 +0000

For what it’s worth, entering camp, Girardi said that he felt Gardner was their best defensive center fielder, but Brett needed to prove to him he was an everyday player in order to be the center fielder.

By: a.O

a.O — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:47:29 +0000

Yes, there is a quote from Girardi, but I agree that the headline is a little misleading. It is perhaps accurate to say that, because Gardner is working hard to improve his bunting at the request of Girardi, he is in his “good graces.” But to the extent it implies that “good graces” = starting job, that may or may not be true. And that’s where this article comes in…

I’m guessing Gardner will get a shot to play regularly, but not all the time. And his relative success or failure will dictate how much Winn starts throughout the season.

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:31:59 +0000

[34] My bad … There is one quote from Girardi.

By: Will Weiss

Will Weiss — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:30:50 +0000

[33] That headline is misleading, especially since there’s not one quote from Girardi. It’s a good feature, but I still read it as, “this is one of the only ways Brett Gardner can prove his value to the team.”

By: a.O

a.O — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:16:13 +0000

Will, have you seen this piece today in the Times? Seems to imply the opposite conclusion of you re Gardner. Not saying it’s right, but that’s my reading of it, mostly based on the title.

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/gardner-bunting-way-into-girardis-good-graces/

By: Eddie Lee Whitson KO

Eddie Lee Whitson KO — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:14:11 +0000

Melky got his chance and while many have fond memories of timely hits and youthful exuberance, the most value the yanks got out of him was shipping him to Atlanta.

Gardner has not gotten anything near the same chance so far (thumb), and rather expect some serious outfield platooning this season, which bothers me b/c it gives girardi another tinkering obsession. I’d rather see gardy get his fair go and if he craps the bed, so be it. Until then he has the right to claim the baseball equivalent of diplomatic immunity – small sample size.

By: a.O

a.O — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:06:24 +0000

[26] Hey, thanks man.