Comments on: Who’s Afraid of Vernon Wells?

By: Kered Retej

Kered Retej — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:59:23 +0000

I really do feel bad for Javy. He seems like a nice enough guy, and I really wish he had found a way to get it together in NY. I had high hopes for him in both of his NY tours.

It mus be tough for an elite athlete like that to have to face the fact that he’s completely lost that ability. I’m sure he knows he’s just throwing meatballs up there, and there’s nothing he can do about it. Must be frustrating as hell.

By: hiscross

hiscross — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 01:14:39 +0000

14. Raf
September 30th, 2010 at 10:04 am
[13] Vazquez has had success in the AL.

14-10 Yanks 04
11-12 Chisox 06
15-8 Chisox 07
12-16 Chisox 08

52-46 Hum maybe of Chicago, not for any East team

By: nettles

nettles — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:48:25 +0000

That. Is. Genius. Frickin’ awesome, Emma. Well done! It’d be funnier if it wasn’t the god’s honest truth, though.

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:03:06 +0000

[0] HILARIOUS!!!!

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:02:54 +0000

[22]

But please, no Oliver Platt as Steinbrenner.

By: Sliced Bread

Sliced Bread — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:39:18 +0000

[0] Great script, Emma. The ageless, flirty, too beautiful to trust Strike Zone could only be played by (please wait) (not yet) (now!) Nathan Lane!

[16] There’s the pitch! I’ll give you everything I have to make CHAD GAUDIN: THE MUSICAL come to life. Have you thought about (hang on) (here it comes) (ready?) Nathan Lane?!

By: Mattpat11

Mattpat11 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:35:21 +0000

[14] He’s had four seasons and has been sub par to awful in three of them.

By: ms october

ms october — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:55:39 +0000

[12] oh yeah – that arod got to 30hrs again despite the early season power outage is impressive as hell.

By: ms october

ms october — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:54:43 +0000

i feel bad for javy. i think if the yanks had put him on the dl this summer when he had dead arm he would have had the chance to rebound some and possibly be a viable candidate to start in the post season.
i know the book ends of this season have been a horror show, but his stretch of quite good games in the mid-summer were impressive.
pretty obvious, but once his command dipped with his velocity he just couldn’t be an effective pitcher.
seems to me he tried like hell to get it all together – his arm failed him though – it’s too bad.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:39:32 +0000

[16] I’d more look forward to Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter in The Book of Five Rings, if you can manage that one instead.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:35:22 +0000

You have to hand it to Javy. When he fails, he does it in epic style. Lots of men have played for the Yankees, but after this season, only Javy can lay claim to two distinctions. Earlier in the year, he set the franchise record for most pitches in a four inning game, and after last night, he is now the only pitcher in team history to surrender 30 or more homers in two separate seasons (and he only need two years to do it). Congratulations, Javy!

By: Emma Span

Emma Span — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:32:35 +0000

Thanks, everyone.

Next up:

CHAD GAUDIN: THE MUSICAL

By: Diane Firstman

Diane Firstman — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:17:01 +0000

[0]

Emma wins AL MVP with this post.

By: Raf

Raf — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:04:18 +0000

[13] Vazquez has had success in the AL.

By: hiscross

hiscross — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:53:28 +0000

Javey is a National League pitcher. He has never did well in the American Leasgue. That strike works well for season veterns like CC, but will never work for Javey. Cashman should have seen this when he signed him. Cash tried to buy cheap and sell high, but the problem is pitchers like home prices are not the same eveywhere. A good NL pitcher (like Javey was last year) is a batting practice pitcher in the AL East. Ask AJ. Looks like the Yankees will go with CC, Andy, and Hughes in the PO. AJ should be OK against the NL team in the WS if the Yanks make it that far.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:52:13 +0000

☢
Brilliant, funny, but sad too. Javy…we hardly knew thee. But it has been enough. I predict he will have great success again in some pitcher friendly national league park.

I wonder how mistress Strike Zone would seduce AJ? He betrays her by rolling in the dirt with his curvaceous pitches, bouncing off the plate, hitting the backstop. Would she even want him?

I never believed two months ago that Arod would reach 30 HRs this season. He obviously was not right for months, and it is great his stroke is back for the post season.

By: rbj

rbj — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:41:59 +0000

Thanks Emma. The last line was perfect, oh so funny because it’s true.

And it would have been damn good to have won last night, but I can’t be upset as it was Cito’s last home game. Let’s just hope the Rays lose tonight and then we’ll see about the final three games.

By: Jon DeRosa

Jon DeRosa — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:24:55 +0000

The last pitch Javy ever threw for the Yankees was a gopher ball. I feel bad for the guy, even though he inspired a lot of holier-than-thou bloggers to hammer anyone who dared question his acquisition.

It created an atmosphere where his performance or lack thereof, reflected on your opinion of how to evaluate baseball players. Again, that’s not fair to Javy or even an accurate reflection – it’s only one guy, one season and nobody can accurately predict every player in baseball.

Too bad he sucked, don’t acquire righties who give up a bunch of homers to pitch in Yankee Stadium.

By: Virginia Yankee

Virginia Yankee — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:22:09 +0000

Very clever Emma! A nice combination of a romance and tragedy. But above all else it was a nice way to lessen the ire directed at Javy.

By: Shaun P.

Shaun P. — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:49:43 +0000

Is it wrong of me to actually miss Javy already, because who else could inspire such a post? Whether planned or not, having Emma’s phenomenal writing to pick me after some of these losses is very nice.