Comments on: Bronx Banter Interview: Jane Leavy

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:31:34 +0000

Great job as usual, Hank. You da man!

By: Ken Arneson

Ken Arneson — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:24:10 +0000

Ha, the boxing ring thing reminds me of when I took my 3-year-old daughter to the voting booth earlier this month. She decided she wanted take a couple of things with her, one for each hand. So we walk to the voting room, and she’s holding a Disney Princess purse complete with earrings and mirrors and fake lipstick in one hand, and a sword in the other. And as we’re walking along she’s swinging the sword and shouting “Kill! Kill! Kill!” And I thought, hmm, either watching her sisters play video games is having a bad influence on her, or she is developing a healthy American disrespect for politicians. Either way, her generation is probably going to have a different way of looking at gender roles than mine did growing up.

By: Cliff Corcoran

Cliff Corcoran — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:02:51 +0000

I read the intro stuff until you got to the Mick. I’m half-way through the book and enjoying it. Looking forward to reading the rest of this once I’m done. Meanwhile, my 18-month-old daughter’s new favorite song is “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” — someone got her a Yankees board book that contains the lyrics and she makes her mom and I sing it to her several times in a row several times a day.

By: Dimelo

Dimelo — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:43:04 +0000

Hank, good job with the interview here, but one thing about your first paragraph that I always find baffling from Yankee fans is how Gehrig is always glossed over when it comes to career stats and his correct place in Yankee history.

Just look at how many times Gehrig’s name appears here:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/leaders_bat.shtml

Not implying this was a intentional omission on your part, but it is something that I feel happens a lot. In some respects I kind of feel it’s the same with Jeter.

Both weren’t flashy players, they just did their job day-in day-out, however, I find many people look to diminish them. With Gehrig, it’s always “he never won anything without Ruth or Joe D”. With Jeter it’s always, “but he has no range, but he doesn’t hit homeruns, but he’s not vocal enough, etc, etc”.

It’s always interesting to me how the flashiest players get all the attention and we fail to sometimes recognize the lunch pail guys, the guys that just do their job w/o much flash.

Yankees that are in my top 10 are: Gehrig, Jeter, Donnie B and Bernie. Never in any of their respective careers were those players considered flashy.

By: Emma Span

Emma Span — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:29:26 +0000

Great interview, Hank.