YES Network and Yankees are blind--VERDUCCI blatently insults them and THEY INVITE HIM BACK

Shortly after Mariano Rivera's historic 2003 ALCS Game 7, when he pitched 3 scoreless extra innings for the Win taking his team to the World Series, Tom Verducci wrote Rivera'a place in history is no different than Troy Percival's. A SO-CALLED YANKEE BLOGGER HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THIS LIE EITHER. Excuse me while I puke.

• From Bronx Banter, Jan. 22, 2004:

"Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci has a column this week about closers and the Hall of Fame. Essentially, Verducci believes that closers are similar to kickers in football, and that it is fitting that is has been difficult for them to reach the Hall:

There is one kicker in the NFL Hall of Fame: Jan Stenerud. There are three closers in the baseball Hall of Fame: Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley. That sounds about right to me. These guys are specialists and as such deserve a more critical eye when weighing their careers.

Verducci is skeptical about whether Bruce Sutter should make it, and he compares Mariano Rivera's career to Troy Percival's. The two have awfully similar regular season numbers,*** though Rivera still comes out on top:"

(REALLY? TROY PERCIVAL? AND YOU AGREE? JESUS GOD ALMIGHTY. WHY DON'T YOU, BRONX B. & VERDUCCI, GO SIT IN A CORNER AND GAZE INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES. NEITHER OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A JOB. sm)

"Of course, Rivera has something else in his favor." (Gosh, Boy Genius, you don't say. sm) "He has been knighted as The Greatest Postseason Reliever in History. Rivera has thrown 96 postseason innings (15 percent of his career regular-season total) and allowed only eight earned runs, a 0.75 ERA. Those numbers alone, like Eckersley's solid years as a starter, could put Rivera over the top when voters consider his career.

Rivera is the specialist's specialist. Someday he might break through the bias writers have against relievers, a bias that deserves to be in place." Permanent Link | Comments (11)

Posted on Jan 22, 2004 at 8:24 AM Pacific Time" (on Bronx Banter)

PATHETIC. FIRST, THE POMPADOURED VERDUCCI MISREPRESENTS MARIANO RIVERA. IT COULDN'T BE MORE POINTED COMING SHORTLY AFTER RIVERA'S HISTORIC GAME 7 OF THE ALCS WITH 3 SCORELESS INNINGS IN A TIE GAME FOR THE WIN. TO IGNORE THIS IS GROSS MISREPRESENTATION AND LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM. (Verducci even used the word "career").

• ***WHAT'S WORSE IS A SUPPOSEDLY LEADING YANKEE BLOG AGREES WITH THIS SLIME BALL, SAYING YUP HIS REGULAR SEASON NUMBERS ARE LIKE PERCIVAL'S, THEN THROWING IN THE POST SEASON LIKE IT'S A SEPARATE LITTLE THING. WAIT--ISN'T THIS SO-CALLED YANKEE BLOGGER ALSO EMPLOYED BY VERDUCCI'S EMPLOYER? AND VERDUCCI USED THE WORD "CAREER"--NOT JUST REGULAR SEASON.
  

IT'S A CLUB FIRST. TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT MARIANO DISQUALIFIES YOU. THE YES NETWORK ZOMBIES LOOK LIKE IDIOTS BEING LEAD AROUND BY THE DUPLICITOUS TOM VERDUCCI. sm