JonRags
10-03-2005, 09:17 AM
I prefer what the GM said..............
Stolen from msn.com........
Yanks angry with Rangers' moves
The Yankees will open the 2005 postseason on the road and some of them are blaming an unlikely source for that.
Rangers manager Buck Showalter.
According to a report in the New York Times, several Yankees were not pleased that Showalter pulled three of his best hitters from Sunday's game with the Angels in the third inning.
If Los Angeles had lost that game, the best-of-five series would have opened at Yankee Stadium. But the Angels earned home-field advantage for the ALDS with the 7-4 win over the Rangers.
"I just think there's a code of honor when so much is on the line," Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez said. "You hope people do the right thing, but you can't control what people do. It is what it is."
The Rangers and Angels were tied 1-1 in the third when Michael Young drew a two-out walk and was removed for a pinch-runner. Mark Teixeira followed with a run-scoring single and also gave way for a pinch-runner. Hank Blalock completed the trifecta, singling in a run, then leaving the game for yet another pinch-runner.
Texas would score four times in the inning, but would not manage another run without their three stars. Young, Teixeira and Blalock combined to go 4-for-5 in the game, but their replacements didn't manage a hit in six at-bats.
"It's surprising," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "If his team was in the playoffs, I could understand it a little bit more. It's just surprising he pulled them so soon."
According to a report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Showalter said he pulled Young, Teixeira and Blalock because he wanted them to get a standing ovation from the Rangers' crowd.
"Those guys posted up every day," Showalter said. "They deserved that cookie."
Not every Yankee thought Showalter was out of line. GM Brian Cashman said he had no issue with the move and placed the blame squarely on his own franchise's shoulders, saying, "If we had won one more game, we wouldn't have to be worried about what anybody else did."
Stolen from msn.com........
Yanks angry with Rangers' moves
The Yankees will open the 2005 postseason on the road and some of them are blaming an unlikely source for that.
Rangers manager Buck Showalter.
According to a report in the New York Times, several Yankees were not pleased that Showalter pulled three of his best hitters from Sunday's game with the Angels in the third inning.
If Los Angeles had lost that game, the best-of-five series would have opened at Yankee Stadium. But the Angels earned home-field advantage for the ALDS with the 7-4 win over the Rangers.
"I just think there's a code of honor when so much is on the line," Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez said. "You hope people do the right thing, but you can't control what people do. It is what it is."
The Rangers and Angels were tied 1-1 in the third when Michael Young drew a two-out walk and was removed for a pinch-runner. Mark Teixeira followed with a run-scoring single and also gave way for a pinch-runner. Hank Blalock completed the trifecta, singling in a run, then leaving the game for yet another pinch-runner.
Texas would score four times in the inning, but would not manage another run without their three stars. Young, Teixeira and Blalock combined to go 4-for-5 in the game, but their replacements didn't manage a hit in six at-bats.
"It's surprising," Yankees manager Joe Torre said. "If his team was in the playoffs, I could understand it a little bit more. It's just surprising he pulled them so soon."
According to a report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Showalter said he pulled Young, Teixeira and Blalock because he wanted them to get a standing ovation from the Rangers' crowd.
"Those guys posted up every day," Showalter said. "They deserved that cookie."
Not every Yankee thought Showalter was out of line. GM Brian Cashman said he had no issue with the move and placed the blame squarely on his own franchise's shoulders, saying, "If we had won one more game, we wouldn't have to be worried about what anybody else did."