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Hank Steinbrenner is the blogging gift that just keeps on giving. He’s obviously said some completely idiotic things already this season, but yesterday’s comments reached new heights of absurdity.
Following the news that Chien-Ming Wang will be out until September after hurting himself running the bases, Hank had this to say:
"My only message is simple. The National League needs to join the 21st century," Steinbrenner said in Tampa, Fla. "They need to grow up and join the 21st century.Ah, yes Hank, rules from the 1800s must all be removed from the game! In Hank’s baseball world there will be no pitching, hitting, fielding, running or throwing. Strikes, balls, outs and runs shall be eliminated. There will be no diamond, no field, no grass, no bases. In fact, there will be no baseballs at all. The sport will just be some finite number of guys (not nine of them though, because that would be soooo 1800s) standing around with one rule and one rule only: one of them is the designated hitter.Am I (mad) about it? Yes. I've got my pitchers running the bases, and one of them gets hurt. He's going to be out. I don't like that, and it's about time they address it. That was a rule from the 1800s.
This is always a concern of American League teams when their pitchers have to run the bases and they're not used to doing it."
Also, for the record, the DH is a horrible rule, so it’s actually the American League that needs to put on its big boy pants and let the pitchers hit. And since when are pitchers not used to running? They are humans right? I mean, they have run before, I’d imagine.
This post originally appeared on the Sporting Blog. For more, see The Sporting Blog Archives.
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George forgets that if the NL were to start using the DH we would not be treated to headlines like “Yankee’s injured Wang out until September,” and that would really be an outrage.
by GreivisVasquezTurnoverMachine on Jun 17, 2008 10:59 AM EDT reply actions
Great point. And great username you got there. As a Terps fans, I can totally appreciate that one.
by cmottram on Jun 17, 2008 11:29 AM EDT reply actions
Hank Steinbernner also doesn’t like the Red Sox, does that mean we have to get rid of them too?
by npcPronk29 on Jun 17, 2008 1:16 PM EDT reply actions
the best part about greivis is the My20/Jefferson Pilot/Whoever the hell they are people make him the ’player of the game" every single time, no matter the outcome or his statistics. it always prompts to ask “yea, for which team” since its even odds he was hurting more than helping (see: hurricanes, miami, 2007, 2008). hence i felt the name apropos.
and sorry for getting hank and george confused earlier. i’m so used to tuning out the original new york blowhard that the new one just triggered the same old reactions
by GreivisVasquezTurnoverMachine on Jun 18, 2008 3:48 AM EDT reply actions
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