Hank Steinbrenner is an Idiot

by Drama on Jun 16, 2008 10:29 PM PDT

New York Yankees team co-chairman (and Buffoon, Jr.) Hank Steinbrenner ripped the National League and blamed it's archaic rules for the injury suffered by starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang in Houston on Sunday. Wang will be sidelined until at least September after tests revealed a partially torn tendon in his sprained right foot.

“My only message is simple,” Steinbrenner said in Tampa, Fla. “The National League needs to join the 21st century. They need to grow up and join the 21st century.”

Steinbrenner said he was angry and added: “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.”

He went on to babble:

“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,” Steinbrenner said. “It’s not just us. It’s everybody. It probably should be a concern for National League owners, general managers and managers when their pitchers run the bases. Pitchers have enough to do without having to do that.”

It will be a pleasure kicking his ass in his own ballpark...even if we have to use the stupid DH rule.

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People can't think clearly

when their Wang is hurt.

by jbox on Jun 16, 2008 10:43 PM PDT 2 recs

I believe

this is your greatest post of all time.

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra

by Sammy G on Jun 17, 2008 2:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's definetely the funniest thing

I’ve read in a while.

Still waiting for "Baseball Today" to give the Padres some love.

by momosanche on Jun 17, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

When Chase is DH

and he heals the sick while hitting the cycle with two grand-slams, he’ll be bitching that we should have to bat our pitchers!

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jun 16, 2008 10:45 PM PDT 0 recs

I do believe

the DH rule was adopted in 1970, not the 1800s

SAVE BUDWEISER!

by sdsuaztec4 on Jun 17, 2008 4:55 AM PDT 0 recs

Wang

"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG

by TheGrandHatching on Jun 17, 2008 7:27 AM PDT 2 recs

That Headline!

“Hank Steinbrenner is an Idiot!”
“Sun Rises Again!”
“Tuesday Follows Monday!”
“Breathing Necessary to Sustain Life!”

Now, you listen here! 'e's not the Messiah, 'e's a very naughty boy! Now, go away! -Brian's mother from Life of Brian, or KT

by Boilermaker19 on Jun 17, 2008 8:25 AM PDT 0 recs

I was disappointed to find your avatar

isn’t Shotgun Tom Kelly.

by jbox on Jun 17, 2008 8:38 AM PDT 0 recs

Just for you, jbox.

by Drama on Jun 17, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

The Yankee Rotation

At one point featured these three consecutive names:

Lytle – Brown – Wang

Get it?

hee hee hee…so juvenile

by pasadenapadre on Jun 17, 2008 10:09 AM PDT 0 recs

Can you believe

they expect pitcher to run to first base to cover the bag? And they haven’t made bunting illegal yet.

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra

by Sammy G on Jun 17, 2008 2:37 PM PDT 0 recs

It is unfortunate that Wang was injured in an activity that millions of children take part in every day- I guess we shouldn’t expect a pitcher to be able to run. Maybe a better solution would also be found with children- how about we let pitchers bat, but if they get on base, they are replaced with a ghost runner!

Currently blaming the D-backs struggles on: the Order of the Blackened Denarius.

by kishi on Jun 17, 2008 3:34 PM PDT 0 recs