Pirates close on Wandy Rodriguez

[revo]

"On the Yankees, when a player is asked to move into another position or is benched for the good of the team, they do it gladly."

On the Yankees, the vets have so much juice that they aren't even ASKED to move to another position when a younger, better all-around player joins the team.
#justsayin

The yanks have brought in many vets over the years who were stars on their former teams to ride the pine during a pennant chase, and they were not only fine with it, they'd give interviews saying "Anything I can do to help out."

The Bucs are in the race for the first time in two decades, and this guy no longer wants to be part of it.

It's not a Yankee diss -- it's a Pirate diss!

[Judge Jude]

are we talking about incumbent players, or those just arriving?
you're mixing apples and oranges.

which veteran Yankees lost their jobs when a trade happened, and "gladly stepped aside" and said, "anything I can do to help out"?

[frae]

Yeah Kevin Correia is going to get hammered on talk radio here tomorrow. I don't want them to trade him because they don't really have any other depth if there is an injury, but if he is going to whine and pout about a demotion it may increase the odds of a trade. BTW, could the friggen Reds lose? Geez.

[revo]

are we talking about incumbent players, or those just arriving?
you're mixing apples and oranges.

which veteran Yankees lost their jobs when a trade happened, and "gladly stepped aside" and said, "anything I can do to help out"?

*sigh*

ok, would Correia be happy being traded to say, THE YANKEES to be a bullpenner?

[revo]

*sigh*

ok, would Correia be happy being traded to say, THE YANKEES to be a bullpenner?

I'll answer my own question. He'd be ecstatic, and just happy to help out.

[frae]

I'll answer my own question. He'd be ecstatic, and just happy to help out.

I don't know about that to be honest. He seems pretty set on being a starter. ``I want to start. For that to happen, I’ll have to go someplace else.'' Now if he had been on the Yankees and had a relationship there he might know that complaining in NY won't get you anything. There is no history here in Pittsburgh so this winning thing and doing it for the team is certainly a new thing. No matter what, I don't see Correia making or breaking their season now. Once Tuesday passes if he is still here he better find a better way to deal with it.

[Judge Jude]

"Seemed like an obvious shot at Jeter to me. I am less impressed now that I find out otherwise."
once again, you are selling me short.


and no examples offered of incumbent Yankees happily accepting losing their jobs at midseason, especially ones who were performing adequately though not impressively.

regulars going from bad teams to title contenders such as the Yankees indeed tend to be ok becoming role players. that is simply irrelevant to the Correia situation, however.