On Joba, the White Sox, Mark Cuban, and the state of the Yankees

Sorry I haven’t been squawking much. Between being out of town, and writing for The Faster Times, I haven’t had much time as of late. I should be able to get back on a regular squawking schedule this week.

I did write a new piece for The Faster Times called Some New Joba Rules for the Yankees. Check it out.

And I got to watch most of the games this weekend. The Chicago White Sox looked dead, dead, dead. I don’t get why Ken Williams broke the bank last month for this team in picking up Jake Peavy and Alex Rios.

And how about A.J. Pierzynski? He continues to be one of the more annoying players in baseball by knocking Sergio Mitre – who was pitching a one-hitter – Saturday with a batted ball. Granted, it was an accident. But A.J. is like the Forrest Gump of mayhem – he always seems to be in the middle of such things.

Did you see the way Mark Teixeira’s eyes lit up just before his homer Sunday? That was hilarious.

Jose Contreras looks like he’s at the end of his career. I felt a little sorry watching him Saturday.- I rooted for him hard to succeed when he was a Yankee – I was at the first game he pitched with his family back (he beat the Mets!)

Did you see this quote from Ozzie Guillen this weekend?

“I’m always going to say the way it is. Some people have some guts, some people don’t, some people say maybe it’s Ozzie being Ozzie, my honesty takes me to a lot of problems, but nobody is going to change me. And I will keep my head up because I know I was telling the truth. I never lied. The only time I lie is when I tell my wife I love her every day. That’s bull (bleep). But everything else, I’m straight up.

I think Ozzie’s going to be sleeping on the couch for a while after that remark. Sheesh.

One of the cool things I did get to do this weekend was to go on New York’s 1050 ESPN Radio Friday night. I spoke with Bill Daughtry about my article on why I think Mark Cuban ought to buy the Mets. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Bill and his producer for putting me on the air.

Coming later today – I actually agree with something Kevin Youkilis said! But in the meantime, please tell us what you think of the state of the Yankees!