Some more thoughts on the Yankees letting David Price go to the Red Sox. Yesterday I read a story about how Brian Cashman’s injury after jumping out of an airplane was even worse than we knew at the time. Turns out he broke his foot and had to get multiple surgeries on it. What’s more, his body still shows the evidence of the mishap. “I’ve got a plate with 8 screws in my right ankle,” he told the Boston Globe. “Do I regret it? No, it was wild.”
What is he, 14? It was wild? Good grief. There’s Cashman’s mindset in a nutshell. I don’t understand that bravado, especially given his job.
I am sidelined right now from running due to bursitis in my right hip and tendinitis in my right hamstring. I got hurt during the Staten Island Half-Marathon on October 11, and the pain got worse and worse over the next few weeks until I saw a sports medicine physician in early November and got a diagnosis. I have multiple regrets about my first real running injury. I regret not going to a doctor earlier. I regret continuing to run with the pain. I regret not doing weight training — I found out after the fact that this was a big factor in why I got hurt in the first place.
You know, having regrets isn’t necessarily bad. Maybe, oh I don’t know, sometimes people learn from their mistakes? But given that Cashman bragged this summer about riding a bicycle around New York City without a helmet, it doesn’t seem like he ever does. Or he learns the wrong lessons, like passing on David Price because he made the mistake of giving CC Sabathia the ability to opt out and shake down the Yankees for more money. (An aside: I have running club friends who mountain bike and do triathlons and all sorts of badass things. And guess what? They all wear protective gear, including helmets, when doing so. Guess they’re just not as tough as Cashman.)
At any rate, after seeing the Yankees pass on the best free agent in the market, I have to wonder, do Brian Cashman and Hal Steinbrenner have a coherent plan? Or is it like Cashman recklessly jumping out of the airplane and breaking his ankle — they just do whatever and hope for the best? This team is another year older. The chances that A-Rod and Tex have the seasons they did last year are slim. And if Tanaka is the closest this team will have to an ace, they’re in real trouble.
I can understand not trading for Price. But not signing him as a free agent, especially when it wouldn’t cost a draft pick, is lunacy. Sorry, fellow Yankee fans, but there’s no way to spin this decision as a good day for the Bombers.
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