Yankee News (Not Much Going On Folks)
Agent Scott Leventhal said more than a dozen teams have contacted him about Jeff Suppan. The New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners are reportedly two.
He couldn't pitch in Boston. What makes them think the stem-cell hating punk can pitch in New York?
Spring training is still months away, but Kevin Long already has begun work in his new job as the Yankees' hitting coach. He has had lunch with Alex Rodriguez to plan an offseason routine and will visit A-Rod at his winter home in Miami to help prepare him for camp. "I know we all need the offseason," Long said in a recent telephone interview. "But I want to go to spring training tomorrow." Long, 39, is an energetic "cage rat" who has generally been the first person at the ballpark during each of his stops in baseball, whether it was as a hitting coach in the Royals' system or while tutoring up-and-coming Yankees such as Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera in the minors. His new job is his first taste of the majors after 18 years in the game, and he's understandably thrilled. He's also realistic enough to know that he's in a pressure-filled environment with the Yankees, one in which hitting coaches have paid with their jobs for past playoff failures. And he realizes there are skeptics who think he'll have difficulty reaching millionaire superstars because he is not a former major leaguer himself.
Anybody know anything about this guy? Cano and Cabrera are good examples of his work.
He couldn't pitch in Boston. What makes them think the stem-cell hating punk can pitch in New York?
Spring training is still months away, but Kevin Long already has begun work in his new job as the Yankees' hitting coach. He has had lunch with Alex Rodriguez to plan an offseason routine and will visit A-Rod at his winter home in Miami to help prepare him for camp. "I know we all need the offseason," Long said in a recent telephone interview. "But I want to go to spring training tomorrow." Long, 39, is an energetic "cage rat" who has generally been the first person at the ballpark during each of his stops in baseball, whether it was as a hitting coach in the Royals' system or while tutoring up-and-coming Yankees such as Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera in the minors. His new job is his first taste of the majors after 18 years in the game, and he's understandably thrilled. He's also realistic enough to know that he's in a pressure-filled environment with the Yankees, one in which hitting coaches have paid with their jobs for past playoff failures. And he realizes there are skeptics who think he'll have difficulty reaching millionaire superstars because he is not a former major leaguer himself.
Anybody know anything about this guy? Cano and Cabrera are good examples of his work.
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Looks like the Sox are close to moving Manny and will sign JD Drew. Drew, when healthy, is a helluva player, but obviously nowhere near Manny. I wonder what they'll get for him. Should be very interesting.
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