Steinbrenner blames Chien-Ming Wang's injury on NL rules.

[metirish]

Just wanting to keep a sense of normality around here, life goes on and Hank is still a wanker.

] BY ANTHONY McCARRON DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Monday, June 16th 2008, 8:30 PM Hank Steinbrenner has a message for Major League Baseball - make the National League "join the modern age." After the Yankees lost their ace, Chien-Ming Wang, for perhaps as much as three months, Steinbrenner said baseball should implement the designated hitter in the NL to keep pitchers from running the bases. Wang was hurt Sunday scoring from second on a single by Derek Jeter in an interleague game in Houston. "I just think it's time the NL joined the 21st century," Steinbrenner said in a telephone interview. "The AL, the minors, colleges, high schools, they all have DHs. "Truthfully, the NL owners should be concerned with it, even with the practice their pitchers get doing it. You don't need to lose your best pitcher. The pitcher has enough work to do. It's something Bud (Selig) needs to address and he needs to address it soon. Don't give me that traditionalist crap. "We go to these NL cities, draw great crowds and we end up losing one of our best pitchers. I'm not happy." Yankee pitchers took several rounds of batting practice before this spate of interleague games, but Mike Mussina said they did not practice baserunning. "AL pitchers are at the most risk because we don't run the bases," Mussina said Sunday. "When you get four or five at-bats, at most, and get on base a couple times, you never know. We run in a straight line most of the time."

[seawolf17]

I love this story; I think it's hilarious. It does underscore the fact that the DH will be with us for the foreseeable future, though.

[metirish]

Hank reminds me of the fat spoiled kid in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

[Guest AG/DC]

Augustus Gloop.

Not to spoil your solo thread, but this has a thread and you're already in it.

http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=9308

[metirish]

I'll get sent to the principles office for that.

[Guest holychicken]

Maybe if the AL abolished the DH, AL pitchers would be less likely to hurt themselves when playing real baseball.

[nymr83]

="metirish"]I'll get sent to the principles office for that.

maybe even the Principal's office.

sorry.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Hank seems to be implying that the reason for the DH rule is to keep pitchers from getting injured as baserunners.

That's not how I remember it. I seem to recall that it was about bringing democracy to Iraq.

[Guest AG/DC]

it was about bringing more offense to a league whose attendance was falling because the Yankees stunk.

If Steinbrenner wants more DHing, he should instruct his team to lose more.

[nymr83]

The DH rule exists so that the Yankees have somewhere to put all the overpaid "athletes" that they keep bringing in when they break down and can't play the field well anymore.

Also, any rule that doesn't benefit the Yankees is clearly outdated and needs changing.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I like what Michael Wilbon said about Hank and his statement on today's PTI show.

He was born rich and he thinks that makes him smart, clearly it doesn't. He was born rich and he thinks that makes him aknowledgeable baseball man, it obviously doesn't..... I'm sad that we keep talking about him, he's an idiot...a buffoon.

[Fman99]

I will say it again. I will say it every time a new post comes up regarding this individual.

Hank Steinbrenner is a big dumb ****.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

That deserves to be punched in the neck.

I'm pretty sure that Michael Wilbon would agree with you, but I don't think ESPN would allow him to quote you on that one.