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Tuesday, February 01, 2005 |
Pickoff Moves, After Lunch Edition
A late lunch due to various and sundry meetings today --
Rich Interviews Joe Poznaski
Rich Lederer interviews Kansas City Star sportswriter Joe Poznaski, who confesses to actually liking things SABR. Could we get him in at the Times? Please?Sickels' Picks
John Sickels at ESPN picks the top talent in the minors, and whaddya know but D-Mac and Kotchman turn up on the list, Kotch with an armful of caveats. ("I remain very high on his hitting ability, but the injuries are getting worrisome. You can make a case that I'm rating him too high here, but I want to give him one more year.") The Dodgers' Chad Billingsley makes his list, too ("Isn't as physically projectable as Hernandez, and doesn't quite have Miller's command"), but as with all the other top Dodger prospects, you have to start worrying that they all seem lately to hit a wall at AA and fall down... meantime, the Angels have nary a pitcher on the list.Bonds To Miss Spring Training
Barry Bonds, who earlier had what was called a "minor cleanup procedure" that will in fact keep him out of most of Spring Training. Bonds complained about his "80-year-old knees" before the arthroscopic procedure. His contract with the Giants runs through 2006.The Mysterious Case Of Yogi Berra And The Missing Sense Of Humor
Via The Smoking Gun:Claiming that his good name has been sullied by a "Sex and the City" advertisement, baseball legend Yogi Berra has sued Turner Broadcasting System for $10 million. In the below New York State Supreme Court complaint, Berra, 79, contends that TBS improperly used his name in outdoor ads (on buses and subway kiosks) promoting the cable channel's reruns of the racy HBO show starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Noting that he is a married grandfather and a "deeply religious man who has maintained and continues to maintain a moral lifestyle," the former New York Yankee claims that he has been tainted by the ad, which references the loose lifestyle of "Sex" character Samantha, portrayed by Kim Cattrall. The offensive ads, Berra reported, sought the definition of the term "Yogasm." One of the possible definitions listed in the ad was, "b) sex with Yogi Berra." The correct answer was "c) what Samantha has with a guy from yoga class."Yogi got screwed by the Yankees as a manager, and didn't fare so well compared to modern players because of free agency, but ... well, come on, he's a public figure. Somebody's lawyer needs to lighten up.
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