jgb@hou3c.UUCP (Jennifer Buchner) (06/29/84)
Hello!!! A little while ago, I asked for suggestions to help "Rescue the Yankees!" I received many ideas and here they are... Many of you felt that the team would do better if Righetti was moved from the bullpen to the starting rotation...however, even that won't work for about the next two weeks since he just got put on the disabled list after getting in a fight with a water cooler...oh well! Another popular suggestion was to force Steinbrenner to manage the team from the dugout (instead of from his office), thereby showing him that his ideas of how to manage the team would most likely fall flat. Possibly by doing this, he would realize that he has to let the manager do the managing (but I doubt it). Resurrecting the farm system to produce many more "home-grown" players that possess some of the basic defensive abilities that many of the free agents seem to have managed to lose by the way-side was also suggested a couple of times. If the farm system was able to provide the Yankees with more players, the team would not need to acquire nearly as many free agents who appear to be concerned more with themselves than the team and winning baseball games. However, I believe that our farm system isn't that bad, but somebody in the front office (GS?) always trades the players that are starting to become major-league-material. Then, there were a myriad of other suggestions, such as stop playing Moreno (miserable offensively), stop playing Harrah (at least against righties and in Yankee Stadium, field a consistent 8-10 man team, get more left-handed power, stop playing Robertson who makes so many ridiculous errors (they did send him to the minors), and trade one of their many outfielders for an effective reliever (this is especially necessary if Righetti is moved to the starting rotation when he recovers from the "Attack of the Water Cooler"). And, of course, there was your standard answer............ TRADE STEINBRENNER!!!! Actually, I think that the only way that this team can actually ever be great again is if Steinbrenner sells the team. He alienates the players, creates too much controversy, and really doesn't appear to have good baseball sense. What most baseball players seem to want is to just be left alone and go out and enjoy playing the game and not have to worry whether they will be sent to the minors, traded, or publicly humiliated after one bad day. Don't tell me, I know, he isn't that bad. I was just trying to make a point. Well....I really don't think it looks too good for the Yankees this year but...don't give up...remember 1978!!!! Once again, thanks for all the comments and suggestions I received...I appreciate it!!!! Jennifer Buchner