Ladies and gentleman it has begun. I thought we could go a
whole season without donning a new Stephen Drew, which used to be a Sergio
Mitre and used to be a Chris Stewart and used to be an Andruw Jones and used to
be a whole plethora of people, but we were not that fortunate. Ladies and
gentleman, Chase Headley sucks.
When the New York Yankees acquired him at the trading
deadline in 2014 I have to admit that a big part of me was ecstatic. Yangervis
Solarte had ridden his hot streak and wave and had been at the low point in the
tide for the better part of a month at the time of the trade while Chase
brought a clutch switch-hitting bat and some stellar defense with him. His
defense was immediately compared to that of the great Graig Nettles and after
some research I salivated over his clutch hits and huge seasons he had in an
even huger ballpark in San Diego. What New York got in return though was a
shell of that man with throwing problems and a bad back.
I’m not making this personal and I’m trying not to be down
on the guy but something has got to give. New York gave him a huge contract over
four seasons and the first year the Yankees got in return was littered with
throwing errors and a total zap of any sort of power. This season, and yes I am
still preaching the small sample size, he has somehow found new ways to get
worse with the bat. The defense has been solid, maybe even great, but he’s
making Stephen Drew look like a .300 hitter right now, hence the honor of my
“Chase Headley Sucks” tweets.
I’m rooting for Headley, I truly am and I truly mean that,
and I’m borderline hoping that this can be used as motivation to get better or
do whatever it is you have to do to get better. I don’t want to tweet four or
five times a night that he sucks, I don’t I want Headley to have the monster
seasons he had inside Petco Park and I want him to lead the Yankees back to the
promised land but as a fan that not only supports the Yankees from afar but a
fan that buys the merchandise, purchases tickets when they are close, purchases
this television subscription and that television subscription to see them etc.
I feel like I have the right to at least say something.
And this is what I say. Chase Headley Sucks. Prove me wrong.
I like being wrong.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)