@greedystripes Is Henry Rolandgartner avalibel
— robert zielinski (@edj8844) September 22, 2015
The New York Yankees watched as Ivan Nova pitched in a game
that the team absolutely needed against the Toronto Blue Jays. New York had
originally penciled in Masahiro Tanaka to start the series finale and the
season finale between these two teams but a hamstring injury that Tanaka
suffered while bunting against the New York Mets kept the Japanese right-hander
from making the start. In the hours after the announcement the sky was once
again falling around New York with the beat writers and fans either showing their
frustrations or defending the decision with Tanaka’s elbow and his best
interest in mind. The Yankees quickly did an about-face just a few days later
when they had Tanaka do his regular between-start workouts and announced that
the team may not wait a full turn after Tanaka’s originally Wednesday start to
insert him back into the rotation. Was this injury simply exaggerated so the
team could justify planning for a potential, and likely, Wild Card one-game
playoff round without hearing the backlash from the fans and the media by
intentionally skipping the Yankees ace against the team they are chasing in the
American League East Division race?
This sounds like the making of a Twitter Poll to me…. Go!
@GreedyStripes With the tendency of Yanks players to pick up injuries all the time, no.
— Have Another Donut (@HavAnotherDonut) September 22, 2015
@GreedyStripes Nope - I don't think anyone in the Front Office is smart enough
— Bones (@YankeesBones) September 22, 2015
@GreedyStripes Absolutely not. The division race was and still is in tact. Yes the odds are low, but "You Can't Predict Baseball"
— Mike Baumann (@MikeyBumpers) September 22, 2015
@GreedyStripes I would guess overreacted to his injury. Don't think exaggerated intentionally
— Rach (@RachelG48NYY) September 22, 2015
@GreedyStripes @RealClearSports don't they have to get to the playoffs first?
— Edwin E Sierra (@EdSier) September 22, 2015
If it looks like a fish and it smells like a fish then it’s
probably a fish. I can understand the decision to essentially give up on the AL
East Division and to plan for the Wild Card round. I can understand it and I
wholeheartedly agree with it, although I understand where some would not, but I
don’t appreciate being played for a fool. Honestly I don’t think we as fans
will ever know the 100% truth but the fact that Tanaka pitched five innings of
dominant baseball after suffering the hamstring injury and after doing his
normal routine in between starts despite the fact that the Yankees coddle their
pitchers, especially Tanaka, just seems awfully convenient to me. When did
baseball become so political? Shoot me straight and I’ll vote for you,
politician or not.
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Sorry for the Capatcha... Blame the Russians :)