Well, the headline of the day for most people has not just been the substance of what Hank Tinybrenner said about moving Joba Chamberlain to the starting rotation, but how he said it.
“I want him as a starter and so does everyone else, including him, and that is what we are working toward and we need him there now,” Steinbrenner said Sunday by telephone. “There is no question about it, you don’t have a guy with a 100-mile-per-hour fastball and keep him as a setup guy. You just don’t do that. You have to be an idiot to do that.”
Of course, it’s not really nice for the owner to say mean things like that about the GM. But, let’s face it, you have to question either the sanity or the IQ of someone who has chosen to work for the Steinbrenners as long as Brian Cashman has.
But Tinybrenner’s comments didn’t stop with Chamberlain — instead, he decided to also take a whack at Mike Mussina and, well, the rest of the Yankees’ rotation while he was at it.
He also said he thought Mike Mussina, who is 39, “just needs to learn how to pitch like Jamie Moyer,” the Phillies’ 45-year-old starter, suggesting that Mussina shouldn’t try to rely on his diminished fastball to get hitters out.
“The starting rotation is not what I would have chosen at the beginning of the year, but that is not a big news flash to anyone,” Steinbrenner said.
Phillies fans might argue with Tinybrenner about whether he actually wants Mussina to pitch like Moyer, but apparently the boss isn’t happy with the current crop of starters — not that the owner can say anything about that or anything.
Like Boss, like boss.
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