Oscar Gamble Society

Hank Steinbrenner is angry about the foot injury Chien-Ming Wang sustained running the bases against Houston. Wang will be out until September, which is a tough break. So naturally, Steinbrenner takes it upon himself to rail at the National League for not using the DH.

Um… did he only just figure this out? I’m reasonably sure the rule about pitchers batting was in place before the start of the game, and didn’t get sprung on an unsuspecting Wang only after he stepped into the batter’s box.

More ridiculous, to me, is the notion that major league pitchers are such delicate flowers that running 90 feet and turning left is an undue strain. Which brings us to the dumbest Yankee of the day: Mike Mussina. Quoth the Moose:

“We don’t hit, we don’t run the bases,” Mussina said. “You get four or five at-bats a year at most, and if you happen to get on base once or twice, you never know. We run in straight lines most of the time. Turning corners, you just don’t do that.”

Good grief. Does he need his mother to hold his hand and walk him to and from the mound?

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