Wang out 6 weeks

The Yankees have just announced that Chien-Ming Wang will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon and sprain of his right foot suffered running the bases Sunday at Houston.

That's a potentially devastating blow anyway but there was plenty of talk in the New York media Monday that Wang might be done for the season.

Looks like the Indians can raise their price for C.C. Sabathia if Yanks GM Brian Cashman picks up the phone looking for a deal to fortify his rotation.

---Mike Harrington

Comments

[TG]

I get that you are an AL pitcher, but your still a professional athlete! You should be able to run around the bases once without getting injured!

[John]

Hank Steinbrenner is correct this time. The National League is the only organized league in the Western Hemisphere that makes its pitchers bat. Every other level, from Little League, American Legion, High School, College, and the minors used the DH. When is the National League going to get with modern times? Purists may not like this, but 1973 was a generation ago, not "a few years ago."

Imagine that in NBA games at Western Conference arenas, there was a three point shot, but in Eastern Conference arenas, there was no three point shot? That would be silly, but that's how silly the DH/no DH rule is in baseball.

Because every other league uses the DH, the NL should adopt it. Or, every league should get rid if it.

And, I don't want to hear about throwing at batters anymore. MLB gives warnings right away and thus, the beanball wars have decreased significantly.

Steinbrenner owns the most revered franchise in the game. Maybe coming from him will help baseball' old guard bring the DH to the National League.

I alos don't want to hear "DHs are not complete players." Is Bruce Bowen a complete player? No, he's a defensive specialist. Was Dennis Rodman a complete player? No, he was a rebounding machine and in his NBA career, no coach ever ran a play for him. Was Steve Tasker a complete player? No, he was the finest special teams player of his era. These are not knocks. A DH is a hitting specialist, just like the closer is, just like the set up man is, just like the defensive replacement is.

Enough.

Signed,
Ron Blomberg