Village Voice: Barra: Jockbeat’s World Series Wrap

It takes a pretty, pretty, pretty big man to admit his #############…but Barra does.

First of all, on behalf of those at the Village Voice who are Yankee fans, let me thank Roy Edroso for the headline on his piece, “Congratulations ######### Yankee Fans.” We accept your congratulations, and we assume you mean ######### in the best possible sense.

And, yes, we are ##########. We don’t care that we are, so long as we win. And we did win, and we will continue to win as long as there are ##########.

...By the way, while I’m on the subject, let me say that I think Mariano is overrated. I saw one sign last night in the bleachers that said “Mariano River is God.” No, he is not God, In 204 career opportunities, when he was give a lead of four runs or more, God succeeded 204 times for a perfect percentage of 1000. In his 204 four-runs or more opportunities, Mariano has succeeded just 203 times for a percentage of just 99.5%. How do you think the Phillies felt at the beginning of the ninth inning last night when someone relayed those numbers to them? I can just hear their media relations guy in the dugout saying “I just thought you guys would like to see those figures on Rivera with a four-run lead before you take your swings. The good news is that you have some chance ...”)