BBTF's Newsblog Discussion :: N.Y. Daily News: Bernie mess may haunt

Baseball Primer Newsblog
— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand

Saturday, July 14, 2007

N.Y. Daily News: Bernie mess may haunt

Bern: Fleeting Days…and that’s just about right.

When the Yankees decided not to include Bernie Williams in their 2007 plans, they had no idea it could have a greater impact on the club down the road.

But that might be the case, according to a baseball source, as several members of the Yankees’ late-1990s dynasty - including pending free agents Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera - have privately questioned the organization’s loyalty to its longtime players.

“This is no longer the old Yankees, where they made sure to take care of their core players,” the source said yesterday. “They let (Andy) Pettitte go the first time, and the way they treated Bernie this year left a sour taste in everybody’s mouth from that whole crowd.”

Repoz Posted: July 14, 2007 at 11:25 AM | 12 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: yankees

Reader Comments and Retorts

Go to end of page

Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.

1. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars Posted: July 14, 2007 at 12:12 PM (#2440942)

If Rivera said it "didn't bother me at all" and Posada placed some of the blame on Williams, what is the story?

I'm upset that the Yankees aren't taking care of Chad Curtis and Chili Davis.

2. Dudefella Posted: July 14, 2007 at 12:23 PM (#2440944)

I'm not a Yankees fan, and so was only peripherally aware of the Bernie Williams story, but didn't the Yanks simply fail to renew his contract? I'm sure it's going to cause some hard feelings when you've got to cut a guy like Williams who played at a not-quite-HoF level for one team for many years and who still wanted to play, but I didn't get the impression that they lied to him, or insulted him on the way out, or anything like that. Did I miss something?

3. hardrain Posted: July 14, 2007 at 01:44 PM (#2440950)

Bernie never returned phone calls to Torre or Cashman. No negotiation was possible.

4. AJM Posted: July 14, 2007 at 02:21 PM (#2440957)

When the Yankees decided not to include Bernie Williams in their 2007 plans

Didn't they give him an invite to spring training, but he told them to #### off?

Edit: Now that I RTFA, I see the answer to that question is yes.

5. Rich Posted: July 14, 2007 at 03:46 PM (#2440989)

Bernie can no longer play the OF, he can only hit RH pitching, and he was never an effective PH.

As Cashman has said, 2006 was Bernie's courtesy season, after his 2005 OPS was .688.

Despite those facts, does anyone seriously think that Torre would have cut Bernie if he had attended ST?

Loyalty is a two way street. It is the Yankees who developed Bernie, Posada, Mariano, Jeter, and Pettitte. It is the Yankees who surrounded them with enough talent to win four rings. It is the Yankees who made them multi-millionaires.

It's about time that these mediots started to acknowledge that.

6. KronicFatigue Posted: July 14, 2007 at 03:47 PM (#2440990)

the way they treated Bernie in 2006 left a sour taste in my mouth

7. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: July 14, 2007 at 05:06 PM (#2441027)

Fine. Go ahead and find another team that still employs a bunch of four-time World Series winners.

8. Shibal Posted: July 14, 2007 at 05:39 PM (#2441036)

Bernie is black. That's why they screwed him over.

9. Guts

Posted: July 14, 2007 at 05:48 PM (#2441043)

Gary Sheffield doesn't think Bernie is black.

10. The Kids Are Enright (1k5v3L)

Posted: July 14, 2007 at 05:50 PM (#2441045)

Yup, Sheffield thinks Bernie has Jeter's "not all the way there" blackness.

11. salajander Posted: July 14, 2007 at 08:10 PM (#2441115)

Much rather the Yankees let their aging veterans go earlier than later.

12. villainx Posted: July 14, 2007 at 09:42 PM (#2441153)

Much rather the Yankees let their aging veterans go earlier than later.

With Bernie, too late with the let go earlier.

You must be Registered and Logged In to post comments.

<< Back to main

Saturday, July 14, 2007

N.Y. Daily News: Bernie mess may haunt

Reader Comments and Retorts

Support BBTF

Bookmarks

Hot Topics