Stan Fischler…as confused as Klymkiw hitting the ice.
Since it’s not for me to tell Randy Levine how to run his business, I will tell all you People of the Pinstripes just one—maybe two—f things I would do with my just-invented Maven Dead-Wood Remover.
1. GET A-ROD OUT OF THERE: Trade the bum. Get whatever you can for a guy being paid $29 million and isn’t worth a tenth of it; eveless in the playoffs.
If necessary eat a large chunk of the remaining (ugh!) five years of his contract. Alex Rodriguez has to go; anywhere. There must be some sucker-owner willing to buy the imposter’s vaudeville act.
Otherwise, go to Plan C and get him a screen test with either MGM, 20th Century Fox or Warner Brothers. Hollywood needs a new Steven Seagal. (Hey, Goldie Hawk might even want to agent for him.
If not Goldie, Madonna could use some work.) Matter of fact, I could see A-Rod doing one—just one—segment of “Boardwalk Empire.” Rodriguez could play the Boardwalk.
2. SPEAKING OF YANKEES ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION: it would be refreshing if some team—the Red Sox, maybe—would be kind enough to pick up Ye Olde Nick Swisher as a fat-cat Free Agent.
Pity the Yankees if they dare re-sign Nicky. He’s just another overpaid bloke whose nickname should be “Swish,” as in strike out. Matter of fact the last major leaguer that I remember with that “Swish” monicker was Bill Nicholson of the 1940s Chicago Cubs, a much better player than our contemporary Swish.
Swsher’s last truly good days—no surprise—were enjoyed when he was a mere pauper playing for the Oakland Athletics but that was so long ago even Not-So-Saint-Nicholas can remember his wearin’ of the green-and-yellow.
When the chips were down and the Bombers needed Nick at his best this Fall he was Swisher at his worst. Good luck to Boston if the Red Sox pick him up.
That’s enough baseball for now. Too much diamond talk in skiing season isn’t good for the constitution anyway. Even Randy Levine could tell you that.
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1. I Am Not a Number Posted: December 02, 2012 at 09:14 AM (#4314457)Where the hell does this guy spend his time if he's not meeting anyone nicer than Randy Levine?
If necessary?
EDIT: Some Google searching reveals he is "The Hockey Maven."I sure he knows more about hockey than baseball.
This author makes Mickey Doyle look competent and likable.
He's 80, and apparently has time on his hands, with the NHL self-immolating and all.
Back in the seventies he used to write about how Wayne Gretzky was overrated and wouldn't amount to much.
Fischler used to say Gretzky would've been a fourth-line center in the NHL's Original Six period. 'Nuff said.
If the Orioles, Blue Jays or Cardinals called, she'd listen.
Fowl Play is one of my favorite Goldie movies.
We have/had some really bad hockey media in the area; Stan, Sherry Ross, the late Big Whistle ("Shoot the puck, Barry! Shoot the puck!"). I don't miss any of those clowns with the lockout.
But the hockey blogosphere is outstanding. Far better than the baseballers.
Only if their was a hockey think factory.
Bill Chadwick always invoked the fact the he had been a ref for decades in the NHL, so he knew a bad call when he saw one. By an amazing coincidence, the bad calls he saw always hurt the Rangers, never the opposition.
Baseball has more of a kind of independent media - stuff that's ahead of a blog but not MSM. Hardball Times, stuff like that. I think that cuts out a lot of the guys who'd otherwise write blogs.
You don't use a Rolls Royce to plow a field, son.
I suspect that you were not at the December '84 Blues-Oilers game that I attended where Gretzky scored 5 goals.
There are some pretty ... well nice isn't the word you'd use for Brian Burke or Bob Clarke. And they're not unusual personality types in the hockey world.
I should note that what he was doing (basically playing for a breakout) was in no way unusual. I can remember watching Michel Goulet skating tight circles outside his own blue line (IE not coming back to help defensively) while killing a penalty. He was just better at it than anybody else.
When I saw the name, I assumed it was a son of his, as I couldn't believe that he was still alive.
He's 80 years old!
I have an old book of his that ranks the top 100 NHL players of all time. It was written in 1984.
The craziest thing was that Fischler ranked Potvin ahead of Orr.
As a 13-year old reading it, I hadn't seen much of Orr, and stats weren't easily available at that time, and Potvin had just won 4 Stanley Cups in a row, so I actually believed this for about 5 years. Thankfully, I kept that sort of opinion to myself until I got my hands on some stat books and looked up Orr and watched some videos.
At the end of Gretzky's career, I think it was the Rangers coach said that he could have been an excellent defensive centerman for another 5 years if he wanted to, but that wouldn't have been "GRETZKY!" and no one wanted to see that.
What a horrible time the early 80's was for a Ranger fan. You had him, owned by the Islanders, constantly shredding them, along with Larry Brooks of the Post, even a worse Islander shill, blasting every move they made (even the ones he advocated the week before) and the Gordon-Chadwick telecasts, a nightly salute to the totally overrated Barry Beck. If he dressed he was in the 3 stars post game selection, and his pathetic offensive game was called Orr-like. No wonder I ended up hating the Rangers.
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