I was reading the live blog of tonight's Yankee game at my favorite Yankee blog, the Newsday Blog that is usually written by Kat O'Brien.Well today my pals there were in rare form. They were cursing and spewing venom towards one particular Yankee in general....
A-Rod? Not today (It's not October yet.)
Jeter? Please. He can do no wrong!
Cashman for putting Joba in the pen?
Phil Hughes and his 0-4 record?
Mussina for being toast?
Nope, the anger was pointed directly at the head of Chris Stewart.
Now unless you are a member of the Stewart family, I can only guess your reaction to the previous sentence was "who?"
Well, with Posada hurt and Chad Moeller designated for assignment less than 10 days after killing the Red Sox, the Yankees needed a catcher to back up Jose Molina.
So up from Scranton came this poor schmuck with 23 games of big league experience under his belt... all with the White Sox and Rangers. He's a 26 year old catcher playing for his third team in as many seasons... clearly not the next Johnny Bench. Essentially a warm body to make sure all the pitches don't hit the ump square on the chest.
3 innings into the game, with Phil Hughes getting rocked, the buzz on the Newsday board was replacing Stewart in mid game (always a confidence booster) who could the Yankees trade for... who is available... should they sign Mike Piazza... Doug Mirabelli...
I asked if maybe they could let the guy catch a big league game before feeding him to the wolves... or at least make it to the 4th inning before declaring his career dead.
Enjoy your time in New York, Mr. Stewart.
You've already become a villain and you've been there one day!
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