Wilfrid Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 I am only torn between whether it will be slow or fast. It's a grandstanding appointment, and if it goes badly, it will go spectacularly (and hilariously) badly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 There are plenty of reasons to hate Bobby Valentine. Here's another. Did This Man Really Invent the Wrap? "Oy, the wrap thing," Valentine said as he shook his head Thursday at his introduction as the new Boston skipper. It's a story that Valentine has told for years. That in 1980, he was crafting a club sandwich at his Stamford restaurant, Bobby Valentine's Sports Gallery Café, when the toaster broke. At a loss, Valentine wrapped the sandwich components in a tortilla. The former big leaguer called it a Club Mex, but others took to calling it by a different name, and voilà: The wrap was born. Valentine retells the story when asked, but he doesn't exactly trumpet that he is the inventor, hemming and hawing around the "first" status. But he doesn't completely deny it either. "From that day on, they called it a wrap… People say that they never heard of a wrap before that," Valentine said. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephanieL Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Oh, come on Bobby. A wrap is just another name for a burrito. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 He invented it and exported it to Mexico. He also invented the taco, and although he is making no claims for the hot dog, he doesn't recall seeing a wiener in a bun before he put it on his menu. While in Japan, he came up with serving raw fish on a bed of rice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 I didn't even know about this wrap stuff when I cuffed him around earlier this week. This is like finding out that Jerry Jones enjoys dressing up in women's clothing when he's not busy driving the Dallas Cowboys into the ground. You could put Katz's pastrami in a goddamn wrap and ruin it. Any normal person who invented the fucking wrap ought to be running for the witness protection program, not bragging about it. Valentine probably followed up by inventing the McRib. Valentine is an awful person. Within two years crowds with torches will march on Fenway Park and demand his head on a pike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 It's new to me too. And fascinating. It's like just when you start thinking someone is sane (his sports analysis on ESPN was fine), the curtain lifts and you get a little glimpse of what lies behind it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Valentine is going to be a continuing and delightful story for Yankee fans for years to come. Mets fans too. Bobby, please, let your full feelings out. We want to hear them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 What Mike Lupica said about Bobby Valentime in his Sunday column - I wrote, and think, that Bobby Valentine is the right guy for the Red Sox at this time, that they couldn’t send somebody getting on-the-job training into that clubhouse.... But one thing Valentine needs to think about going forward is not being as constantly available to the media as he has been in the past. What Mikey actually meant - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjjkPXJ5yQE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liza Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 On a Yankee note, Curtis Granderson did a book signing at my local (independent!) bookstore this week. Publicist had said no photos, no personalized autographs. Well, Curtis posed for every photo and signed every book personally. An absolute class act. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Memories of Jorge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Room for a DH? Damon and Matsui still on the market, not to mention Guerrero. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Jorge Posada, seen through the Yankees championship trophies, during a news conference to announce his retirement on Tuesday. “Playing for the New York Yankees has been an honor,” he said. “I could never wear another uniform.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lex Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 In a survey conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research the most hated baseball player in America is ... wait for it ... Alex Rodriguez. Overall he comes in 8th behind dog fancier Michael Vick, Tiger Woods, quickdraw master Plaxico Burress, and Ndamukong Suh, who stomped an opposing player in a nationally televised game on Thanksgiving. Article. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mitchells Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Brian Cashman is doing his best to be the most hated GM in the game.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilfrid Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 In a survey conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research the most hated baseball player in America is ... wait for it ... Alex Rodriguez. I should have been wearing a wire when you admitted you'd pick him ahead of David Wright, assuming he was fit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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