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Just say, "Tough crap". Spring Training is about guys trying to make the team. Just let him sit in the dugout or with the Steinbrenners. Billy Crystal had a good time, but playing for the Yanks is too much...

Billy Crystal Playing for the Yanks Was Dumb.

by Smush Higgins (Analyst)

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March 16, 2008


Just say, "Tough crap". Spring Training is about guys trying to make the team. Just let him sit in the dugout or with the Steinbrenners. Billy Crystal had a good time, but playing for the Yanks is too much. Yeah, he played DH and batted once, but this is dumb.

Say he doesn't play and you bring up a guy who tries to make the team. He bats three times and hits 2 homers and a single. The next day, he's hot again. At the end of Spring Training. He makes the team as a solid backup. This wouldn't have happen if Billy Crystal played. Since he played, the prospect never comes to bat and they release him. Then he is a Hall of Famer for another team. Then they would regret doing this.

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    Wow, hard to comment on the article when your grammar makes this article hard to read.

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    I agree the grammar is a bit informal, and the analysis emotional to say the least.

    Consider this:

    Billy Crystal has been a lifelong season-ticket holder for the Yankees.

    Crystal directed (and maybe wrote too) the movie *61, which was a huge hit for HBO and helped fans relive the drama of Maris and Mantle going for Ruth's single-season-homerun record.

    Crystal is a huge ambassador for baseball.

    It was his freakin' birthday. Are you just jealous because you didn't get a good gift?

    I SERIOUSLY doubt one single at bat over the course of the entire scouting/spring training process has cost the Yankees a significant opportunity to look at a player-- or forced a potential prospect off his hotstreak and into a slump.

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