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Gotta make you feel good to be Brett Gardner. You could not be having a better spring, you're odds-on to be the starting center fielder for the New York Yankees, you have to leave the team...
...and...
...NOBODY covering the Yankees notices?!
Well done, fellas!
We wrote extensively yesterday (both here and here) about Melky Cabrera starting his third consecutive game in center field for the New York Yankees.
Given the performances of the two players, one would expect Cabrera to be losing time to Gardner, not the other way around.
We couldn't help but wonder, what was going on. Was Gardner hurt? Were the Yankees showcasing Cabrera for a potential trade? Why is nobody asking these questions?
After some prodding (by way of email) from us, Peter Abraham of the Journal News FINALLY asked Joe Girardi about the situation early this morning.
Turns out Brett Gardner was away from the team to take care of a "personal issue."
No word on what the issue might have involved, how long Gardner has been gone, or even if he's back yet, or if he will be meeting the team in Fort Meyers today.
Two quick questions
1) Had it been Alex Rodriguez who left the team, would the coverage have been so lazy/nonexistent?
2) Had it been Alex Rodriguez, wouldn't his "personal issue" have been investigated and placed on the cover of every tabloid in sight?
I am not for a moment suggesting the A-Rod way is the right way to handle an issue such as this one. Quite the opposite, in fact.
But the bias and hypocrisy with which this team is covered (or not covered) can be ridiculous. And it's absurd that the starting center fielder (at least for the moment) of the New York Yankees left camp and nobody being paid to cover the team noticed.
Expect a C-Y-A note about Gardner's absence in all the tabloids either today or tomorrow.
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