Recently, several athletes have decided to take their abilities to different sports. The trend has grown, but with very minimal success.
Jamal Crawford (New York Knicks to New York Yankees)
Crawford saw opportunity knocking when he looked at his career shooting percentage.
“Yeah, you know, I saw .401 and I thought, ‘where could I have a percentage like that and still be considered good?’”
The next day, after a lengthy conversation with Hank Steinbrenner, Crawford was signed to a 14-day contract. “Hank said the publicity would be great, and $2.8 million didn’t sound too bad either.”
When Steinbrenner was asked about the ridiculous sum of money, he responded, “Hey, we’re paying Kyle Farnsworth $5,916,667 this season to give up home run after home run. What’s the worst that could happen?”
Crawford’s first game with the Yanks was nothing short of a disappointment. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts.
The YES network asked Jamal about his performance after the game, and he sounded optimistic.
“You guys got to remember that with basketball, I had close to 30 attempts a game. I only had four at-bats today. I used to start games for the Knicks by going 0-for-10.”
The next 13 days were no different for Jamal and the Bronx Bombers, or as they are now being called, the “Knickerbombers.” After going 1-for-38 with 32 strikeouts, Crawford wasn’t as optimistic. “You know the ball’s a lot bigger in basketball.”
Crawford’s one hit was a lazy groundball to Mets’ first baseman Carlos Delgado, whom Crawford simply beat to the bag.
Although his team went 2-11 with Crawford on the team, Steinbrenner was not distraught over the experiment.
“We’ve made mistakes before. Hell, we’ve made worse mistakes than this. Did you know Carl Pavano is making $11 million this season?”
The only hope for the Yanks is that Joba Chamberlain’s stint in the NFL becomes a complete failure.
Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees to Dallas Cowboys)
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Aaron Balsillie about 1 year ago
I wonder if TO would be shocked to learn he has to play more than one day a week, and would almost never play on a Sunday OR Monday (the Leafs usually play Tues/Thurs/Sat)!
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Ben Weixlmann about 1 year ago
This is pretty hilarious stuff!
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Bill San Antonio about 1 year ago
loved the crawford bit
god he's terrible
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