Of course, this article also ignores that the Beckett deal was made during Theo’s self imposed gorilla suite exile. Also, according to most sources at the time, Epstein wouldn’t have made the Beckett deal if he was in charge. The pretense of the article was so ridiculous, that it’s only usefulness is as a source of amusement.

But for a few strange bounces and Torre’s inexplicable decision to use an already overworked Tom Gordon with a nine run lead in Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS, I wonder if we’d be talking about this.

Or it could be that they’re going after the hot team now…

PS – Funny that Theo is now spouting off Larry Lucchino’s trademark “little engine that could” nonsense. If this happened in NY, we’d be speculating that Larry was being marginalized because the little house-boy was stealing his lines.

Anytime the NYT writes stuff like this, just remember that they own 20% of the team so it’s as much about taking up column width on a slow news day as it is about boosting and promoting the in-house brand.

I never read the Boston Globe or the Boston Herald so I can’t know for sure…but my guess is that those papers don’t often run features where Yankee executives are interviewed. It only shows you where the Times’ loyalty lies. It’s so disgusting and sad…

As to the point of the article, everyone that knows baseball knows it’s total bullshit. Mainstream media is no longer about reporting facts or providing a full picture. It’s all about agenda-shoveling. In this case, the Times is on its crusade to paint the Yanks as the big, bad, steroids-taking monsters that everyone wants to believe they are.