Lofton To Sabathia: Beware Yankeeland
Via George King -
Early in his career, Kenny Lofton hurt the Yankees as an Indian when he batted .330 against them across his first four years in a Cleveland uniform.
In the fall of 2007, he helped the Indians dismiss the Yankees from the first round of the AL playoffs – a loss that ended the Joe Torre Era – by hitting .375.
In between, the well-traveled Lofton spent the 2004 season as a Yankee, batting .275 in 83 games and complaining about the way Torre used him.
Lofton was out of the game last season, but recently he tried to hurt the Yankees again when he attempted to dissuade CC Sabathia from signing with the Bombers.
“He painted a bad picture of New York and the Yankees,” a person in the know said. “A lot of negative things.”
Lofton’s words couldn’t match the record-setting $161 million for seven years the Yankees offered the 28-year-old lefty, who played with Lofton in Cleveland in 2001 and 2007.
Well, if anyone should know about negative things, it’s Kenny Lofton.
I always liked Lofton and I thought he was a good pickup for the Yanks going into that season, but he sucked that year point blank. Maybe Lofton should realize that’s probably why he is so negative on New York and that Sabathia is going to help the Yanks more than he ever could so I’m sure his experience in NY will be MUCH different than Kenny’s.
Exactly antone. I’m sure Gagne doesn’t have very nice things to say about Boston.
I thought he was a good pickup for the Yanks going into that season, but he sucked that year point blank.
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I think he bought more to the team than Sierra did, and Torre played Ruben more.
I don’t think I care one little bit about what Kenny Lofton might’ve said. Sabathia signed with the Yanks so it’s a moot point. Torre may have underused Lofton in 2004 but he was sort of a little bitch about it too. He and Sheffield are cut from the same cloth of loud-mouthed jerks who make waves whenever they are in the mood for a pity party.