Not So Sweet Now
Posted by Steve L. on March 20th, 2013 · Comments (4)
I liked Lou Piniella as a player. And, I am forever grateful for that play he made on October 2, 1978. I cannot imagine how miserable my life would have been if not for that play. Dealing with 2004 as an adult was bad enough. If something like that happened when I was 15-year old…well…I may have turned to the bottle or worse.
And, I have no problem if someone wants to make a case that Piniella should be in the Hall of Fame as a manager someday.
Yet, that all said…
…oh, my, God…is he terrible in the YES broadcast booth.
It’s like listening to an old coot in some barbershop. Ugh.
I was surprised YES retained him for a second season (shocked is more like it). Piniella was a great Yankee, but his association with the team ended more than 20 years ago. If hiring him was a forgivable lapse in judgement, how does anyone justify bringing him back for a second season.
It’s funny you should bring this up, earlier in spring training Lou was doing a game with Ken Singleton and the subject turned to places they had played in. Lou fondly recalled a town he hadn’t visited since 1962, Selma, Alabama! Selma, 1962, I don’t think a black man wants to hear fond recollections of 1962 Selma. Ken was a gentleman and moved the topic on to something else but……. .
I think part of it is that Hank, for sure, and maybe Hal, look at Lou as some sort of favorite old uncle or something.
And, I have no issue with that. Make him an adviser or something. Just don’t stick him in the booth.
Steve L. wrote:
Yeah…Lou in the booth is…not good.
Another reason why Lou should be benched:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yes-announcer-pinella-raped-on-air-article-1.1294732?localLinksEnabled=false