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  More options Sep 6 2008, 9:04 pm
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From: luxor127...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 20:04:09 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sat, Sep 6 2008 9:04 pm
Subject: Re: A night game in Tampa and then Seattle the next night?
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On Sep 6, 6:03 pm, X rated Vermonter <k1xvnos...@arrl.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:44:51 -0700 (PDT), luxor127...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Get your facts straight, stupid.  It wasn't Cashman.  It was Randy
> >Levine who has no business being President of the Yankees anyway.  In
> >any case, it has nothing to do with what the OP posted.

> +++++++++++
> Hey Bozo Boy, this one is for you.

> http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=morgan_joe&id=1...

> Forfeit Follies
> I was supposed to broadcast the New York Yankees-Tampa Bay Devil Rays
> game scheduled for Monday afternoon that caused a controversy this
> week.

> I traveled to New York on Monday after my Sunday night game in
> Cleveland and was originally told that the doubleheader between the
> Yankees and Devil Rays would be at 1 p.m. When I arrived in New York I
> learned that the doubleheader would start at 3 p.m. instead. Then,
> when I got to the ballpark, I was told that the Devil Rays hadn't even
> left Tampa yet.

> I heard sound bites from the Yankees, including GM Brian Cashman, who
> said that the Devil Rays should have departed for New York on Friday
> and should forfeit the game. Since then, MLB rescheduled the missed
> game for Wednesday (making for a doubleheader), and the Yankees have
> dropped their forfeit request.

> Normally, a rule is cut-and-dry, and the Devil Rays would have to
> forfeit the game. The Yankees technically have a case, but since
> Hurricane Frances is clearly an extenuating circumstance, I don't see
> how they could ask for a forfeit. The hurricane was bombarding
> Florida, and Devil Rays players have families and friends and homes
> there.

I stand corrected.  In fact, Cashman should have been fined $100,000
by David Wells for "tarnishing the Yankees' image."
Joe Morgan would not be someone I would use as a source to prove
anything but I'll acknowledge that both Cashman and Levine were idiots
and disgraced the Yankees in that affair.

In fact, Cashman should have been fined $100,000 by David Wells for
"tarnishing the Yankees' image."


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