Not the Yankee way? Phooey!

Links (5)

Bugs & Cranks: Valentine: Not the Yankee way? Phooey!
Published 5/12/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Bugs & Cranks: Valentine: Not the Yankee way? Phooey! What is the Yankee way, anyway? Class? Dignity? Respect? Give me a break! How many times did Reggie Jackson stand at home plate and admire a home run? Is that the Yankee way? How is Billy Martin and Reggie brawling in the dugout classy? Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle were legendary carousers? Is that the Yankee way? How many times have we seen Derek Jeter with the fist pump after a big hit or a World Series victory? Are we going to rip him, too? For crying out loud, the Yankees are the franchise that had two players (Fritz ...

Bronx Banter: Or Theatrics Is More Like My Tactics
Published 5/12/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... a home run or Yankee victory. "I saw that 360-thing he did with [Robinson] Cano at the end of one of the games and I was shocked. I was like, 'Are you kidding me?' " White said by telephone. "I'm sorry, that's just too much. I'm guess I'm old school, but there's a professional way to play baseball, there's a Yankee tradition, back to [Joe] DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle. "You hit a home run, act like you've hit one before, not like it's the first time in your life." On the other hand, Ed Valentine thinks all the talk about Yankee class is nonsense.

The Yankee Way is Winning. Period.
Published 5/12/2008 by Moshe Mandel at The Bronx Block
... Rarely do I read something in the sports media or on a blog that makes me stop and say “That is exactly, word for word, how I feel about this issue.” Yet Ed Valentine, of Bugs and Cranks, wrote one such article today when he chimed in on Goose Gossage’s negative comments about the on field celebrations of the younger Yankees. ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 13
Published 5/13/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... CLASS AND DIGNITY, MY FOOT: The blog Bugs and Cranks takes Goose Gossage to task for admonishing Joba Chamberlain to "act like a Yankee." It points out that acting like a Yankee over the years has included the Fritz Peterson/Mike Kekich wife-swap, not to mention Reggie Jackson standing at home plate admiring his home runs, and concludes: "The Yankee way is winning. Period." ...

Things Goose Gossage does not like
Published 5/13/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... Yet again, someone is foaming at the mouth over something that Joba does that tons of other MLB players do. Heaven forbid Joba gets a little excited. Meanwhile, Ed Valentine does a fantastic job at Bugs and Cranks disputing Gossage’s statements. Let the kids celebrate, he says; the Yankee Way is all about winning. ...