SNEAKY NY TIMES' JACK CURRY---FOOLS YOU BUT NOT ME

IN CURRY'S USUAL SMUG, WITHHOLDING, PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE STYLE, HE FALLS IN LINE WITH DISNEY/ESPN & THE REST OF THE BASEBALL MEDIA MAFIA. HIS ARTICLE TODAY, 9/29/06 IS MISLEADING. FIRST, HE'S TICKED OFF THAT HE CAN'T FALL BACK ON SOMEONE ELSE TO CREATE A STORY FOR HIM (MR. STEINBRENNER), WHEN CURRY'S 25 CENT BAIT ISN'T TAKEN.

• CURRY SAYS STEINBRENNER SAID "NOTHING," IN RESPONSE TO CURRY'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT. BUT IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH HE RELATES A STATEMENT FROM STEINBRENNER THROUGH HIS PUBLICIST. WHICH IS IT, JACK?

CURRY IS CLEARLY MIFFED THAT A PHONE CALL FROM HIM DOESN'T RATE, AND EXPLAINS THAT MR. STEINBRENNER HAS RETREATED FROM PUBLIC STATEMENTS RECENTLY.

• ANOTHER WHOPPER. ABOUT A WEEK AGO, STEINBRENNER GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO AN AP REPORTER, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH WERE MADE PUBLIC. CURRY IS NO DOUBT AWARE OF THIS--IT WAS MENTIONED IN HIS OWN PAPER. BUT, HE LIES TO THE READER. WHY SHOULD ANYONE TALK TO YOU, CURRY?

THEN OF COURSE, CURRY PUTS IN A PLUG FOR A PITCHER, JOHAN SANTANA, BUT DECEITFULLY SO, RELATING VERY MISLEADING DETAILS ABOUT HIM.

• CURRY SAYS THE TWINS WILL DO WELL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SANTANA, THAT SANTANA, AMONG OTHER THINGS, STARTED IN GAME 1 OF THE 2004 ALDS AGAINST THE YANKEES, THAT THE TWINS WON THE GAME, BUT LOST THE NEXT 3.
• JACK, PLEASE SEE MY POST BELOW THIS ONE ABOUT JOHAN SANTANA'S PERFORMANCE IN GAME 4 OF THE 2004 ALDS (to Dan Graziano, another baseball writer in another New York newspaper). SANTANA WAS THE STARTING PITCHER, TOOK HIMSELF OUT AFTER 5 INNINGS, TWINS LEADING 5-1. THE GAME WENT TO 11 INNINGS, 6-5 YANKS. THE WINNING PITCHER WAS MARIANO RIVERA. SO, SANTANA BLEW THE DECIDING GAME OF THE ALDS, A GAME THE TWINS HAD TO HAVE, BY ONLY PITCHING 5 INNINGS. THE TEAM ALSO HAD 3 RUNNERS CAUGHT STEALING IN THAT GAME. IT'S ALL IN MY SEPT. 26 POST .

DON'T WORRY, ALMOST NO ONE WILL READ THIS AND KNOW EVERY WORD I SAID ABOUT YOU IS TRUE.

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