KEN DAVIDOFF HITS A NEW LOW--PLAYER INJURIES JUSTIFIABLE FOR BUD, INC.

Davidoff is OK with your favorite player being injured, possibly permanently preventing his ever playing again. Why? Because Davidoff is ON THE GRAVY TRAIN. He's decided Bud Selig is magical, possibly saintly, certainly president of the world-worthy. He thinks "Bud" has helped his career and/or will do so in the future. Today, disguised in the form of a back handed compliment (to Mr. Steinbrenner) Davidoff reveals his depths-- :

• "And this space will always appreciate Steinbrenner's courageous fight against last year's World Baseball Classic. Bud Selig, not a fan of dissent, ordered all of his owners to support the cause, and Steinbrenner ignored that order. Just because the WBC turned out successful, and justified the injury risks, doesn't mean that Steinbrenner was wrong to raise his objections."

Get that? The WBC "JUSTIFIED THE INJURY RISKS." The WBC "turned out successful."

• In what way was it successful, Davidoff? Yes, many but not all the players enjoyed it. Fans were into it, including me. But it was not successful, as I documented specifically on this blog. First, you couldn't see it on TV. ESPN lied numerous times, saying it would have the games on and just simply didn't. Did it sell tickets?
• Yes, you got poor people's money, so in that regard, if that's your measure of success, fine. It was reported to have made a profit of $15 million, which might have been the sum of the contracts of players who lost time due to injury. There were numerous stories of pitchers with problems directly linked to the WBC. THIS IN TURN PLACED A BURDEN ON ALL OTHER TEAM MATES.

Another thing, Ken. The drug testing didn't take place with the international group that Bud, Inc. said it did. That's on this blog as well.

• There was mass media condemnation and hatred of the Yankee players and Mr. Steinbrenner around the clock for weeks, which was inexcusable and about which you did nothing.

What about all the poor people who lost their jobs in Arizona because of the WBC, also on this blog. That was good, Ken?

• I remember hearing you say on XM that you thought in the beginning the WBC wouldn't work out, was a bad idea. Toward the end, you said you'd been wrong, that it had been a great success. The fact that we were interested in seeing it doesn't deal with all the other things, some listed here, that were probably not legal, and at the very least ruined some or all of what remained a brief career for any player. Not to mention the many other people whose livelihoods were adversely affected.
• INJURIES WERE JUSTIFIED, YOU SAY. WHAT EXACTLY IS OFF LIMITS TO YOU KEN? What's over the line--if someone dies, is that bad, but if he, his team, his family, his employer, and his fans lose him, that's OK? Ken, you're a slob and you should quit writing about baseball.

Comment on Ken Davidoff's Newsday column, 2/11/07, which ostensibly is about Mr. Steinbrenner's reduced visibility, and makes reference to the WBC in the body of the article.

• P.S. IF THE YANKEES HAD A STRONG PR DIRECTOR, DAVIDOFF WOULDN'T BE SAYING THESE RIDICULOUS THINGS, I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WRITE THIS BLOG, AND THE WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE. BUT THEY DON'T.

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