Sweeny Murti on WFAN about Yanks v Dice-K, but leaves us in the dark

Sweeny did his phone report on WFAN in the 10 PM hour, went into a long, gloomy recitation about Chase Wright's performance through the third inning. He detailed historic stats in the entire history of the Yankee franchise related to his performance, on and on. At the time of his report, the game was tied at 4-4, but Sweeny has yet to mention this fact. He hasn't said a word about who was pitching for the Red Sox yet. Finally, Murti reluctantly mentions "Jeter ended up getting a homerun off Dice-K to even the score up with the Red Sox." The end.

• All we've heard about for 6 months is this pitcher Dice-K. What no one has heard about til a week ago is Chase Wright, who was a double AA pitcher, never even pitched in AAA yet, and his first major league game was a week ago. And Sweeny Murti made the big story about this kid Chase Wright giving up 4 runs (all HR) to the Red Sox. He's a rookie pitcher, yet Murti spends 95 of his report knocking him. Could he at least tell us anything about what kind of stuff Dice K has?

He says nothing about the 3 runs the Yankees got off Dice K in the first 2 innings, nothing about how this "greatest pitcher on earth" is pitching. Does Sweeny have a boss anywhere? Possibly a willow-the-wisp or non-existent empty suit over at CBS Radio? Is he pitching another job somewhere? Why should any fan have to put up with this kind of incompetence?

• P.S. Congratulations to Chase Wright for going into baseball's biggest snake pit and blanking the opponent for 2 innings. It fell apart after that, but the fact is the Yankees had no one else to start the darn game, so thanks. I'm prepared for the Yankees to lose tonight, Dice K has been unhitable much of the time. I don't need the facts dressed up, but I would like the facts. The guy's sole job is to be a Yankee beat reporter, but he doesn't even sound like he's interested in baseball, much less the Yankees.

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