With Yankee season over, media makes story about selves

Since the Yankee season is essentially over, regular players not needed for 6 months, the media turns to what is really important.

• Itself.

In what's normally just common sense, Joe Girardi chooses not to engage in speculation about and/or private medical information of one of the Yankees own players. On its own payroll, who is not needed for 6 months (in this case Mo Rivera). In fact, Girardi has done such a good and normal job in this area that his behavior has been termed by the NY Times as either

• 'a lie' or

• 'negligent.'

It's not any reporter's business. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, JOE! Lock them all out of the clubhouse.

• The biggest stories in MLB are outside locker rooms and clubhouses. (After all, Paul Byrd kept all his drugs in clubhouse refrigerators and you guys either never knew about it or kept it to yourselves).
• Further, any manager revealing medical information to media or opponents should in fact be fired. (sm)

Newsday account.

• AP not as concerned: "Rivera is 6-5 with a 1.43 ERA and 38 saves in 39 opportunities, but his injury

• became an afterthought after the Yankees were eliminated

• from playoff contention on Tuesday night." (end of article)

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