Lupica kicks it with the Jo Bros.

"There has never been a month in Yankee history like this, at least without them winning something."

I have no idea what information that sentence is attempting to convey.


"But now comes this story about A-Rod and a cyst and a torn labrum and what the best possible course of treatment might be. And you have to say it is a possibility that if things don't go well, the Yankees could lose Rodriguez for an awful lot of this season and maybe even all of it."

Whom would you write about?


"No, this time it was Brother Joe making himself part of the story. Is this a fun family, or what? You think the Jonas Brothers kick it like this?"

"Kick it."

I don't really know how the Jonas Brothers "kick it." I usually listen to the All Grown Up Big Boy music.

Good cultural reference, though, along with the 1995 lingo. Keep it real 24/7. Next week, can you drop a neat-o reference to "The Watchmen"?


"Of course this is not so much fun for the Yankees, who probably spent a few hours Thursday imagining a pinstriped world the way it used to be, which means without Alex Rodriguez dominating everything except pitchers running laps in the outfield."

Huh?

Dominating everything except pitchers running laps in the outfield?

Why would "the Yankees" (whoever that is) wistfully imagine a world without Alex Rodriguez dominating everything?


"Of course they were caught off-guard. This is Alex Rodriguez we are talking about, which means an accident waiting to happen once you move him out of the batter's box or away from third base. This time it is the kind of accident that is a part of sports: An injury. The kind of injury, in the spring or any other time, that can change everything for a team."

I don't really know why anybody is talking to ARod's brother, or quoting ARod's brother, or writing stories about ARod's brother. The information acquired from talking to ARod's brother seems to be questionable.

But this is the most common thing in sports: A player gets an injury and nobody knows how serious it is.

The Mets were caught off-guard by Johan Santana's shoulder and nobody knows if he'll make Opening Day. The pitching coach says no way, Santana says yes way. It's a possibility he's out for the season and this can change everything for the team.

ARod is a self-centered moron who says a lot of dumb things.

A torn labrum, however, is not really his fault.