NY Post Embraces Information Superhighway; Lupica Uses MLB Scouts to Verify Pedro is Good.

This morning, I was going to point out that the NY Post is incorrect when they claim that Randy Johnson got rocked by the Royals, because he wasn't rocked by the Royals by any means.

It may be funny to call Randy Johnson "The Big Disgrace," but I actually watched the game. Three runs in eight innings against the Royals is not a masterpiece by any means, but it was definitely not the biggest disgrace last night.

So, I thought I might have a blog entry ready to go.

Problem is, if you click on the link, there is no article. Because the NY Post now wants you to register to read online articles by the likes of George King and Larry Brooks.

While the NY Post sports section certainly provides plenty of fodder for bloggers, I doubt if it is worthy of registration.


With the Post out of the running, it still shouldn't be hard to articles by some excellent sportswriters who'd choose to ridicule Randy Johnson instead of the collective Yankee lineup.

Thank Heaven's for Mike Lupica. I can always count on him.


Oh, also over at the now-defunct NY Post, Jay Greenberg apparently has an article about Beltran getting booed by Mets fans. (Maybe you can get the gist by clicking on the link and reading the headline.)

Not that Mike Lupica noticed Beltran getting booed. Lupica probably still thinks Beltran is having a good year and Womack is a fan favorite.


Lupica thinks it's more interesting to compare Randy Johnson to Pedro Martinez. Still pushing this Battle For New York thing, though both teams have been in fourth place in their own division for most of the year.

As of this morning, the Yankees are still looking up at Toronto -- forget the Orioles -- while the Mets have managed to rise into a third-place tie with the Washington Expos.


Look, Lupica is correct because he is stating the obvious. Undoubtedly, Pedro Martinez has pitched better than Randy Johnson so far this season.

But who cares?

Randy Johnson is the least of the Yankees' problems, and last night's performance vs. KC was nothing but encouraging.


Actually, Randy Johnson's the third-least of the Yankees' problems. The least is Alex Rodriguez, and the second-least is Mariano Rivera. You just would never know this if you relied on Mike Lupica for your baseball knowledge.

If you relied on Lupica for your baseball knowledge, you'd think the Yankees are worried about Randy Johnson at the front of their playoff rotation, Alex Rodriguez's fielding, and whether or not Mariano Rivera can close out the Red Sox in the ALCS.

ALCS? Are you kidding me? Somebody cue the Jim Mora clip.