Womack stinks.

I am so angry at Tony Womack right now, I can't think of a funny title for this blog entry.


If the Yankees are actually going to play a guy in left field who is on pace for 0 hrs and 32 rbis, and if the Yankees are going to bat that guy second in the order because of his supposed small ball skills, then that guy had better get down the bunt when he's asked to.

Against the Royals last night, Womack failed on two sacrifice bunt attempts.

Then, with the Yankees down by two runs in the seventh inning, one out, runners on first and third and Alex Rodriguez batting (the only Quadruple Crown candidate on the entire Yankee team), Womack was picked off first base.

Womack said the right things in the postgame investigation ("I got picked off. What else do you want me to say? You just can't get picked off in that situation. Let's leave it at that.") , but this clearly might require intervention by Bud Selig. I can think of no explanation other than Tony Womack was intentionally throwing the game.


Womack has a lot of stolen bases this season, but is contributing nothing else to this team. He doesn't walk, he has no power, he only has five sacrifice bunts and a lot of failed sacrifice bunts.

Since Womack has no power, there seems to be an assumption that he plays the game smart. Small ball smarts that have kept him in the game for over a decade. But Womack absolutely does not play the game smart.

As an example, the other day, Jeter was on first base with two outs. Womack swings at the first pitch and grounds out to shortstop.

Now, it ain't the grounding out to shortstop that's the problem. It happens. Round bat, round ball, 8 players in fair territory with gloves.

The problem is, why isn't he taking a pitch or two (or three) and giving Jeter a chance to steal?

Womack has exactly five extra base hits for the entire season. Was that first pitch so sweet that he actually thought he could drive in Jeter from first base? Was he thinking at all?

Womack has only walked ten times all season and his on-base% is a pathetic .306. That's Bobby Meacham territory.


Womack is not an everyday leftfielder. Womack is a pinch runner.