I think it would be funny to give Bob Raissman a talk show so he could be rude to his guests.

"For Joe Girardi, the questions must seem endless. Alex Rodriguez’s power outage? Mark Teixeira’s cough and lack of pop? The pitching? Life without Mariano Rivera?"

The Yankees are 1-16 in games in which they have scored three runs or less.

Their mediocre record is representative of their mediocre play. If I was to predict the next 120 games, I'd be more worried about the starting staff than the lineup.


"Considering his history it would not be surprising if Girardi has a media meltdown should his team continue to struggle."

Mmmm-kay. I wait for Girardi's media meltdown with bated breath.


"Yet that appears to be a long way off."

Too bad.


"Girardi has shown no signs of cracking, unless you count the joke he made Sunday about his elbow cracking."

Indeed, we all remember how much Joe Girardi likes to laugh.


"A-Rod is a good place to start. During Girardi’s Sunday pregame press conference, YES’ Michael Kay asked the manager if he had any concern with Rodriguez’s lack of power (five home runs, 15 RBIs). Girardi responded A-Rod doesn’t have to hit 40 home runs to be productive. 'You can drive in a lot of runs hitting 25 to 30 home runs,' Girardi said."

Stupid question, stupid answer. What is Girardi supposed to say?


"It sure sounded like Flaherty believed what Girardi was saying. Yet with A-Rod at the plate, Kay brought up Girardi’s line about caring more about Rodriguez driving in runs than hitting home runs.

'That’s fine. But he is still back on the RBI total right now. Fifteen coming into this game,' Flaherty said. 'Well behind the pace Alex Rodriguez is used to.'

Then, as A-Rod stepped to the plate in the third, YES replayed Girardi’s pregame comments about being more concerned with his RBI totals. Then, reading from the book of Flaherty, Kay also disputed Girardi’s RBI contention."

...

Seriously, though, it was kind of strange how, after Flaherty had already made the point strongly, Kay decided to pile on, disputing Girardi’s theory the very next time Rodriguez batted.

Maybe someone at YES thinks viewers have mute-buttoned Flaherty. Or maybe the YES crew just wanted to make doubly sure its announcer’s point was heard. Wonder if Girardi heard what they had to say?"

Memorandum

To: Bob Raissman

From: Everyone who has ever watched Centerstage

Subject: Michael Kay is a bad interviewer.


I mean, Raissman seems to be criticizing Michael Kay for his inability to think on his feet or his unwillingness to get into an argument with the guest on his weekly show.

If Raismann had Kay's job, he'd learn how to bite his tongue.