[新聞]Do you smell what The Sheff is cooking?

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一個悲觀者的一長串疑問...

http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2006/07/12/sports-yank5keys-07-12.html

What we said then: Between squawking about his not-yet-secured $13 million
contract extension for 2007 and fighting off newly chronicled stories about
steroids use, Gary Sheffield is a team cancer waiting to happen.

What we say now: Thankfully for the Yankees, this never really had a chance
to happen. The tendons and ligaments blew up in Sheffield's left wrist in May
and we were done for the time being with him and his angry contract
complaints and his change-by-the-minute moods.

What we say for later: Even if Sheffield shows up for the September stretch
run like he says he will, what kind of player will return - the home-run
force, a recuperating Sheff Lite or damaged goods? No matter what the case,
don't bank on the Yankees picking up his option for next year. They don't
need an aging, high-priced pain in the neck.

Will anybody be left standing in the Yankees' rotation by mid-season?

What we said then: Will Carl Pavano ever be right again? Will Jaret Wright's
twice-surgically-repaired pitching shoulder stay intact for longer than a
half-dozen starts? Are Chien-Ming Wang's inflamed shoulder and Randy
Johnson's sore back definitely things of the past? And how about Mike
Mussina's mysterious elbow problem, which has suddenly popped up these last
two seasons?

What we say now: Pavano hasn't yet pitched a single inning this season.
Wright has been a healthy but so-what five-inning pitcher. And while Randy
Johnson has managed to keep his back from barking, his ERA is a doggish 5.13.
Mussina and Wang are holding up the staff with a combined 19-7 record.

What we say for later: You have to assume the Yankees have reached this stark
reality: that the Big Unit can't by any stretch be an ace anymore, that
Pavano will never remotely give them a return on their $40 million
investment, and that Wright will, at best, if his arm doesn't implode, be
what he is right now. Which means the Yankees desperately need to trade for
another quality starter or else. They can't keep overloading the bullpen with
a rotation that averages only 5.78 innings per game.

Unit-y?

What we said then: Will Randy Johnson and Jorge Posada bury last year's hard
feelings and get along this time around?

What we say now: There hasn't been an angry word or glare between them this
season. Of course, the Unit hasn't implied, as he did last season, that
Posada was the reason for his bad early outings. Guess Johnson has given up
on shifting the blame. Posada did, however, seem to have a to-do with
reliever Kyle Farnsworth during a game in late June. The two crossed signals
several times and two pitches ended up rolling all the way to the backstop.
Both Posada and Farnsworth denied afterwards that there was any problem
between them, but they did so unconvincingly.

What we say for later: Posada can be a sensitive hothead sometimes. Same with
the Big Unit. And all it would take is one weird look between them to ignite
bad feelings all over again.

Which Johnny Damon will play for the Yankees this season?

What we said then: Will it be the first- or second-half one from last year?
Damon batted .343 in the first half of 2005, then, plagued by shoulder
tendinitis, only .282 the rest of the way - as well as not looking remotely
like the same player.

What we say now: Damon has fought against occasional pain in his right
shoulder, as well a cracked bone in his right foot since mid-April, to
produce a pretty decent season so far: .291 batting average with 11 homers,
42 RBI and 17 stolen bases. Still, he hasn't ripped it up. He's been good,
sometimes very good, but not great.

What we say for later: Damon plays the game so hard that you keep waiting for
him to collide or slide his way into a major injury. He's always pounding his
body, always teetering on self-destruction. Will he be worth the $52 million
the Yankees spent on him this winter, will he be considered a great Yankee
before he's done here? "I have to win a championship here to be accepted," he
conceded. And he's right.

Is the meddling from Tampa really dead or just dormant for now?

What we said then: The Yankees can't go another season making decisions - and
wildly different ones - from two cities. They need to move in one direction,
with one philosophy.

What we say now: Steinbrenner has stayed true to his promise and let GM Brian
Cashman completely run the team off the field and Joe Torre on. But let's
face it, the Boss isn't really the Boss but a vanishing voice without
lungpower or teeth anymore. His most high-profile statement this year was
last week, when he issued a non-threatening press release saying that Cashman
is "working hard to improve the team and the responsibility is totally in his
hands."

What we say for later: You still have the feeling that Steinbrenner could say
something stupid at any moment. Let's see what happens if the Yankees don't
make the playoffs. Then the Boss might be charged enough to pull his old self
out of the recesses of Tampa and let some crazy words fly.

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