Headline of the Day Award: 'Sabathia is a jackass'

by Randy Booth on Dec 18, 2008 5:47 PM EST in News Comment 16 comments

How would I be able to live with myself if I didn't put this on the front page of OTM?

Jay over at Let's Go Tribe doesn't mince words after his team's former ace C.C. Sabathia debuted as a Yankee today:

Look, it doesn't matter what his reasons were. It doesn't matter if he's a great family man and loves his kids and all that. It doesn't matter that he earned the right, or that most players go to the highest bidder.

You sign with the Yankees, you're a jackass. It's that simple.

C.C. Sabathia is a jackass. Him and that all-time great douchebag, Roger Clemens.

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Here's one final good-bye, then, C.C. We had a great run together. You gave us some great seasons, the best career of any Indians pitcher since Sudden Sam. You left us with a nice little cache of prospects, too.

But you're just another jackass now.

I love it. I absolutely love it.

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Hmmm...

I can understand his anger. As a fan of a small market team it must be frustrating to lose great FAs all the time. On the flip side though, if I were a great player, I’d definitely prefer to play with a contender. Ironically though, you’d think the Indians will be competitive with their roster and obviously still having CC would pretty much guarantee them another 23-25 quality starts out of his arm each year.
Now Clemens…he is a wanker. Great pitcher, but still a wanker. I really can’t emphasise enough how much of a wanker I think he is.

by sydneysox on Dec 18, 2008 5:56 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

If you want to play for a contender...

…you don’t sign with a third place team. If you want to cash out, you sign with the third place MFY.

by RSNexile on Dec 18, 2008 9:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Rec'd, and rec'd HARD.

"no1 has time to read your long comments, are you writing a book?"

by britsoxfan on Dec 19, 2008 3:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

That sounded like my

Johnny Damon good bye

Man do I hate Longhorn fans, well except for the ones that actually went there.

by mystman995 on Dec 18, 2008 6:25 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Funny

but if he signed with the Sox the LGT crew would write the same kind of stuff.

by Buzzy on Dec 18, 2008 6:32 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Probably. Yeah … lol.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Dec 18, 2008 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Jay

would be so harsh but the rest of the crew their would be worse.

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Dec 18, 2008 8:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

More people on the Hate-Yankee bandwagon...

…is a good thing.

by SoxAcumen on Dec 18, 2008 6:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

The hatred grew by about 10x after they signed Sabathia and Burnett.

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Dec 18, 2008 7:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

wait

til we bust out the 23Mil contract for Tex. I can’t wait to read HH…

by Buzzy on Dec 18, 2008 7:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

agreed

Those blokes over at HH get a little wound up sometimes….

by sydneysox on Dec 18, 2008 7:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

HH hates us already.

Tex is just gravy.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Dec 18, 2008 7:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Dec 18, 2008 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The HH reaction will be PRICELESS :)

OverTheMonster.com

by Randy Booth on Dec 18, 2008 7:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

We got to go crazy on Fed. BB if he signs with the Nats.

http://www.federalbaseball.com/

Clutch: A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/glossary/

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Dec 19, 2008 9:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The comments section over there is pretty interesting.

A lot of stuff about how “Baseball is broken” and the such. Hard to disagree with them. Its definitely a league where team’s ability to succeed is mostly dependent on their ability to generate revenue. Being an Indians fan would be hard. Even though you have one of the smartest front offices in the league, you know you will have to have a few years rebuilding and losing every once in a while.

by BTLove on Dec 18, 2008 9:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs