Now that the gigabytes have settled from Thursday's silly, 52-post anniversary stunt . . .
I had a chance to read more carefully Wally Matthews' column in the Thursday newspaper about the Yankees' handling of Phil Hughes' injury news and owe him a clarification.
In my Friday column, I unfairly lumped in Wally with the various radio talkers who accused the Yankees of lying about Hughes being injured in order to give him a mental health break and/or send him to the minors.
Wally did express skepticism about the injury, mostly based on the Yankees' messy handling of the situation with the media.
But it's important to note that compared to the radio chatter, his column is both far more nuanced and far more based on information gathered the old-fashioned way:
By showing up at an event and asking people questions.
I am now ready to announce my next stunt: Other than music, no radio next week. I feel better already.
Comments (2)
If he wrote for a rival paper - your apology would have never happened
Also, he did say many of the same things said onthe radio by people who heard the interviews
He EXPRESSED skepticism about an injury without proof - lump this jerk in too
You get a pass Neil because we love you but do not BS us - you lose credibility and you have a lot to lose with your loyal readers - we love the column
I found it in the Htfd Courant and picked it up on line
keep it up
Thanks for reading and for the kind words, Fred.