Sep 16 2009 08:17 AM
You know, for a guy from legacy baseball family, you'd figure there would be a few life lessons about carrying oneself that he might have been taught, but the more you read out there, the more it's clear that the guy is five-tool asshole.
I mean, I guess with a testosterone-driven manager like Girardi, a fringe player might think he can cash more big-league checks by playing the asshole so the more expensive players don't have to. But the beyond-the-paleness of it all is just silly, and if you believed there was anything --- anything at all --- to this notion of "Yankee class," you would think they'd cut ties with a marginal major leaguer who:
[list] [*] Takes pride in giving the most painful high-fives in baseball.
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[*] Kicks an opponent in the groin deliberately during an exhibition game --- and deliberately making an out in doing so ---- as some sort of ill-advised revenge for a clean play earlier in the game by a teammate of Iwamura's.
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[*] Taunts a 10-year-old autograph hound:
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[*] Swings like a maniac:
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Maybe if he stole Jeter's glove, they'd move on.
