The best thing about the NY Media, is that its always someones fault. And luckily, they generally pretty much know who that someone is. Bad nights just don’t exist, nor funks. A player is not having an off season, clearly it is someone elses fault. And you might never have known all this, but luckily the various tv personalities and print folk know better than you, and will point this out. Probably using a large font for the newspaper guys.

For the most part, their hatred towards Willie is easy to understand: he’s not a publicly emotional guy. Like Beltran , in public he has a public face. Cool. Calm. Chill like ice man. He’s not going to throw things, punch stuff, scream and curse and get all wild and crazy. Some say he’s gotten all hot and upset when one on one, where he feels its more appropriate. But in public, its all business. And if you’re in charge of writing stories, well, thats no fun. Hey, this is a blog. We completely understand where they’re coming from. Nothing helps us bring the funny like someone flipping out. Paul Lo Duca goes all bug eyed and tosses his equipment on the field, thats six posts right there. Remember when Scott Proctor set his equipment on fire? Thats a week worth of jokes. And you could keep a blogger busy for years just by letting him follow Kyle Farnsworth around, or documenting Jose Reyes and his dances. So when Willie handles his reprimanding of players in his office instead of in front of the media, well, he definately needs to get fired.

What makes less sense, is now extra kindling seems to be getting tossed on the fire. That kindling, is Howard Johnson (who ironically enough, is made of wood). Cerrone reported earlier that his name has come up now as someone on the firing line. This, makes less sense. A more emotional guy, known for being from a group of scrappy, fiery players. Not to mention being known as one of the more well rounded hitters from teams filled with hitters. Apparently, he’s to blame for Delgado rapidly aging to his mid40s over two seasons. Come on HoJo, get on that.

I’ve lived in NY State my whole life, most of it on LI. I hope to one day spend some time in a small market. See what its like there. When player mistakes are the players fault. When the manager and coaches are not to blame when the players don’t perform, or they merely aren’t given the players they need. Where the newspapers don’t create rumors, which the tv guys then report as a story. It’ll be strange out there, in what I assume will be Milwaukee or Minnesota. One of those weird places that no one really lives and exist solely in fiction and wire stories. Hopefully I’ll get to see the way the do things there quickly too, so I can come back to NY, and find out who’s fault it truly. is.