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Kelly
14 years ago

Blasphemy!

YankeesfanLen
14 years ago

All things considered, the farther away he is from Yankee Stadium, the better. Dickey should be picked up by the pinstripes

Colin
14 years ago

And just to make matters worse, RJ Swindle was also DFAd today.

Chris Simonds
14 years ago

Their numbers (I know, I know, one’s a starter and one’s a reliever) are comparable except Pavano gives up more homers per inning and hence has an ERA almost a point higher, but maybe Minnesota felt the need of starting help more than relief help, though I don’t see it myself, but, but….. THIS IS JUST BAD KARMA and the Twins have cursed themselves out of any kind good fortune for the rest of the year. How can you send down a knucleballer for Carl Pavano? If they don’t bring back RA when rosters expand, they are dead to me. (Not that I care about the Twins all that much anyway,,,,,)

Amos
14 years ago

As a Twins fan it’s a dark day because Liriano wasn’t exiled back to the farm.  Here’s hoping Liriano replaces Dickey in the ‘pen.

ecp
14 years ago

As usual, Yankees fans think they have automatic first rights to everything.  Dickey was optioned, not waived or DFA’d.  The Yankess can’t just “pick him up.”

Jason @ IIATMS
14 years ago

Way to generalize, ecp.

YankeesfanLen
14 years ago

Jason, thanks for coming to my defense. Besides, we only buy our enemies to set them straight, and a knuckleballer doesn’t faze us (i.e. Wakefield most of the past few years).
BTW thanks for the graphics this morning, I only listen on the radio but John was having a more-difficult-than-usual time calling the play by play.

jwb
14 years ago

That’s R.J. Swindle, not R.A. Dickey, who was DFAed. Swindle was claimed on waivers by the Rays, who then DFAed Jon Meloan. . .

daOldGuy
14 years ago

Sounds like we may be getting Dickey back up soon – the TV guys were saying he will go right to the rotation in Rochester to stretch out his arm a bit and be ready to help the Twins rotation. And could they use it!

jwb
14 years ago

And now the Rays have DFAed Swindle to make roster space for Russ Springer, whom they claimed off waivers from the A’s. . .