The New York Yankees started the day sitting at .500, seven and a half games out of first place in the AL East and just 2.5 out of a wild card spot with more than half of the season left to play. With so much time remaining in the baseball season, you can probably understand why the Yankees would not be thinking about being sellers at this point of the year. Whatever you think of the Yankees though, one would be advised not to ask Yankees president Randy Levine if his club will be selling off pieces at the trade deadline.
Levine unloaded on a reporter on Monday when one poor member of the Yankees beat dared to ask such a question. In his response, Levine made it quite clear that selling is not on the radar, and he took a few shots in the process.
“I don’t pay any attention to any of that. That’s for you guys [with] nothing more important to write about than to write nonsense,” Levine said, according to the New York Post. “When we decide to become sellers, if we decide to become sellers or if we decide to become buyers, you’ll know. The difference is that most of you guys have never run anything and we have a lot of history here of knowing what we’re doing.”
Ahh yes, the old “blast the reporters who have never walked a mile in your shoes” tactic. That always goes over so well. Levine continued, but it seemed he was doing throwing haymakers at baseball reporters for the day.
“[We have] a lot of confidence in our baseball operations people. So, we’ll see what happens. All the rest is just noise.”
If the Yankees fail to make up any ground in the standings, however, there will be plenty of noise Levine will have to start paying attention to, especially if the Boston Red Sox are playing meaningful baseball games in September (and October) and the Yankees are sitting at home or on the golf course.
