Around the horn: All wet in Scranton
We start our Monday musings with a pretty interesting ongoing story in Scranton. The condition of Scranton's PNC Field is nearly beyond repair after heavy June rains. The baby Yankees had their second straight sunny day postponement Sunday and you have to believe the parent Yankees are not pleased. GM Brian Cashman had little to say in this story in the Scranton Times.
Scranton lost a July 4 sellout crowd Saturday night but still invited people to the ballpark for a fireworks show. It will try again tonight and then come to Buffalo for games Tuesday and Wednesday. In a release on its official Web site, the Scranton front office admitted Saturday if may have to move home games if the situation persists.
The agreement with the Yankees and Scranton goes through 2010. PNC Field, opened one year after Coca-Cola Field debuted in Buffalo in 1988, already needs $13 million in repairs and it's hard to believe there's money for a new park. This could get interesting. With the Mets disaster ongoing, have to wonder how closely the Bisons are watching this situation.
---Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe gives it up to Red Sox knuckleballerTim Wakefield for getting his first All-Star nod at age 42. Sure is a long way from that 5-15 nightmare in the summer of '94 in Buffalo, isn't it?
---The Yankees have rotation issues just like the Mets. Bill Madden of the Daily News wonders what's wrong with Joba Chamberlain.
---The Mets start a series with the Dodgers at home Tuesday night and Oliver Perez pitches Wednesday. From what I saw here Friday night, good luck to them with that. The Mets are so bad that Mike Vaccaro writes in the Post that Sunday's game was over as soon as Jimmy Rollins touched Johan Santana for a leadoff home run.
---Mike Harrington
