BONX, NY – The Yankees remembered their “Bronx Zoo” roots when they invited Bucky Dent to throw out the first pitch in the deciding Game 3 the other night. The Boston Red Sox favorite old timer threw a perfect strike, which brought back the mystique and aura up to da Bronx.
Now if the Yankees brain-trust had any sense, they would offer Dent an infield coach position, since they have ignored their past captain, Willie Randolph, for that role.
Over the past decade, the storied franchise have used their past alumni as “hood ornaments” for the fan’s pleasures. What better way for the players is there than to have Yankees from the past tutoring them. They’ve been there, done that, unlike the so-called coaches who they employ now.
Dent, who earned the nickname “F*ckin” with one swing of the bat one October day back in 1978, can easily be the tutor that shortstop Anthony Volpe needs.
Give Dent a fungo and let him do his thing. Heaven forbid if the “geniuses” that are led by their General Manager lets that happen. Dent is no puppet, so he doesn’t qualify. That’s what it comes down to, and that’s why the occupants of The Bronx Zoo remain extinct from this ANALytical run team.
Hire Bucky “F*ckin” Dent, a real baseball guy and stop relying on solo home runs!
