There’s been a good deal of rumor* why Yanks pitching coach Dave Eiland has been absent, but no matter the reason, it’ll be good to have him back.
Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland, who left the team June 4 to attend to an undisclosed personal issue, will return to the club Tuesday when New York opens a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
“It’s been in discussion the past couple of days,” manager Joe Girardi said. “I talked to Dave last week and there was a time period where things had to be worked out. Dave is going through some personal things and he’s ready to come back now. It’s good to be whole again.”
“I think you’d have to have been on a deserted island with no TV and papers if you’re a baseball guy to not know what’s been going on,” Girardi said. “As much as [Eiland] could, with all the stuff he needed to take care of, he was keeping up. He was not on a deserted island. He was not with Gilligan or Skipper.”
Get it, “island” and “Eiland”? Gilligan and Skipper? Woooboy, high comedy. (/end snark)
And as I’ve said, if Eiland can fix both AJ Burnett and Javy Vazquez in one season, he’s vastly underpaid.
* You can Google and see what I am talking about, but I don’t want to get into passing along rumors about health issues, even if the source is spot on.
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Are you sure this was a good idea, Jason? I had figured that the news blackout conspiracy was universal, and was just waiting for you or someone else actually in the know to let the rest of us peons in on the secret.
But by suggesting Google – well, I did. And now I’ve seen the nasty rumour too – without having the faintest idea if it is indeed true or not, or if the rumour I discovered is the same one that you implied might have a basis in fact.
Hopefully, the source I found is right – because I could care less if that is his problem; I only wish he had waited til after the season to deal with it. (if I found the right explanation, he likely could have waited; to have done it mid season is as selfish as a player waiting til June to have a procedure that requires 4 months of recuperation.)
Rumors are what they are.
Does this one have any validity, I have no idea. But it’s out there, being discussed and alluded to in the Twitterverse and elsewhere.
Understood. I was just fished in by your tagline – “even if the source is spot on.” Just kinda figured that was your way of sharing some of your inside knowledge, without getting your Yankees backstage pass pulled.
I do wish Eiland had waited (if he could have – obviously, cancer, dying relatives, etc – can’t wait) – of course, if he were still around Burnett would have to go back to blaming Jorge or something else.