New York Newsday is reporting that BJ Ryan is not interested in pitching for the Yankees because he doesn't know if he wants the stress. You've got to respect a man who knows his limitations. It's not the most macho position to take but at least he knows that no amount of money the Yanks could offer him would be able to soothe his fragile soul and, as a Yankee fan, the last thing I want on my team is a guy who has a gut feeling that he wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of the Bronx. Hey, at least he told us up front, unlike Contreras, Pavano, Wright, Vazquez or Weaver.
The story continues by saying that he "wants an opportunity to close for a team that has a chance at the championship" and identified the Blue Jays, Tigers and Mets as interesting to him. Maybe the Blue Jays have an outside shot at the championship (big maybe, but at least it's possible). But the Tigers? What on earth are you talking about dude? Plus, why would the Tigers be interested in you? They already have Troy Percival signed to a bad contract, not to mention the bad contracts of Pudge Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez. The Tigers aren't competing in October anytime soon.
The Mets? The Mets are certainly a team of the future -- David Wright, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Victor Diaz, Lastings Milledge and Aaron Heilman make it so. Perhaps they can compete sooner if the young kids play great and Pedro and Glavine each have one more spectacular year like 2005. But then we go back to the issue of stress. Why would BJ Ryan think that Queens is any less stressful than the Bronx? It's the same press corps and the same rabid baseball fans in the same city. He should ask Braden Looper what the stress level is like at Shea. Looper got booed off the field at least 10 times this year.
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