Rick Cerrone out as Yankees PR guru

A shame, even if he broke all sorts of employment records by surviving 11 years.

http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/ny-spyanks1020,0,4055479.story?coll=ny-sports-headlines

Rick's a tough but good guy who has all the skills sorely lacking in the babbling buffoon across town. Hopefully he lands on his feet soon.

Aren't Torre and Cerrone close? My guess is this is just the beginning of Steinbrenner's tweaks at Torre.

 

"And, in the end..."
I post this because Rick's a Beatles nut.
Good guy in a bad job.

 

Whenever I see his name my first thought is, Why did Big Stein hire a former Blue Jays catcher as his mouthpiece?



(yeah, I know they spell their names differently)

 

Who was Rick bangin' in the Yankee's organization?

 

Disagree. I'd call him by far the least helpful of any MLB PR guy I've ever dealt with. Can't speak for those on the beat.
I'll take Jay Horwitz over him in a heartbeat. And he's more entertaining, too.

 

How is George Costanza not mentioned as a leading candidate?

 

Not just a former Blue Jays catcher, but if I recall correctly he was the Yankees catcher that had to step in when Thurman Munson died after crashing his plane.

 

I thought Jerry Narron started the first game after Munson was killed.

 

And also a guy who once said to Steinbrenner "Fuck you, you fat son of a bitch" when the owner ripped into the players in the locker room during the '81 Division Series against the Brewers.

Oh, and some guys filled in for Munson for the rest of the 1979 season, but it was Cerone who was obtained during the following offseason and hailed as the new starting catcher to fill his shoes.

 

If by entertaining you mean completely incompetent, unwilling or unable to actually DO any work, unable to put one foot in front of the other and generally unable to do anything other than get his fat head maximum television exposure...sure.

 

He definitely does get a lot of TV time. Then again, he's pretty hard to miss