by Ken Rosenthal
Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball.
Indians right-hander and former Tiger Paul Byrd gets no respect.
“I’m not tall. I’m right-handed. I’m balding. I don’t throw hard. And my breaking ball isn’t that great,” Byrd jokes.
Could Rodney have said it any better?
The baseball world screeches to a halt when Roger Clemens pitches, and reporters monitor every muscle twitch in his aging body.
Taxis won’t even screech to a halt when Byrd is scheduled to pitch, and reporters wonder why his team lets him near the park at all.
That’s right; Byrd couldn’t even hail a taxi to Yankee Stadium before clinching the Division Series for the Indians on Monday night.
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