Imagine this: Randy Levine, my favorite Yanks front office official, lashing out about the empty seats at Yankee Stadium. Shocking, I know.
A day after the Major League Soccer commissioner raised the subject, New York Yankees president Randy Levine blasted back.Way to go, Randy. Why not call his wife fat and his kids ugly and dumb? Have you no sense of perspective?
"Don Garber discussing Yankee attendance must be a joke," Levine said Friday. "We draw more people in a year than his entire league does in a year. If he ever gets Major League Soccer into the same time zone as the Yankees, we might take him seriously.
"Hey Don, worry about Beckham, not the Yankees. Even he wants out of your league," he said.
Told of Levine's comments, Garber explained his remark.
"When I mentioned the New York Yankees yesterday, my comments were part of a larger assertion that all businesses -- even the most successful sports entities -- are experiencing some impact from the economic downturn," Garber said through a league spokesman.
"The Yankees are one of the world's strongest sports brands and the context of my comments about a few empty seats at Yankee Stadium was to illustrate the economic challenges we are all facing," he said.
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Randy Levine is truly lost.
"The Yankees are one of the world's strongest sports brands and the context of my comments about a few empty seats at Yankee Stadium was to illustrate the economic challenges we are all facing," he said. "Also, Randy Levine is kind of a dick."
Fixed that for you.
Sounds like Don Garber backtracked a little in that response. Too bad. Would have been great if he'd pointed out that clearly he must have hit a nerve.
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