Talk is cheap

As the World Series shifts to New York for crucial games 6 and maybe 7, millions of baseball fans are anxiously asking:

Will the Yankee’s catcher keep going out to the mound during the game and wasting so much danged time?

Yes, sports fan, it was not your imagination. The World Series games were dragging along at a languid pace – even more so than usual.

In Game 4, catcher Jorge Posada trotted out to chat with pitcher C.C. Sabathia a mind-boggling total of eight times in one inning.

Good grief. I have less contact with some of my family. (And that’s not a bad thing, but that’s another blog.)

Posada lamely defended his Dilbertian obsession with meetings: “It’s just part of the game. We want to talk with each other so we know what we’re doing.”

Jeez, Jorge, you’re playing a freakin’ game! Stop jawin’ and start throwin’.

And let’s face it, many of these meetings were simply not necessary.

Posada later confirmed that during some of the confabs, he and C.C. discussed whether they would have fish or chicken after the game, debated the science of global warming and kicked around some early Oscar picks.

The game is slow enough as it is. Slow it up even more and I believe time will stand still.

On the other hand, at least the endless meetings delay the inevitable Yankee victory and the endless crowing from their obnoxious fans on how great the team is.

New Yawkers really should be high-fiving the Steinbrenner family for writing all those big checks and buying a championship.

Wait’ll next year. Cards in six.