 The only problem I have with what Clint Frazier did yesterday if he wants to stand up for himself He can stand up for himself if he thinks he was wrong. He should articulate that he was wrong, which he did I'm not gonna vilify him for that. Here's where I think he had a little bit of a misstep Blaming his teammates for speaking about the plays in right field where they were defending him That's a dangerous territory because you don't need any kind of split in that room, right? You want your teammates to have your back number two You know the Yankees want you to talk then say You go out and talk, but you say that you weren't wrong for not talking number three I don't have to talk. It's in the rules. Well, the rules are kind of cloudy You kind of do have to do that part of the rules of engagement honey Yankees asked you to talk That should have been enough you to talk as well. So This guy's too valuable a player to get angry at him about it And again, I probably have a little bit more sympathy to him because of the situation that we had together I thought was settled. I've spoken to him since but it's still something that rankles him. I Think here's the solution to all of this and it's a simple one the guys on the payroll You have Reggie Jackson who's on the Yankee payroll You have Reggie sit down and talk with him about dealing with the media and the importance of it You've got David Cohn who works for the yes network Which after the deal is finalizing Yankees are gonna own the yes network again Have David Cohn talked to him David Cohn always felt admit your mistakes and move on and you win the media over Have guys that have been there and done that have CC talk with him forget about Aaron Boone forget about Jason Zillow Have his contemporaries have Hall of Famers talk to him and saying this is the right way to do it And then if he butts his head up against the wall and doesn't listen then that's a whole new issue But I think this is a confused kid right now. He feels as if he's been mistreated I'd like to get more specifics of that But he feels it. I can't get inside his soul and think he's wrong But he should not ever cross his teammates and say no they were wrong for speaking on his behalf And what you were alluding to earlier? He's got the right to defend himself if he wants to go out there and be salty with the media I was right, but that's not what he did Sunday Sunday. He didn't even show up right But then he doubled down yesterday Double down, but I give him credit because he did it to the media not showing up was the issue If you wanted to go out there on Sunday after the game and be salty with the media Hey, we could evaluate whether you were too salty or whether that was the right or wrong thing to do But nobody would be able to kill you for not at least coming out and standing by your locker and addressing What happened in the game because it is your job and to your comparison your analogy with yourself What everybody tells you about the punching down or going after the people on Twitter or going after the people that criticize you in the paper The reason they say that to you is because you can't win and that's what I would say to Frazier You're not going to be able to win this battle with the media. No one's ever been able to do it So just accept the fact that it's a real pain in the you know what to do It's like John Tortorella. He hated dealing with the media. He was there. He wasn't good when he was there He was insulting to the media, but it was his job. He's the coach of a team He's got to be out there because it is your part of your job So if you don't want to say anything if you know if you want to have a bad relationship with the media It's still behooves you to go out there and at least be at your locker Good or bad now what do you've gone out there and been that way if he didn't hit a home run yesterday Or would he still be hid behind the wall and not come out if you want to go to bed in an air Well, he spoke he spoke before the game. This would be four guys Before the game now. He's in the lineup today. He's playing right field. So yesterday. He was the dh But here's my point though if he does actually feel Donna's if he was wronged. I Think that's that's that's a problem with society and what Twitter's about as well, which I think is also an issue Anybody could take their shots at you and if you feel you're wrong You have to sit there in a fetal position and take it and say thank you sir may I have another Not the way I was raised not the environment in which I was raised And maybe that's the same thing with him now whether he's right or wrong about being quote-unquote wronged if he feels it and Wants to be salty about it. He has every right to do it But he should address the media because you're gonna get yourself in more problems as you said It's a hard right to win. I almost feel like though this whole I've been wronged by the media is just an excuse He probably doesn't want to do it. He's got a problem with Susan wallman Don't talk to Susan anymore. He's got a problem with you Michael. Don't talk to Michael K anymore But I love these athletes who feel like they were wronged by a bad headline or one guy in the media that criticized him And they shut the entire media down Are you really doing it because you felt you were wronged by the media or is that just the excuse? Because you don't want to have to deal with the media after you commit a couple of errors out in the outfield See, I think that's what it's really about. He doesn't want to do it He doesn't have to deal with the media and he's coming up with excuses because he forgave you and he forgave Susan So why is that being brought up months later? It's an excuse He doesn't want to deal with nobody wants to have to deal with it But it's your job and of all the things you have to worry about this is the least of them All right, you're a major league baseball player You're living the dream if five minutes every day you've got to deal with the media then you just do it Don't make excuses. Just do it. I think it's just an excuse that he's making that the media wronged him Come on. I if he but but we don't know that if he really feels that way No, you can we argue with him if he really Two examples he gave Michael he forgave the people so why is he using you? As a reason he doesn't want to talk to the media I spoke with him said I was sorry He never said oh, you're forgiven, but but you talked to him we have spoken since alright And you've spoken since so if he's got a problem Michael K the announcer Michael K is not in the room after games Michael K was not the game on Sunday So I'm not saying Michael. He should have a problem with you or not, but don't use Michael K said I had to go play with a concussion or that guy or someone said I had to play with a concussion as an excuse Why you don't like the media You said it on a talk show you guys talked it out afterward You really think that's the reason that the media is against you're not in that room every day He's he feels like that things piling up where he is the but he's it's piling up because you didn't come out and address The media like everybody else did you think CC wants to have to do it after he gets shelled in a game the CC And what is CC? He's a leader. He's a god in New York not saying the Frasier is gonna be a god in New York He's got a play well But don't sit there and make excuses. I've been wronged by the media. You know many athletes can say that Yeah, a lot, but you know what I give you credit if he feels that way I don't but I'm I'm saying I think off the media But I don't think that was a smart play by him He has I guess he has the right and so his agents have probably told him You don't have to talk if you don't want to although it says very clearly that it's strongly Suggested that all players are made available after each game But was he having when he'd have a good game would he be at his locker? Is this been an ongoing thing or was this just after an embarrassing game on a Sunday night? He didn't want to go out and talk to the media because if the media wronged you somebody told me he did in Anaheim as well After a bad game after a bad play in the field All right, so he's telling you that I don't want to deal with the media because they wronged me So go four for four with the game winning home run Then don't talk to the media because they're the same media that wronged you so you're being selective If I have a great game then I'll talk to you But if I have a bad game that I've got a problem the media and that I don't talk to you so that's an excuse. I'm sorry