George Steinbrenner Knows How To Handle Sheffield's Whining

George Steinbrenner is no dummy when it comes to buying players to make a winning team. Apparently he's not going to talk to outfielder Gary Sheffield about his desire to stay in the pinstripes for the future.
Gary Sheffield said he's being blocked by "middle men" from speaking with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner about his desire to stay in New York and will comply with the team's request to form a list of clubs he'd prefer to be traded to.

Since Steinbrenner collapsed in public back in October, Sheffield feels that he is unable to reach out to Steinbrenner and his being blocked is because of his health issue.

"If it wasn't for his health, I'd have made that conversation happen, but my situation ain't worth that to me," Sheffield said, adding that "you've got middle men blocking him. ... They get in the way and their personal feelings get in the way."

Sheffield doesn't like the fact that he's being replaced by Bobby Abreu either, he had these words to say:

"He's a good player, but like I say, you can draw it up any kind of way, he ain't me, and that's the bottom line," Sheffield said. "I understood them having to make this move for the remainder of the season but ... I always was told that you leave because somebody's better than you, and I don't think that's the case here."

Well, it's seems like a done deal that Sheff, will not be in a Yankee uniform past this year even if they decide not to trade him. It's funny how this has made Sheffield look like a whiney, bitter, old player. Who knows where he'll land next season, whomever it may be, good luck.

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