tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post3763569296411337570..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: Did smoking, profanity cause a rift between Mark Teixeira and Ron Washington?Subway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-91095493662431561542010-10-15T19:16:14.225-04:002010-10-15T19:16:14.225-04:00If Teixeira had a problem with profanity, I suspec...If Teixeira had a problem with profanity, I suspect he has a problem with it on the Yankees, too. I find it hard to believe that Nick Swisher does not, at least once a day, have to say, "Oops. Sorry, Teix." And I'm sure he's heard A.J. Burnett say, "(Bleep)! Why can't I get the (bleep)ing ball over the (bleeperbleeping) plate anymore?" Then there's Joba, who wants to bet that he couldn't, to use the line from "My Fair Lady," "make a sailor blush"?<br /><br />This dovetails (now THAT sounds dirty) with Lisa's post about Mickey Mantle. Roger Kahn, later the author of "The Boys of Summer," was once asked to do a magazine piece on him, and objected, saying Mantle was a bad interview, partly because "Every third word out of his mouth is (bleep)!"Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.com