You just don't get it, do you, Volume II

I'm old enough to remember when Suzyn Waldman was nothing more than the Yankees beat reporter for WFAN. Since then she's gone on to bigger things, but she's always stuck to the Yankees beat. Some would argue too much.

After Waldman's description of Roger Clemens' return to the Yankees this year as one of the most dramatic things she had ever seen (because what's more dramatic than a washed-up multi-millionaire cashing in mercenarily one last time?), few would have thought she could be more embarrassing on the air. But if you didn't think so, you would be wrong.

Following the Yankees' loss the other night, Waldman cried on air. That's right. Cried. A professional broadcaster cried for no other reason than that the team she covers lost a playoff series and the coach might not come back as a result. A particularly amusing take on the issue (if the name "Chris Crocker" means anything to you) is here.

Some might have called this embarrassing. Some might have said it set back female reporters twenty years. Waldman said... people criticizing her are sexist!

"This one's getting me angry, because I don't play this card a lot, but this is as sexist as it gets," the Yankees' radio analyst said yesterday.

You're kidding me, right? This is the exact opposite of sexism. People who think that there should be no restrictions in the genders of sports reporters are bothered by this because it invites sexism. Sports reporters should not be crying because the teams they cover lose. It's unprofessional. And because Waldman is a woman, it invites the ridicule of people who actually are sexist and don't think women should be in the booth. Suzyn Waldman: you don't get it.

What's that? You want to embarrass yourself further? You'd like to pull the card of a terrible disease?

"The idea that I can't choke up because a man I went through cancer with 11 years ago is going to lose his job and I was describing his coaches crying? It's absolutely ludicrous."

Fun fact: talking about crying makes you cry. It's kind of like yawning. That's just science, people. Look it up. Also: I certainly don't want to diminish the battle with cancer, especially since someone very close to me went through it, but the mere fact that Waldman and Torre had different types of cancer at the same time? I'm not sure that gives them some super-special bond. Especially since Waldman notionally has journalistic objectivity. Also also? 11 years ago. Also also also? While I suppose technically Torre may "lose his job," he's not getting fired. He's not going to get a new contract. Maybe. It's not even official. Come on.