Yankee To Receive World Series Ring
In the post-season shuffle and ensuing clamor for the top free agents in baseball few people are thinking ahead to the presentation of the 2006 World Series rings. Yankees fans, already frustrated by their team’s poor post-season play, may be further annoyed to learn that in fact one Bronx Bomber from 2006 will be receiving a ring after all. Though he won’t be on the field with the St. Louis Cardinals, starting pitcher Sidney Ponson will likely receive his ring in the mail.
Ponson pitched for the Cardinals until July 11 when he lost his spot to Jeff Weaver. From mid-July through August 18 he pitched for the Yankees, notching a 4-5 record with a 6.25 ERA, but again lost his spot, this time to Cory Lidle.
Certainly this will be more gut-wrenching for Baltimore, where Ponson had to schedule his starts between DUIs and court dates. But for the Yankees, a team with World Series aspirations and many ring-less superstars, Ponson with a ring on his finger is hardly the stuff that pinstriped dreams are made of.
Ponson pitched for the Cardinals until July 11 when he lost his spot to Jeff Weaver. From mid-July through August 18 he pitched for the Yankees, notching a 4-5 record with a 6.25 ERA, but again lost his spot, this time to Cory Lidle.
Certainly this will be more gut-wrenching for Baltimore, where Ponson had to schedule his starts between DUIs and court dates. But for the Yankees, a team with World Series aspirations and many ring-less superstars, Ponson with a ring on his finger is hardly the stuff that pinstriped dreams are made of.
