Bernie Update

From Jack Curry:

Bernie Williams will be making an All-Star appearance, but it will not be at Yankee Stadium. Williams, an accomplished guitarist, will be performing his music at Major League Baseball’s All-Star gala at the Museum of Natural History on Sunday night. He has no plans to be at the Stadium for the game on Tuesday night.
After Williams finished 2006 with the Yankees, he hoped to return in 2007. But General Manager Brian Cashman no longer wanted him. Williams felt that he should have been offered a guaranteed deal, but Cashman wanted to move forward with young players like Melky Cabrera. Since then, there has been a chilly relationship between Williams and the Yankees. Williams has stayed away from the Stadium for the last one and a half seasons.
While Williams is participating in the All-Star festivities, he was invited to perform by Major League Baseball officials, not the Yankees. At some point, the Yankees will probably want to honor Williams with a day at the Stadium and by retiring his number. But, for that to happen, Williams and the Yankees have to be on friendlier terms.

Whatever happens, I’m sure we’ll see Bernie on Yankee Stadium’s final day, whether it’s during a special closing ceremony in November or the final game of the season. Hopefully, he and Brian Cashman will end their mini-feud and straighten things out. When you think back on Bernie’s last year (2006), offensively, you’d take that any day over Melky Cabrera’s current production (Bernie was 37 years old).

That’s sort of sad, in a way. Good thing for that glove, huh Melk-Man?