September 12, 2005 Issue 127
	Steinbrenner Has Kevin Brown Turned Into Glue, Bellamy Road Sent to Minors in Embarrassing Clerical Mixup Originally posted 5/9/2005 Yankees owner George Steinbrenner watches his Bellamy Road lose the Kentucky Derby, a turn of events which inadvertently led to the demise of Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown (inset) NEW YORK - George Steinbrenner, owner of both the New York Yankees and failed Kentucky Derby favorite Bellamy Road, announced through embarrassed chuckles this week that, due to a clerical error on Sunday, Bellamy Road was sent down to the minor leagues while Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown was shipped off to a glue factory. "Whoops!" said a chagrined Steinbrenner. "Looks like we've got quite a mess our hands. These things are bound to happen one in a while when you're running a big organization. Still, I can just about guarantee you that somebody's going to get fired over this." Brown had been scheduled to start Sunday's game against the Oakland Athletics in New York, but the volatile and ill-tempered Steinbrenner -- fresh off seeing his Bellamy Road finish a disappointing seventh behind 50-1 longshot winner Giacomo -- ordered his demotion to the Triple A Columbus Clippers following four losing outings in which the veteran pitcher racked up an 0-4 record and an 8.25 ERA. Steinbrenner also ordered that Bellamy Road be shipped off to a glue factory -- "any glue factory," the enraged Boss reportedly told his staff -- after his lackluster Derby run. Unfortunately for Brown, a clerical error on the part of Steinbrenner's people led to his being shipped off to the glue factory and Bellamy Road being sent to Columbus. "This is really too bad for Kevin," said Brown's agent, Scott Boras, "and I think the Players Association may have something to say about it. There's got to be something in the collective bargaining agreement about owners not being able to order the execution of players on their roster. I'm pretty sure the union got that in there back in the '50s, and I don't think they would have given it up." "What can I say?" Steinbrenner asked reporters Sunday. "I've got a lot of different business interests, sometimes wires get crossed, these things happen. Sorry."
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