On Monday, incoming New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson was caught on the street by CBS 2 in New York's Duke Castiglione and a cameraman while heading out of his hotel to take the physical required by the team, and ended up in a bit of a "jam" on his first day in the city. Johnson went a bit overboard in telling Castiglione and cameraman Vinny Everett that he didn't want to talk to them at the moment, and not to take any film of the encounter - which of course, was already rolling, and has been seen numerous times on the air.

Tuesday afternoon brought the formal introduction of Johnson as a Yankee, and the first thing he did when he was given the microphone was to apologize to the fans, the press, et al. Not wanting to keep his name out of the news for another day, Castiglione promptly introduced himself, "Hi Randy, Duke Castiglione from Channel 2 - remember me?" This brought a bit of laughter from the crowd, and basically embodied what every single talk show host and sports player believes about the sports media in New York - that it's not about the on-field play, it's about the big story that makes it on the back page of the Daily News or New York Post. Bob Raissman seems to agree with that sentiment. Castiglione claims he was doing his job, when it is obvious to everyone that he was just making himself part of the story. Thankfully for him, Channel 2 isn't exactly running up the ratings for sports viewership.

Maybe he's just upset that Channel 2 lost 21 Yankees games to Channel 9 last week.