Paul Byrd's Son Thinks His Dad Sucks

Everybody got swept up in Paul Byrd madness a few nights back when he took down the mighty Yankees, even though, man, he was just a pitch or two away from disaster the first couple innings. But you know who probably didn't buy into it at all? Paul Byrd's son.

"He would play this baseball video game and say, 'You know, dad, your stuff's not very good,''' Byrd recalled Tuesday in an interview with FOXSports.com.
"He asked, 'Why are the Yankees always so good? Every video game we get, they've got the best team.' I explained to him that they spend a lot of money on players. If a player is really good, they try to trade for him. Usually, they have kind of an All-Star team.

"He kind of tucked that away in his memory," Byrd continued. "About two months later, I was signing autographs. He said, dead serious, 'Why would anyone want your autograph?' He said, 'You're not any good, you're just average.'

"I said, 'I've been pitching in the big leagues about 10 years. I've done this and that.' He said, 'Dad, if you were any good, the Yankees would have traded for you.'

"You talk about an all-time low. I kept waiting for the punch line. But there was no punch line. Nothing."

Hey, there's still time to pull a LeBron and go back to rooting for the Indians now, right?

Because GreatR in the the comments asked for it, Byrd's son is now seven. He was five when he said this stuff.

Via Ballhype via FanIQ.