No, you derailed the thread into the tangent about the Johan Santana non-trade. My remark to E1 characterizing something in his post as "obnoxious" was between he and I. We addressed it and moved on. If it had bothered you, you could have responded directly to my post, but instead you chose to tag your comments onto a post by Dutchy where he disparages my knowledge, and you went onto say that my contributions to the thread were intended to be obnoxious. I'm not playing any victim here. You are just plain wrong. I made a comment in this thread about the state of our farm system which is the subject matter of the thread. That's not sniping. Saying that someone's contributions to a thread are intended to be obnoxious is sniping and petty. But feel free to rationalize further. Your benign intentions are clear to all.:rolleyes: