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I think he's just slow. Period. In the head.

Good...we put this to a rest. Hopefully this is the last post of this thread. First of all, to clarify, I don't have a second team. I just would rather the Mets win because they're New York. Secondly, what John Henry did was absolutely brilliant, and I couldn't stop laughing. If you ask me, would I rather have had Hank shut up or this whole drama to play out....I would have chose the drama. It's just more entertainment.

That really isn't fair. I'm a tried and true baseball fan. I love my Yankees. Growing up, I hated the Mets. You had to. When I was younger, you were in different camps. As I got older, my "hatred" for the Mets waned. I had many friends who were Mets fans. You New England fans don't understand this, because your small city has only one team per sport, but New York is more fun when both teams are doing well. This is true with baseball, football, hockey, etc. The talk radios are more entertaining. There are lively debates and good natured ribbing. The subway series was amazing here. The whole city was buzzing with the World Series in 2000. It created a rivalry when there wasn't one before. Simply put, New York is more fun when BOTH teams do well. For the old-timers, it was like rooting for the Yankees as a Giant fan when the Yankees played the Dodgers in the World Series. You know how many hard-core Jets fans were rooting for the Giants in the Superbowl over the Pats? The dynamics for a two-team city are probably beyond your comprehension. If the Mets were in the World Series against anyone else, I'd root for the Mets. They are New York, and so am I. I follow the Mets, but the same as I follow the Royals or any other team. I'd just rather see New York win than another city. I'm a Yankee fan first and foremost, and a New Yorker second. Outside of Boston, I'd root for an AL team over an NL team. I'd root for an East team over a West team. So if the Orioles face the Padres in the World Series, I'd probably root for the Orioles. I can't expect you guys who haven't lived in a two-team city to understand.

I'm hoping for a productive year from this guy. Not only that, but being blocked by Arod doesn't help either.

I think the Patriots are idiots if they let the guy go. That would be like the Yankees deciding to let Arod go after last year. Except imagine Arod hitting 75 homers.

C'mon Kilo. Read the whole post. For example, if Kennedy, Hughes, and Chamberlain are all in Triple A at the start of the season, you guys win the division by ten games. Same difference. Both teams are heavily counting on their young guys.

We can only hope that Ellsbury, Lester, and Buchholz start the season in the minors. If that happens, the division race is finished before it even begins. What I really don't get is how the Red Sox are HEAVY favorites to win the division. There was a two game gap between them and us last year. With Schilling out for the year, I think that by simple attrition, the gap is non-existent. I really think it's a flip of the coin.

To tell you the truth, the real idiots in this is us debating it. Who gives a s***? So the owner of the Yankees disses the Red Sox. So what? Whatever. The news of the day should be how Lester couldn't find home plate with a compass. Or how Shelley Duncan might win the first base job, or how Igawa is a complete and utter 46 million dollar bust.

Like they really think they'll stay ahead for a long time. Remember, it was a blowout for the first quarter century of the 1900's.

Thank you for making reiterating every one of my points. It must be really nice to live in your world. You really believe the Red Sox are clean, and the Yankees are dirty? It's amazing, but you really do. You know something? I have no proof of this, and neither do you, but if you ask me, the Royals and Yankees and Tampa Bay and Boston...basically, with a little statistical variation, have about the same percentage of users. You have people like Mota and Lawton, just trying to make the team, and Hall of Famers like Clemens using. You have *******s like Bonds, and nice guys like Pettitte. It's everywhere, it has been, and probably still is. This isn't about the Yanks/Red Sox, it's about baseball. You ask me, every championship in the last decade has been tainted by steroids. Look, I know that if Mitchell was working for the Yankees, and/or they had caught whoever was supplying the Red Sox instead of the Yankees, then you'd have a slew of Red Sox on there and no Yankees. You'd have to deal with those insufferable self-righteous Yankee fans who preached the Yankee way and labeled you guys as cheaters and losers, and would still chant "1918". I just didn't expect you to be the same.

I didn't see Albaladejo pitch. How did he look to you?

Just like flax seed oil. Melky...go hit homeruns. With this management philosophy, he should hit 30 this year, right? Why is it considered jealousy? Players on my team cheated. Players on yours did as well. Players all over the league cheated. I'm saddened by the state of the game, and milestones that should be celebrated, like the career homerun record, are ignored. Other than that, what can you do? I'm jealous that you won two championships in four years, just like you are jealous of us winning four out of five. To think one cheated when the other didn't is naive. This isn't sour grapes. The whole batch is rotten. I like you a700, but this is the single, most ignorant, dumbest point you could ever make. None of the Red Sox showed up on the Mitchell report? They had two sources. Both in New York. The person running the report works for the Red Sox. Guess which team/teams will be hit hardest? Guess which team will not be under-represented? Can you honestly say that you think NO ONE cheated on the Red Sox, when estimates say that up to 25% of the players were users? You think the steroid era is over? Do you even follow baseball? Seriously. Do you even know what sport this is, or how it's played? BASEBALL, AS A SPORT, ENGAGED IN WIDESPREAD P.E.D. USAGE. IT WAS NOT LIMITED TO ONE TEAM, LEAGUE, OR ANY OTHER FACTOR. MARGINAL PLAYERS ALL THE WAY UP TO SUPERSTARS WERE USERS. MANAGEMENT KNEW. COACHES KNEW. PLAYERS KNEW. EVERYONE LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. So it's okay to cheat and lose, but if you use it and win, it's then an issue? Are you serious? Either I was wrong about you and you are absolutely and utterly clueless, or you had a brain fart and were under the influence of crystal meth when you posted this. Since I like you, I'm going with crystal meth.

Without steroids and HGH, he'll be Giambi by then. His body will break down faster than Amy Winehouse.

I think what he meant was AL East/World Series. Last year you won the East and the World Series. In other words, knock the Red Sox on their ass and have the Yankees take their rightful place in the universe. I have to admit, I like him a lot. I loved George, and what he says is good copy, and he wants his team to win. If I owned the Yankees, I'd walk around with my own back page photographer. You own the team, have fun with it. I mean come on, that Evil Empire quote from Lucchino[sp?] was awesome. It just adds to the rivalry.

What I love here is how the Yankees finished two games behind the Sox last year, but a good percentage of you guys is picking them to finish 3rd.

I'll throw in $25 smackeroos. What the hell, why not? It's only money.

You forgot Coco Crisp.

I LOVE IT! ROFL!

You made the quote. You love BP. It's your quote. Either take it, or admit that Granderson is a better baserunner than Crisp. Can't mix and match. Isn't it "modern stats" that is making this prediction for the Rays? I have to admit, I'm having a lot of fun with JHB. He's a cool Sox fan. Not like the rest of you punks Yeah, I'm talking to you. You know who you are.

It's on. Jacko at 70, Jayhawk Bill and BP at 88. We'll see at season's end.

Hey Jayhawk...BP is predicting 88 wins for the Rays. Probably the same statistics they used to determine that Crisp is a better baserunner than Granderson. I couldn't resist.

Jacko is the eternal optimist. He believes everyone is in the best shape of their life, players will recover their lost magic, marginal players will turn into bona fide solid major leaguers, etc. I think everyone sucks. Somewhere, in between our two viewpoints, the truth lies. A lot closer to me, I believe.