Such ******** that people are complaining about this. Be a little less liberal won't you? It was exciting and sent a jolt of energy through the entire team. He'll miss 5 or 6 games, in which we'll have Mike Lowell and Casey Kotchman in to fill the void. Youk's one of our best hitters but if Bay gets going (as he has been as of late) and the rest of the lineup gets going we should be fine. We don't need to depend on one hitter.
I agree with whoever compared this to the Tek thing. It's one win now and likely a 5 or 6 game suspension but it could lead to a little winning streak. We have Beckett going tomorrow against their #5 starter, a 3-game winning streak and possibly a sweep could go a long way down the road.
Plus, the people who say "the suspension would coincide with the Yankee series"..he could just appeal it and then begin serving it after that series is over..