And it doesn’t matter whether Manny signs with us. In Manny’s own odd world he’s already a Yankee and has won a world series. But that’s just Manny being Manny.
He also thinks he’s the pope.

Again, I don’t remember what it was I said about CC, but it was not about doubting that he would end up with the Yankees, as I’ve always thought and said he would.

In this forum, people go back and forth with ideas and opinions all the time. People also razz each other quite often. Most of the time the best response is to defend the idea, not attack the person. You’ve posted a lot of things that were quite reasonable, and I never meant to imply that you were insane.

So I respectfully submit to you that, while the notion of wanting Manny is understandable, some of your stated ideas about Matsui are unrealistic. That doesn’t mean that trading him would be impossible, just that the rationales you gave are inoperable.

When someone insults me the way you did during that whole CC exchange and now here, I don’t forget it. I know you don’t care but I don’t like your personality at all and here’s why. Yankees fans like myself visit this blog because we want to talk about baseball and share our ideas. In this forum it’s socially inappropriate to treat ideas and opinions as fantasies or insanity. It really diminishes the quality of conversation in here and creates bad vibes.

So, if this is the way you want to talk baseball with me then I would appreciate if you never comment on any of my posts and ignore me altogether. If you can do this, I don’t have a problem ignoring you. Thanks in advance.

They passed on Beltran in CF in favor of Johnny Damon, who is now an average LF. Beltran was even offering them a discount.

Take the money they want to spend on Burnett and give it to Tex. Burnett only pitches well against the Yankees anyway.

I despise him for that. I don’t care about him taking a bathroom break in the outfield the middle of an inning or as Hank put it…don’t give a (expletive) about his hair. He’s a terrible left fielder and sometimes a lazy baserunner. But his makeup is such that he can get a big hit in a big game regardless of the pressure. Say what you want about his character, he is mentally tough. The Red Sox bring in players like him, Pedroia, Lowell, Varitek. I hate them all but I look on this team and I see a softness all around and centering on Alex the sorority girl scarf wearing Rodriguez. If I’m locked in a tight playoff series I want Manny Ramirez on my side. The off the field stuff doesn’t mean squat to me. He’s clutch and you need clutch hitters to win World Series rings and break curses.

As for whether I only have keyboard courage, you’re right to some extent; if we were sitting in some bar and I thought you were some sort of lunatic that couldn’t be teased about some goofy baseball idea without flipping out, I would probably keep mum; your Matsui notions aren’t really worth a fistfight. But if you came across as a reasonably sane person who could handle criticism in a conversation, I think I would say pretty much the same stuff.

Trisha, on the other hand, would have me cowering with fear. In person it would just be “yes ma’am” and “no ma’am” with no smart talk at all.

Actually there were plenty of fans ready to jump off the cliff at the time of that particular exchange. Some fans even wanted to pull the offer for CC Sabathia and sign Teixeira since they thought that the money didn’t factor in at all.