Good guess on that. I made the mistake of reading it and then got mad.

As for Pete, its HIS blog people. He’s free to write anything he feels like. I find it refreshing that its not always rainbows and sunshine constantly, it wouldn’t be realistic if it was. He does an outstanding job of updating us on all the little tidbits we love to hear about in addition to the general coverage. How can we complain? I can deal with a few “glass half empty” comments because we fans [more than often] take that approach after just ONE loss! Regardless, its all the spirit of good baseball discussion. So lets ease up a bit on our favorite sports blogger.

Also, I’m just as much of a loyal Yankee fan as anyone, but I happen to agree (and laugh at) 99.9% of the stuff he writes about PayRod, because most of its true. –Might I add, let him have his surgery. I have a feeling the Yankees will play better without him anyway, even if the lineup seems thin and aging. There are still guys who can get it done.

Looking foward to the games today! Keep fighting the good fight, Pete and thanks for your hard work.

At any rate, “Arliss”, in what world does it benefit me for the Yankees to go 81-81?”

Dude – you have my email address. We have emailed several times. The email address I provided is 100% accurate. 81-81 would a) pleasure you greatly, b) generate blog traffic in the sense that when they lose people turn to blogs to vent, and c) an 81-81 season would create a lot of comings and goings, which would also favor hits on the blog.

Thats all beside the point, dont insinuate I am a coward when you know full well tht you have my correct email address and I have never once put an incorrect email address along with my name in one post on this blog.

I think most can agree that Pete can be negative at times and we can infer that considering he is a Patsies fan he could have been a Red Sox fan before his journalism career. That said I do enjoy this site and think it has the most up to date news about the Yanks. No one agrees with everything Pete has to say and if you do disagree you can at least do it in a respectful way. And I do think that sometimes Pete takes it personally when people do disagree.

PS. My email address works fine since you called out ppl who criticize you as cowards.

Jeremy if you don’t like the blog don’t open it.

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I’m dissatisfied with this site because of its negative tone. I read this site because it’s a good source of breaking news about the Yankees. I don’t enjoy reading daily posts knocking the team or its players.

This post isn’t news and it isn’t enlightening opinion. Everything written in this post is ancient history. And when one commenter (Don) is smart enough to contest the post’s relevance, Pete shoots his comment down. That’s not encouraging debate.

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Your second sentence says you read this post for breaking news, then first sentence of second paragraph, you say it isn’t news.

Get a grip you contradicted yourself big time. Pete’s blog has the most up-to-date info I can find on the web concerning the Yankees. Name me another blog, newspaper or sports website that offers faster Yankees info, that is factual, than Pete’s?

Pete really said nothing inflammatory. He even said, and I quote “If everything goes well, the Yankees could have an imposing lineup.” He didn’t say he expects all those players to suck, so whoever keeps saying all the answers to the question marks are negative is false. Re-read his post.

I think the original intent of the post was to say Tex has never had to experience anything like this since he played for Texas, Atlanta and LAA. NY is a whole new ball game for every player of every sport that comes here. With Tex’s contract and A-Rod’s injury Tex now becomes the guy we all expect to provide the power and RBIs. This was Pete’s point, IMO.

Who else do you expect to be the intimidating hitter opposing pitchers don’t want to face? Jeter? Damon? Cano? I like all these guys, but they aren’t on the team to hit 40 HRs and drive in 110+ runs. Tex and A-Rod are. Think about it.