Folks,

Call me naive, but I don't understand how you can at all be a Yankee fan after Alex Rodriguez's disgusting display last night.

To me, it wasn't his flagrant cheating that made me so mad. I mean, I understand that in a game like that the adrenaline is flowing and that sometimes the thought of achieving your goal clouds your judgment. And so sometimes you do something stupid, like whack Bronson Arroyo in the arm to dislodge the ball on a routine play at first. But after you do that you should stop, put things in perspective, apologize to Arroyo and be a man about the fact that you cheated. Then you go and take your seat.

But not Rodriguez. He stood on first and clapped his hands at how happy he was with himself. And then when the play looked like it might be overturned he threw a hissy fit tantrum. And then a bunch of Yankees came onto the field to argue that it was all perfectly legal. And then when it was overturned (the correct call) the entire stadium erupted and fans started throwing things at umpires and players. Shameful.

This is entirely reminiscent for me of the time late in the season where the Yankees pushed to have Tampa Bay forfeit two games because they were late to the park. Of course, they were late because of a devastating hurricane, but that didn't seem to matter. To the Yankees, it's win at all costs. Personally, I think that sucks. Had the situation last night been reversed and it had been Johnny Damon smacking that ball out, I would have been appalled and would fully have expected him to take responsibility.

Basically, I would hate to cheer for a team that is the equivalent of the playground bully. And that is why I now fully believe in Boston's long time mantra....yes people, the Yankees do indeed suck.