Have you ever been in one of those situations where it felt like everything you say is wrong. It happens to me quite often, especially with the old lady. You think you're saying the right thing,"No honey your #### doesn't look like it needs a mile marker on each cheek." I think Alex Rodriguez is in a perpetual state of that with the media and even Yankee fans. Yesterday he was interviewed by WFAN in a session that he felt like he was "standing at the plate with Bob Gibson on the mound." This is one of the quotes that really got me:

"I know I had a lot of options to go to several teams this offseason, probably five or six," Rodriguez said. "I chose to be in New York."

Okay so is that a threat. Another gem is this:

"It's a do-or-die situation," Rodriguez told WFAN's Mike Francesa and Chris Russo. "At some point, either New York is going to say, 'I've had enough of this guy, get him the [heck] out of here, and we have an option.'

"Or New York is going to say, 'Hey, we won a world championship, you had a big year, you're a part of it. We want you back.'"

Look man, I don't want you're apologies and I don't want your excuses. What I do want is for you not to commit an error every freakin' game. I want you to maybe make a clutch hit every now and then. But most of all, just shutup. I'd rather listen to Barry Bonds moan about how the man is after him then to listen to you talk about how you and Jeter aren't the best of friends anymore.  Or talk about how you have the option if you want to.

I don't think that Yankee A-Rod haters don't like A-Rod because he's not clutch. It's because he is a giant #### all the time. He needs to tell someone to #### off not 'well I'm doing my best guys.' He needs what the people at Chotchkies has, and that's flare. I'd rather a bad #### than a apologist. Drop your sack and be a man.

These quotes have been pulled off of Yankees.com writer Bryan Hoch's article.

I'm sorry but I'm sick of hearing this guy. To quote a classic,"I'd rather listen to Fran Drescher, I'd rather listen to Beautician and the Beast but if I hear Yamo Be There one more time I'm going to Yamo burn this place to the ground." 

What is hard for me to fathom is why everyone thinks that Alex Rodriguez is this fragile piece of glass and you have to watch what you say or he will break?

Understandibly the guy is playing in one of the most critical markets in all of the major leagues, but he is a grown man the last time I checked. Listening to the media talk about Steinbrenner's comments on the "third baseman's" performance you would have thought he was berating his mother. George Steinbrenner only knows one thing and that is success. Failure is not an option in his mind. If you work in corporate America or you are operating a small business you know full well where this mind set comes from. You expect the best out of your employees everyday. If they start to slack the business starts to slack, so you might need to give them a wakeup call every now and then. Being critical of someone not performing is not a sin, not being critical when they screw up is.

Alex Rodriguez pretty much proved the critics wrong yesterday with his solo blast in the fifth against Schilling and the RedSox. I think some people over analyze baseball and that is when you get stories like this. Guys don't homer every at bat...hell they don't hit every at bat. Why do you think DiMaggio's record has stood for so long? Everyone has good days and bad days we just have to hope  the good out weighs the bad.

Randy Johnson probably could use some constructive criticism. I had this feeling that he was going to turn out like this though. I'm glad to see that Mussina is holding up well. All and all it's going to be a great year for the Bombers.

In the mean time Keep your Beer mugs full and the table dances a plenty. CHEERS!!!