Wow Ax wow........I know you are a very knowledgable fan of baseball. But have a little perspective out of your Yankee world. I will be the first one to tell you that what Pedro did to Karim Garcia last year was completely wrong and uncalled for. But you cannot accuse him of throwing down a 70 year old man. Dammnit what do you do when you have a 70 year old bull charging towards you, he had to push him down. He was just acting on instinct. Now with your take on Varitek and your stupid theory (well I can say that stupid when you can call him a thug). Did you see the game or just the highlights on your Yankee TV Channel? A-ROd got hit, and he is not the first baseball player to get hit. Arroyo is one of the league leader on hits batsman. He himself said that he has to pitch inside to become effective. He doesn't have good enough stuff to keep on pitching outside, that too to a great hitting team like Yankees. Why would he hit him when we were down 3-0, and why would he put him on base when noone was out. A-Rod was the one who instigated the fight. The pitcher has to stick up for his pitcher. BTW, you and your cute- faced baseball prince...what has he done yet? Didn't Seattle win like 116 games when he left town. Isn't Texas winning big once he left them? I am sure he is a very good player. But until he has done something like take a team to championship on his own, he is just like any other player in your team or a player in Detroit Tiger's team. On other note, I hope Giambi gets well.