Ax wrote: "shirish, hate is a strong word for me. I dislike every team Yankees faces, be it Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles or the Boston Red Sox. I want Yankees as a winner every time they take the field. But donýt get me wrong I get more pleasure when Yankees beats Red Sox which Baltimore Orioles used to occupy once. " I appreciate you adherence to the team you love to see win. I admire your strong feeling for the team you love but does not mean you have to hate other teams. For e.g. you love your spouse to death which does not mean you have to hate any other men/women. This "hate" resides in your heart because in your head there is a constant fear of loosing to other team. This is a consequence of your knowledge of the ability of the other team or inaility/deficiencies of your team. And you know Yankees are better ball players which does not exclude them from loosing to other teams. And you know that pretty well. But a true sports (man or fan) believes more on the game than winning. However, win means lot to your well being. Well AX, sometimes you have to accept the facts and can not turn blind eyes. Games, especially baseball can become unpredicatable and things go to other direction as it is going for your Yankees currently. So who is pitching for the Yankees tonight? Brown? or Joe Torree still on the phone and having dinner? Go Red Sox GO !