[cmccuist]

Daddy I am with you polically, but you are looking at the Yankees through rose-colored welding goggles. The Yankees are not angels by any stretch.

Dating back to the Babe, who was a womanizer and alcoholic, you have Mickey Mantle who was also a womanizer and tore up two livers.

I'm sure Jeter is working his way through as many groupies as he can, there is a viscous, unsubtantiated rumor that A-rod is a swinger.

You have two best sellers - The Bronx Zoo and Ball Four - that document the shennaigans of the Yanks. These guys are pros and have their share of crossing over the line. David Wells wrote a book just on himself about his brawling and drinking and generally carrying on just like a Red Sox player!

The Yankees may look disciplined and clean cut on the field and in the clubhouse, but these guys party hard! It's New York!