Haha. You all shouldn't be too surprised at how quickly I responded... I simply backed out of the global warming thread and this was the first new one
I am a man who has obsessions instead of interests. And too many of them, too: cars, baseball, politics, literature, music, movies, rock climbing, running, and getting laid all compete for my time. The honest truth is that I'm not as obsessed with baseball as I was, say, 3 years ago. I don't say this with a thread of sadness, because I was hardcore obsessed back then, and in a way the 2004 WS and ALCS released me. But truth be told, I probably "watched" (sometimes I just had it on in the background while working behind the bar, or while working on the car, or while writing, etc) upwards of 100 games this year. I probably sat and REALLY watched maybe 20 (not counting playoffs).
If any other of my interests were brought up in a thread - say, someone wanted to debate the literary styles of Thomas Pynchon and Don DeLillo - I would be in there in a flash as well.
That being said, it looks like A-Rod is staying with the Yanks. WFAN NY is reporting he has fired Scott Boras and is resuming talks with Cashman himself, without an agent.