90% of the comments on those sites are completely absurd and tend to annoy me. BYB is so much better because most of the commenters here are a lot more capable of constructing solid arguments (whether I agree or disagree), not to mention utilization of proper grammar and spelling. And for the most part, everyone’s polite to one another.

you’re completely right, but so is Mac. And Sabre makes a perfect point about Leyland saying one thing and doing another, which is one of my biggest pet peeves with him. As a Psychology major myself, I can tell you that it’s not reverse psychology, he’s just a shoot first, ask questions later kind of guy. He acts on instinct and sometimes later pays for it. That all said, he’s a proven winner and has a WS so clearly he does enough right.

Sizemore will do a nice job, not perfect, but a nice job replacing Polly. Leyland though should watch how he says what he says. It kind of reminds me of “Miracle” where Kurt Russel tells the boys if they want a friend, he’s not the one to come to. The only problem is, we all know Leyland isn’t that hard on guys because we’ve seen them “coughSheffieldcoughGuillencough” just say whatever the hell they want to and in return he just gives in to their demands.

Maybe Jimmy was just upset over the Grandy trade and those comments were out of spite. I don’t mind him challenging Sizemore to be better than Polly but when it comes to the leadoff thought, he needs to be more open. With the stats Sizemore had, he’d be a better leadoff hitter than Jackson, IMO.