Plum Crazy

Round and about the blogosphere, I've seen a few comments blaming George Steinbrenner for the Red Sox's loss in the ALCS. Not directly, but through such comments as "Looks like outbidding the Reds for Aaron Boone paid off." Or "Joe Torre had nothing to do with the win; it's George Steinbrenner's buying players from other teams." As if Steinbrenner had anything to do with Grady Little's allowing Pedro to pitch to Matsui and then Posada. Or the fact that Nomar couldn't produce a hit until Game 6. Or that the A.L. batting champ suddenly looked like a mediocre hitter.

It is patently absurd to believe that Steinbrenner had something to do with the Red Sox's loss. That is just fantasy. George wasn't using his big bucks to pay Grady Little to make bad managerial decisions. He wasn't bribing Nomar and Bill Mueller to hit like crap. No, he was not. That was, in fact, me. Yes, I harnessed the enormous resources of the Vast Center Wing Conspiracy to prevent the Red Sox from winning, à la Cigarette Smoking Man and the Buffalo Bills (hard-core X-Philes will get the reference). What we have here is a Vast Yankees Conspiracy. So in recognition of my fessing up, for the duration of the World Series, this site will have a Yankees theme. After that, it will revert back to its normal look.