I can't discuss this rationally:

We have two unpleasant choices: either the Yankees thought that a) Andy is on the verge of Tommy John surgery, which you don't wish on anyone, or b) letting him go made baseball sense - which, given when you look at the potential replacements, is a conclusion that could only have been drawn by the same person who thinks that Gary Sheffield is a better option than Vladimir Guerrero, or that Ken Phelps was a better option than Jay Buhner....

The treadmill just got a lot faster.

If Theo Epstein was old enough to drink, they'd be popping champagne in Boston right now.