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Jon Heyman of Newsday on the position controversy between A-Rod and Derek Jeter and his take on sabermetricians:

"The arrangement is fine for now. Rodriguez will be better at third base, and Jeter is better at shortstop than range-crazed stat guys think."

Yankees GM Brian Cashman's absurd explanation as to why Jeter, despite ranking among the worst shortstops in the game, will continue to play the position in lieu of Rodriguez:

"You go with the man who brought you to the dance, and you stick with him. Derek Jeter continues to get us to the dance. You don't mess with success."

Rick Hummel of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, on who the Yankees might pluck from the Cardinals' roster to fill their hole at second-base:

"But, on the other side of the coin is a fellow who, after just one pro season, hit .306 with three homers in that same 2001 camp. He not only made it to April, he got even better. His name: Albert Pujols.

So far, the Yankees haven't tried to acquire him. But they do need a second baseman and Pujols appeared there briefly in the 2001 All-Star Game."

And last but not least, Al Leiter gets in on the act, defending the Mets direction and the abuse they have taken over not signing A-Rod:

"First of all, the Mets are definitely on the right track, going for younger, more athletic players. But whatever our failure was not to sign him -- and we've been reminded of that over and over again -- at least before he was buried away down in Texas. Now he's just a few miles away across the river in the Bronx, and we get to hear about his exploits all the time.

I don't think salt in the wound describes it enough. It's more like rubbing salt, and then pouring hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol and rust in there at the same time."

Zing. Burn.