Your the first person in my life to ever call me a communist, or even associate me with anything communistic.I am far, far from being a communist. That is a good one.

Listen, you are reading far more into my comment than is there.

I do understand where you are coming from, as I am a history buff,and world traveler, in addition to being a baseball fan, and if we had a nice talk, I think that we would probably agree 99% on the geopolitics of free Taiwan/ mainland China. But, I come here to talk Baseball, not politics, or international geopolitics.

You know, MLB led a team, which included representatives from the Yankees and Red Sox, to mainland China in the last year to start initiatives, dialogues, etc. on BASEBALL. I find big picture things like this very interesting.

I like CMW, and hopes that he makes a great comeback with the Yankees.

I don’t feel that I said anything controversial in my comment. For instance, if I make a comment about the Yankees extending their scout system into Venezuela, or Panama (to find another Mo),or Puerto Rico,or any country or region, I don’t feel like I should be made to write a treatise on the geopolitical or political situations in those countries, and explain my views on them.

I’m just talking baseball, or the Yankees, or the business of baseball.

Admit it, my friend—you over-reacted big time.

Next time, why don’t you ask more, instead of assumming what isn’t there, before you attack so readily.

Hey, we just won the World Series!

Oldfan: You are probably Chinese or who has a wife who is Chinese but please don’t spew Chinese Communist propaganda here and try to confuse people.

Let me add that the risk of losing him is fairly low, given his performance last year. Pitchers who pitched WELL that are hurt don’t get signed. See Ben Sheets.