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Is Sabathia delusional? Or is he merely the latest member of the Yankees to "misremember"...

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Is Sabathia delusional? Or is he merely the latest member of the Yankees to "misremember" something? I'll submit that neither is the case. Sabathia, you see, is taking advantage of the opportunity the July 2008 trade that sent him to Milwaukee afforded him to divorce himself from all blame or finger-pointing and to feed off the raw emotions of those who have done little to nothing to understand the Indians' economic position in an unbalanced marketplace. Sabathia says something insipid like, "It's on them," because he'll say anything to avoid looking like the bad guy. And this isn't the first time. Throughout the phantom contract negotiation process before the 2008 season, when it was clear the Indians were as likely to get Sabathia to commit to a long-term deal as they were to throw a dome on Progressive Field, CC would say things like, "Hopefully we can get something done." Because that was a lot easier and less publicly damaging than saying, "The Indians have no chance of offering me the kind of money I feel I'm worth." In the winter before the '08 season, when the Indians offered Sabathia around $18 million a year through 2012 -- the largest offer the franchise has ever come up with for a player -- he didn't so much as sleep on it. He knew he was gone, and he broke off negotiations before they even started in Spring Training. This is the reality. But now, two and a half years later, CC -- which, in this case, stands for Clouded Context -- is selling a fantasy. An alternate universe in which those heinous, loveless Indians owners cast him out of the place he loved. It's baloney.

Castro nails it, while we are left wondering whether Hoynsie is too subservient to put C.C. on the spot, too timid to tell it like it really is, or too dumb to know the difference. (Hat-tip to the DiaTriber.)