I continue to maintain that the “fans spit on Kristen Lee” thing is being blown way out of proportion. If you’re going to take anything from her comments it’s not that, which was a brief, one-sentence aside. It’s the several things she had to say about liking Dallas, wanting to be close to Arkansas and her and her husband’s smaller town temperament. For his part, Cliff Lee is blowing it off too:
And, quite predictably and quite understandably, Cliff Lee’s agent Darek Braunecker -- who certainly doesn’t want the Yankees or any other team to shy away from his client -- says that the Kristen Lee stuff will have no bearing whatsoever on where Lee ends up signing:
“As much as anyone enjoys New York?” Wow, I had no idea it was that bad.