River Ave is holding a referendum on The Master

Our Leader is under attack by an otherwise great blog, which - unfortunately - seems ready to adopt the self-loathing Yankee fan mentality:

Every team in baseball should be allowed to have a homer at the microphone... except the Yankees.

Seriously. Have you ever listened to Hawk Harrelson call Whitesox games? Or the Redsock broadcast crew? Yes, John is lopsided in his analyses; in his old age, he's turning something sort of Kinerish, (maybe even McCarverish.)

But listen: One of these days, all these Yankee fans who want a "real pro" in the booth will wake up to hear ESPN's Nomar Garciaparra and Curt Schilling describing the Hebrew Home at Riverside - ("I tell you, it's like a college campus, Nomar; my sock was bleeding from all the walking on the quad!") -- and when the Yankees lose 10-2, rather than measuring nearby bridges like the rest of us, they'll be spitting phlegm with excitment about this big breakout game by the Kansas City lineup, which secured the victory - and you can keep your family safe and secure...

Every Yankee fan in creation knows what just happened when John shouts, "Low ball four, but he called it a strike!" Yeah, it grinds on the sportswriters and bigtime pro bloggers, who feel compelled to make their bones as "impartial observers." They're never supposed to root in the press box; it's the 1st Commandment of their profession. Fine. But the rest of us - the unwashed know-nothings - don't have to sign on. We can cheer.

Randy Newman once said of Lester Maddox, "He may be a fool but he's our fool." Poll the masses? Fine. Just remember this: A kiss is still a kiss. No! That's not it. These polls are quirky. It's like the ones that endorse or reject Obama. You can hate what you hear, but you better consider the alternatives.