Edgy DC wrote: I think it's pretty clear, and has been all along, that nobody defied anybody, nobody betrayed anybody, but somebody misunderstood somebody. And I think the odds-on favorite from the first moment has been Beltran misunderstanding Minaya. But again, I think we're exactly where we would be had he not. Not really clear to me. Beltran's statement completely contradicted Ricco's, and Omar backs Ricco up by saying he didn't OK the surgery. Omar's throwing around "follow protocol" as if that clears anything up, or moves the heat back to Carlos (or off him), but he still seems to be implying that Beltran defied the team's wishes. Agreed we'd probably be here just the same, but that's a huge-ass miscommunication. Minaya seems to admit as much, but confuses shit more when he says he didn't give an OK, but said he explained to Carlos that he's not the guy who gives the OK anyway. Huh?