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potch1214

The Sad Ballad Of A-Fraud

Oct 30, 2007 09:46

A-Rod must have REALLY wanted out of New York ( Read more... )

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histygirl October 31 2007, 01:17:47 UTC

My husband called me up to tell me this. It's quite disgusting. There's no team loyalty anymore.

It makes me sad. What's a few extra million once you're already making more money than you can reasonably spend?

(Notice that reasonably part?)

potch1214 October 31 2007, 03:14:52 UTC

This is essentially his agent doing this to him...

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histygirl October 31 2007, 07:22:21 UTC

He needs to think for himself.

histygirl October 31 2007, 07:26:44 UTC

OMG, i was answering from my gmail, and i just saw that pic! VERY nice!

BLAHAHAHA!

antlers2 October 31 2007, 03:51:50 UTC

Okay, help me out here. Ruth didn't come up in the Yankees organization, but he played more than twice as many years in New York over Boston.

What about the other guys?

I have a feeling A-Rod won't play to a ripe old (baseball) age. The Yankees were his third team; could he really have had a spot in monument park?

IMHO, the organization's disposal of Torre - and the "transition" to a new generation of Steinbrenners - probably played a much larger role in his decision than they will ever want to admit.

silent_iniquity October 31 2007, 21:51:26 UTC

I'm proud of him for doing to the Yankees what they did to Sorianno... Lofton... Shef... et al. before they could do it to him.

A-Rod, I got a little Drop Kick Murphy's song for ya... "I'm shipping out to to Boston". Kind of fits!

Yay!

(sorry, I had to be the lone desenter here... miss you buddy)

Mike

barkeyhead November 12 2007, 21:41:16 UTC

Question, Is Pettitte a fraud as well because he opted out of his contract as well? He's well respected in the Bronx and didn't use the term "opt out" he simply "declined his option". 2 ways of saying the same thing. I know that Arod was not loved by Yankee fans but remember Pettitte went to the Astros for the cash. ( I know the story about his wife and will give a "little" leeway there ) Let's face it, In this life and even more so in baseball, you get one shot at the golden ring. Players go where the cash is and that is that. Cal Ripkin Jr, Tony Gwynn, George Brett and Robin Yount are the exceptions to the rule (or were so loved that there teams knew the value of keeping them) Let's face it, Baseball is business pure and simple. You want to keep that team together for another run at the title you had best be ready to sign the checks because every player today knows his worth and wants that PLUS some.

potch1214 November 12 2007, 21:53:28 UTC

I'll make it simple for ya...

1. A-Rod opts out IN THE MIDDLE OF GAME FOUR OF THE WORLD SERIES, causing the Yankees to LOSE a $30 MILLION subsidy from the Rangers, but he wants them to continue to stay IN the bidding for his services, sure to reach the $300 million mark.

2. Andy Pettitte, weeks laters, declines his player option to take more time to decide if he'll play ONLY for the Yankees or if he'll retire.

Other than the opting-out-equals-declining-option, the two are apples and oranges.

Flip Flopping manniax November 16 2007, 15:01:37 UTC

If A-Rod wanted to stay with the Yankees all along, why the free agency and flip flopping? Did he have to shove his agent out of the way or something? Maybe he figured he could get more for a long term contract now than he could three years from now (although if he's still playing well, I don't see why that would be the case.) Oh well. Maybe they can come up with a new dance move...the A-Rod Flip-Flop.