Alex Rodriguez

[Brandon13]

Re: Alex Rodriguez

You also have to include in discussion that Babe played in a talent pool in which black and latino players were absent. I'm not taking away from the Babe's amazingness, but it's another interesting point to include in the mix. Who knows what superstars would have been around if the league wasn't segregated.

You're right about that but still, being one of the better pitchers of his era and being in the top two or three hitters of all time, it's just too much.

[Porschebenz2001]

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Picking up chicks.

Who's better than Jeter though?

[bigeastbumrush]

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Arod just smacked ANOTHER HR off of El Duque. A monster shot.

[NYJets]

Re: Alex Rodriguez

Cashman needs to extend A-Rod's contract right now.

[SPTO]

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Cashman needs to extend A-Rod's contract right now.

Can we wait til the Yankees actually make the playoffs first? Honestly any love for A-Rod is temporary til he shows he can man up in the playoffs.

[NYJets]

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"Honestly any love for A-Rod is temporary til he shows he can man up in the playoffs."

Not from me, because I know he can get it done in the playoffs, and even if he does struggle, I can live with that if he's going to hit about 60 homeruns and 170 RBI's.

[SportsTop]

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Can we wait til the Yankees actually make the playoffs first? Honestly any love for A-Rod is temporary til he shows he can man up in the playoffs.

I don't understand this line of thinking. Without ARod this season the Yankees are likely about 7-10 more games out of first place.

So you don't pay him unless he performs in the playoffs but you may not make the playoffs without him? Is that how it works?

Does anyone else remember another future Hall of Famer who struggled worse than ARod in the playoffs but will still go down as a top five all time player?

[SPTO]

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I don't understand this line of thinking. Without ARod this season the Yankees are likely about 7-10 more games out of first place.

So you don't pay him unless he performs in the playoffs but you may not make the playoffs without him? Is that how it works?

Does anyone else remember another future Hall of Famer who struggled worse than ARod in the playoffs but will still go down as a top five all time player?

Well it's not my line of thinking (well a little as I hate A-Rod) but it's the line of thinking in the New York and National Media.

[skitch]

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So hold on... the argument against A-Rod's being dubbed the "greatest of all-time" is that he is disliked? Who gives a ****, he's still a great baseball player. Sure, he's made some poor choices, that can't be argued, but how does that take away from his actual accomplishments?

[bigeastbumrush]

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I can live with that if he's going to hit about 60 homeruns and 170 RBI's.

It's scary the pace he's on right now.

I went to the game last week vs. the Diamondbacks and Arod has a different pop off his bat than other players. I was initially questioning if his bats were corked because there's a different sound when he hits it.

But the man is on a tear.

[Kashanova]

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it would be awesome if he hit 74 hr 192 rbi

[snepp]

Re: Alex Rodriguez

it would be awesome if he hit 74 hr 192 rbi

And then opted out of his contract after millions of Yankee fans jumped on his bandwagon. Would serve them right.

[CMH]

Re: Alex Rodriguez

And then opted out of his contract after millions of Yankee fans jumped on his bandwagon. Would serve them right.

I would hate to see Alex go. I have defended him every season he's been in pinstripes (heck, I defended him when he left Seattle and signed with Texas for 250 million).

That being said, a part of me wants to see him go and play for a team and fanbase that will appreciate him as a great player.

New York fans wanted to boo him for little reason (because he only hit 35 homeruns and drove in only 105 RBI). It's ridiculous and he deserves better.

[ehh]

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Who is going to out-bid the Yankees for him?

I don't care what Cashman says throughout the season, he is not going to let the best steriod-free player of this generation and future all-time HR king walk away from the Bronx.