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[redsox4evur]

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He's staying on as a special instructor and advisor.

He also stated Hal reached out to him...did Hal persuade him to retire?

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Yea Hal probably did. And I know he's staying as a special advisor, that's why I said a lifetime contract that's paying him $25M, which is the rest of salary for this year.


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[NYJets]

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Will be interesting to see if his last game has any buzz or not.

[SPTO]

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The special advisor thing will be ceremonial at best but the instructor thing is interesting. I remember late last year MLB-N did a segment on players who would make great managers and Joel Sherman said that A-Rod would be a great manager because he has helped out teammates privately in the past to the point that he's often seeked out in that capacity. I don't ever see A-Rod being a manager, certainly not with the Yankees but I could see him being a valuable "company man".

[jb12780]

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Will be interesting to see if his last game has any buzz or not.

Ticket prices are climbing fast for Friday's game. There is definitely a buzz.

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[CMH]

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The special advisor thing will be ceremonial at best but the instructor thing is interesting. I remember late last year MLB-N did a segment on players who would make great managers and Joel Sherman said that A-Rod would be a great manager because he has helped out teammates privately in the past to the point that he's often seeked out in that capacity. I don't ever see A-Rod being a manager, certainly not with the Yankees but I could see him being a valuable "company man".

Alex likely sees the benefits of giving up his career. He most certainly did not want to retire and countless times said it was the Yankees decision and he was not dealt the cards to go after records and continue to play. He had to ask for them to let him play one last game on Friday in front of family and friends.

But the instructor role is good for him. He can go the Bonds and McGwire route. Earn some respect in clubhouses with the young players and maybe get a call from Seattle, Texas or some other place that would want Rodriguez around.

He will never work for the Yankees in a bigger role with Cashman or Girardi there. They both hate him.

[Steven78]

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Arod to retire and still getting his $21 million for next season.

[DamnYanks2]

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This should be a time for celebration of one of the best players that ever played the game, his overall statistics are eye popping.
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3 time MVP, 14 time all-star 696 career HR's, 380 obp, he's a no doubt first ballot hof'er.

But, thanks to some terrible decisions, and pure arrogance, his legacy is forever tarnished.

No way, the Yankees win the World Series without Arod, his monstrous performance in 09 was legendary.

Ultimately, I believe Arod's checkered career is hof worthy, he was great either way. Just sucks his numbers will always be questioned.

One thing about Arod's overall numbers, you don't see anything really out of the ordinary, there's no years that really make you raise your eyebrows, the most hr's he ever hit in a season was 57, definitely not something that's really surprising.

Just unfortunate the way this story ends.





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[BleacherBum2310]

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legacy for me is he's a top 20 Player All Time and I really enjoyed him play baseball. It's a shame say he's not going on the same fan fare as Ortiz or even Jeter but it is what it is.

[redsox4evur]

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Ticket prices are climbing fast for Friday's game. There is definitely a buzz.

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They have gone up by 500%. And are $475 and change.


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[slickdtc]

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Now that we're at the end of some of these great, PED-tainted players careers, looking back and knowing that the PED's only slightly boosted their output, it's frustrating.

Bonds and ARod were generational talents playing during the same generation, which is just incredibly remarkable. But we can't just sit in awe of their accomplishments, it's always gotta have that asterisk.

As a fan, I'm over the PED stuff. That era was its own thing, and we can't clearly identify who was or wasn't using. Now we've hit the time where as fans we just feel... slightly empty? Like we saw HOF players, but they won't be remembered as nostalgically as legends of the game whom we know had issues off the field but played the game fair (or at least without a chemical cocktail to maximize performance). Bonds and ARod, despite their numbers eclipsing the legends, won't be mentioned in the same breaths. That's just disappointing to me, because I recognize those guys as transcendent (Bonds especially, like the Gretzky of MLB, on a completely different statistical plane) but they brought it on themselves.

What Bonds did with his OBP that one year is comical. But instead of pointing to it as some holy ****! stat, it gets buried under the cloud of suspicion. The whole thing has been cheapened for everyone and no report will be able to fix what happened.

[DamnYanks2]

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legacy for me is he's a top 20 Player All Time and I really enjoyed him play baseball. It's a shame say he's not going on the same fan fare as Ortiz or even Jeter but it is what it is.

Yep Ortiz used, difference is, he wasnt a douchebag half of his career, and a compulsive liar. Arod repeatedly buried his reputation, till there was almost nothing left. Nobody to blame. but himself.

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[Speedy]

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What an interesting turn, especially being near 700 career HRs. I thought he would've turned into a TV analyst, he actually was decent during last year's playoffs.

It's so sudden and kind of fitting, given his career. Everything seems to be such a shock...his great rookie year, the record contract, the nixed trade to Boston, the actual trade to NYY, the eventual admission of steroids.

It is sad, given the man's talents, what his reputation is.

[DamnYanks2]

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Steroids should have never gotten all the press it did. The media put a bunch of nonsense in peoples heads, and the mass public bought it.

Instead of the media being subjective and rational, it just became a giant witch hunt.

The whole thing really is an embarrassment.

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[AC]

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That's just disappointing to me, because I recognize those guys as transcendent (Bonds especially, like the Gretzky of MLB, on a completely different statistical plane) but they brought it on themselves.

This is why I'm so grateful for Trout. These guys aren't supposed to come around often, but now at least there's someone like Trout that can be appreciated in ways Bonds wasn't, whether it's justified or not, and essentially right after Bonds finished up too.

[DieHardYankee26]

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This is why I'm so grateful for Trout. These guys aren't supposed to come around often, but now at least there's someone like Trout that can be appreciated in ways Bonds wasn't, whether it's justified or not, and essentially right after Bonds finished up too.

LOL that's exactly what was said about A-Rod, that's what he leaves me most with and why I hate him more than all of the other users. I believed him, and I believed IN him, and he lied, repeatedly. Then he cheated again, and lied some more. I'll never believe anyone again.