A Rod to Miami?

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Accept your clown status gracefully, is my point. Dance for us when it's appropriate, not when the grownups are talking.

That's a good lad.

 

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Post of the Week candidate.

 

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I'm far from a clown but if that's what you think, it is what it is. Let me know when you've matured.

 

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A-Rod's postseason OPS is higher than Jeter's.

Interesting to compare them. Jeter is great in the ALDS, but struggles in the ALCS. A-Rod does the reverse.

 

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Didn't ESPN have some stat this week that A-Rod was the only player in baseball history to strike out to end a playoff game five times?

I think, fair or unfair, the perception of A-Rod is that he wilts under pressure. You can bat .400 for the series, but if you're one of the best players in baseball history and you strike out with a game or series on the line, people are going to remember that.

Here's the other thing that doesn't help...

In the eight full seasons (not counting this season) since A-Rod joined the Yankees, they made one World Series, which they won.
In the eight full seasons before A-Rod arrived, the Yankees made it to six World Series and won four.

One player does not make a baseball team, but it's not like the criticism of A-Rod is completely unwarranted.

 

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Sounds like David Stern is calling the shots.

 

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I think it comes down to, if the game is on the line, who do you want at the plate?

 

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Right now? Jeter.

At any random point in their career? A-Rod.

 

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Scott Brosius

 

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If the game is on the line, I want a guy who can work the count and work the pitcher. Foul off pitches as needed along the way, then jump on a good pitch. That's not really A-Rod now, is it?

 

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How World Series many rings would the Yankees have won since 2003 had they signed just a very good, solid, dependable third baseman for a fraction of the cost? A guy who performed up to his own standards, or exceeded them, when it matters most?

 

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I'll go with none.