April Rodriguez
Sure, Alex Rodriguez had one of the greatest months in the history of baseball. Lot of good it did the Yankees. He is temporarily back in the good books of 10 Million plus die hard Yankees fans who WILL call for his splein on a plate if he doesn't deliver in October.
Regardless of his performance down the stretch, look for him to opt out of the richest contract in baseball history to sign an even more rich contract. Everyone forgets that he is turning 32 in July and alrealy has 479 home runs. When Barry Bonds was 32, he only had just over 300 home runs. Who cares about Barry Bonds! If A-Rod plays until he is 40, and he does a half assed job of it, he might hit 800. If he has any more seasons like this one, he might hit 900. He might also get hit by a bus.
Love him or leave him - Alex Rodriguez is the greatest hitter of this era, and there are few people in the baseball world who don't believe that he will break the Aaron record within the next five years. They don't even see Barry Bonds as anything other than the second poster child of the dark years of baseball. Guess who is the first?
A-Rod aside, the Yankees suck. I admit it.
On the one hand, I shouldn't expect any less - their record at this time last year was worse, and the injury situtation was in its infancy.
On the other hand, the Yankees' pithcing woes border on the comical - to the point that I am going to start referring to their starters as the three stooges. The Bullpen can be Huey, Duey and Louey.
Roger Clemens - arguably the best pitcher in history - has decided to come back for one more season. I love Roger, don't get me wrong, but I hope that someone reminds him that he could be the most dominant middle reliever in baseball instead of a starter that will be excellent for four innings, tops. Frankly, I think he made a mistake- he should have gone to the Sox for this year - if for no other reason I know that the Yanks can rough him up badly.
So, what does it all mean? Nothing. It is May. There are over 130 games left. The Sox are young and gritty, but the Yanks are the freakin' Yanks. If last year's Yanks were the greatest offensive team in history, this one is even better. They have World Series experienced pitching and once it heals itself, it will become dominant again. The key to their succesful turnaround will lie in getting ten runs in the first inning of every game.
"I told him to do that - it was part of our strategy" - Joe Torre, referring to Alex Rodriguez's walk off homer against the Baltimore Orioles.
Regardless of his performance down the stretch, look for him to opt out of the richest contract in baseball history to sign an even more rich contract. Everyone forgets that he is turning 32 in July and alrealy has 479 home runs. When Barry Bonds was 32, he only had just over 300 home runs. Who cares about Barry Bonds! If A-Rod plays until he is 40, and he does a half assed job of it, he might hit 800. If he has any more seasons like this one, he might hit 900. He might also get hit by a bus.
Love him or leave him - Alex Rodriguez is the greatest hitter of this era, and there are few people in the baseball world who don't believe that he will break the Aaron record within the next five years. They don't even see Barry Bonds as anything other than the second poster child of the dark years of baseball. Guess who is the first?
A-Rod aside, the Yankees suck. I admit it.
On the one hand, I shouldn't expect any less - their record at this time last year was worse, and the injury situtation was in its infancy.
On the other hand, the Yankees' pithcing woes border on the comical - to the point that I am going to start referring to their starters as the three stooges. The Bullpen can be Huey, Duey and Louey.
Roger Clemens - arguably the best pitcher in history - has decided to come back for one more season. I love Roger, don't get me wrong, but I hope that someone reminds him that he could be the most dominant middle reliever in baseball instead of a starter that will be excellent for four innings, tops. Frankly, I think he made a mistake- he should have gone to the Sox for this year - if for no other reason I know that the Yanks can rough him up badly.
So, what does it all mean? Nothing. It is May. There are over 130 games left. The Sox are young and gritty, but the Yanks are the freakin' Yanks. If last year's Yanks were the greatest offensive team in history, this one is even better. They have World Series experienced pitching and once it heals itself, it will become dominant again. The key to their succesful turnaround will lie in getting ten runs in the first inning of every game.
"I told him to do that - it was part of our strategy" - Joe Torre, referring to Alex Rodriguez's walk off homer against the Baltimore Orioles.
posted by Atlas Hugged at
6:19 a.m.
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