Alex Rodriguez-647 career HR's, .300 career batting avg, 1950 career RBI, 2901 career hits. Pretty impressive numbers for a guy on the bench. O ya and 30 million dollar a yr contract is pretty fancy too. Here is a guy who over a 19 year career has consistently been an all star at 3B. He also lives a very good life when he isn't on the hot corner.
BUT i only talk about him because he currently isn't on the hot corner, unless the hot corner is the corner in the dugout with the heater. His current role on the Yankees included eating spitz on camera and hitting on blond chicks in the third row. But yes he still gets his 30 million dollar salary. He has a total of 3 hits this postseason with 1 run scored and 0 RBI. So basically he is the guy you send out so the pitcher throws more. He has been awful, not to say the rest of the yankee have been good, they are getting by on raw talent and good pitching. Cano has been bad, Granderson has been bad, Jeter was OK but he doesn't have an ankle currently so he is no good to them right now. Texeira has been alright as well, Swisher also was put on the bench and the guy my Phillies were hoping would take a pay cut is lighting up the playoffs Raul Ibanez. If were being realistic the only reason they are here is because 1) Ibanez broke out in game 5 for 2 dingers, and 2) CC, Phil Hughes and there other starters have done work (up till now at least). Not to take anything away from Baltimore but they were on borrowed time being in the playoffs (remember i picked them to win that series).
For A-Rod to hit 0.115 this postseason is embarrassing for him because people consider him hall of fame calibre, and also for the yankees who gave him this massive contract so he would perform. He is in his 19th year in the bigs which is a long time but if this is the drop off that was coming he should have retired. He hit .272 this year which isn't bad but I would not pay a guy 30 mill to hit under .300. If i am giving a guy that much money he better hit 20-30 HR and hit .310. Which brings us back to playoff A-Rod.
A-Rod has been shown day in and day out in the dugout looking uninterested, half asleep, and really hungry the way he is throwing those spitz down. There were reports he was wheeling and dealing during the game Jeter got hurt. Throwing a ball back and fourth with some girl to get her number. First of all your Alex Rodriguez send someone to her seat tell her to wait around and i guarantee she will don't make a ball boy deliver a ball to her asking for her number. Second maybe wait till after the game the wheel the fans. Just a suggestion but if you want to do that shit you should join the Red Sox get half cut in the clubhouse on your days off and then wheel the fans. It's a disgrace to himself, to the organization, and to the opposing team that he feels its OK to do that just because he isn't playing.
Also these garbage comments he has been making about being a cheerleader. No Alex your not supposed to be a cheerleader your supposed to be a LEADER. CC doesn't pitch everyday but when he isn't pitching he is top step of the dugout engaged in the game with this teammates. Mariano Rivera couldn't play if he wanted too right now and he is top step in the dugout engaged in the game. Those guys aren't being cheerleaders Alex they are being LEADERS. Amazes me how a grown man held so highly in the MLB can act like such a child because he isn't playing, I have guys on my high school team that are better teammates than this clown.
Let's clear one thing up i USED to have a lot of respect for A-Rod because he takes a lot of heat in every place he plays. And he handles it like a pro, but all of sudden he isn't performing so he isn't playing and now he acts like a 14 yr old girl who is mad at her friend for talking to a boy she likes. Get over it bud Eric Chavez is doing the same thing you did without the public scrutiny on the team. Everyone can strikeout but when you do it it pisses off everyone off so why wouldn't Girardi put someone in to take a little media off the team, now everyone else doesn't have to worry about why you suck.
All that ranting brings me to something I learned growing up playing sports. You win as a team but you lose when its about the individual. Tigers are going to win this series because the guy who won the Triple Crown is more excited when his 2B turns a sick double play then when he gets a hit. The Tigers are going to win because Verlander doesn't care if the ball gets turned to the pen as long as the team wins. All the Detroit Tigers care about is team success. Miguel Cabrera didn't play game 162 to pad his stats, he played it to help his team win and if that meant hit a homer then so be it, but if it meant 0-3 and trout with the batting title again so be it. A-Rod wants the team to do well when he is at 3B, he doesn't care what happens when he is on the bench. If any young athletes read this by chance take one thing from it, put your team ahead of yourself and that team will succeed.
As for what the Yankees do with him, cut him save the salary, trade him eat 3/4 of the contract, keep him and watch a guy who could go to the hall of fame ruin his rep around the league. Do whatever you want I hate how you run your organization anyway so here's to hoping you pay a guy 90 million that isn't even on your roster then maybe you can even out the playing field, see how you do when you have to develop players not just sign them.
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