when he hits number 660?
It is pretty apparent that the Yankees plan on fighting to not pay ARod's $6 million bonus for tying Willie Mays. I understand they were hoping for a huge marketing windfall from the hoopla that would have/should have happened when he caught Willie and subsequently Babe, Hank and Barry.
Do the Yanks still owe ARod the money in light of the Biogenesis scam and his suspension?
In fairness, 5 HRs is waay more than I expected from him this year at this point.
I thought you were supposed to lose weight when you're off the sauce. he doesn't look that much different than before.
I remember when Pudg Rodriguez was off the sauce that first season. I didn't even think it was him.
Maybe ARod has Big Papi's supplier now.
In fairness, 5 HRs is waay more than I expected from him this year at this point.
I thought you were supposed to lose weight when you're off the sauce. he doesn't look that much different than before.
I remember when Pudg Rodriguez was off the sauce that first season. I didn't even think it was him.
Maybe ARod has Big Papi's supplier now.
IDK A-Rod looked noticeably skinnier to me.
And as others have said here and elsewhere, if the Yanks didn't have an idea A-Rod was still juicing in 2007, that's on them for their ignorance
I suspect the Cardinals made a wiser decision on that front when they decided not to pay Pujols...they probably had an idea that something could go wrong on the PED front during his deal.
Now, A-Rod could do something good like donate the $6 million to a charity...but he's earned the right to take the check and go find a roulette wheel and put it on red if he so pleases.
The Yankees signed him to an (albeit insane and stupid and embarrassing) contract and part of the way he is paid is based on his now false accomplishments. All of that stuff comes from matching ARods own approach to his accomplishments and what he is "worth" as a record setting ball player. It's why the Mets told him to fuck off
Because every insane dollar he makes goes beyond the baseball field and that's how Boras initially got him his ridiculous numbers to begin with
After Arod ruined any legacy he had and turned all his records and accomplishments into bullshit and irrelevant stats that were all falsely boosted by cheating, he made all of those marketable stats a negative instead of a positive. It's like some Yankee fans wanf to pretend like he's legit and his numbers are real. They aren't. He'll always be a fraud and a joke. The Yankees paid a historical baseball player and got left with an embarrassment on their hands. Not to mention the sheer amount of lies, the suspension that hurt the franchise and team itself, the suing of their own doctor, the dragging Yankee personal through the mud to suit himself, and the suing of the mlbpa. Why does everyone want to conveniently forget what an utter disaster this guy is? He fought th e Yankees tooth and nail for money and now the Yankees fans want th e team to just ignore it? Not only do they not want to pay him for a false record but they would rather have him cut from the team and embarrassed forever. The problem is they paid him a stupid contract and don't want to cut him and get nothing out of it. So they let him play instead because at least he should work for his money.
The Yankees are totally in the right here and people like Francesa embarrass themselves constantly by kissing his ass. He's a joke and to me the fans should be on the teams side, not his. He has a legacy that has become a negative to be associated with.
Seth I would been as happy as anyone if ARod had quit, fallen on his face, or had the contract voided by his behavior in 2013/14. But he survived; won whatever battles there were behind the scenes, got himself into the best shape a 40 year old could and came to play this year. I don't like the baseball guaranteed contracts, but that is not mine to choose. If he helps them into the playoffs then good for him and good for us. I'd rather have ARod than Beltran at this point. Looks to me ARod can go 20/25 hrs, .280 ba and 80+ rbis if he stays healthy.
Seems strange to bring up Arod's batting average when he has been one of the best hitters in all of baseball thus far. He has a .405 OBP and a 173 wRC+ (good for 11th in MLB thus far).
Yeah this another conveniently forgotten aspect about Arod. His final pathetic and destroying act was to cheat long after this period of "acceptance" by baseball. He did this all after already getting caught and lying. This is not the original changing that is the problem. This is a more recent issue. A uniquely Arod issue. This is long long long after the Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds fraud years.
I'm thrilled he didn't sign with the Mets. And every non Yankee fan loves that he's on the Yankees. But keep on keeping on. Let's go Rangers.
Pretty simple - ARod shit on Jeter after pretending to be his friend. Also, Andy was a Yankee originally and part of the group that won the multiple WS late 90's early 2000s.
What did he want, like, a private jet or something?
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but the idea that he is uniquely awful, that he should be the face of cheating when it consumed a good deal of the sport for a decade plus, is silly. Given a choice between taking Randy Levine's side, or Bud Selig's, and A-Rod's, a lot of us would take A-Rod's. And frankly, he is hitting right now. He would be a lot less popular if he had Carlos Beltran's slash line.
Yeah this another conveniently forgotten aspect about Arod. His final pathetic and destroying act was to cheat long after this period of "acceptance" by baseball. He did this all after already getting caught and lying. This is not the original changing that is the problem. This is a more recent issue. A uniquely Arod issue. This is long long long after the Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds fraud years.
If you think the cheating has stopped you haven't been paying attention. It has slowed, perhaps, but it has not stopped. As evidenced by your closer, now on an 80-game vacation. A-Rod is what he is; one of the most talented pure hitters to ever play the game, a student of the game, and a narcissist so unwilling to accept failure that he would cheat, repeatedly, to enhance his abilities.
His behavior over the life of the contract speaks for itself...no rehash necessary. He's mostly been a fraud and a turd.
I'm just squarely in the camp that the Yankees have to honor the contract he gave them. Buyer beware...if they chose to ignore all the signs that he was a PED guy, they have to honor the guarantee they made him.
Mets fans are no strangers to ignoring signs that some guys used PEDs, after all...
Lastly, as some mentioned, not paying this money isn't going to help in keeping him focused, relaxed, and productive. Why would you want to fuck with your best hitter?
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In comment 12251125 Dunedin81 said:
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but the idea that he is uniquely awful, that he should be the face of cheating when it consumed a good deal of the sport for a decade plus, is silly. Given a choice between taking Randy Levine's side, or Bud Selig's, and A-Rod's, a lot of us would take A-Rod's. And frankly, he is hitting right now. He would be a lot less popular if he had Carlos Beltran's slash line.
Yeah this another conveniently forgotten aspect about Arod. His final pathetic and destroying act was to cheat long after this period of "acceptance" by baseball. He did this all after already getting caught and lying. This is not the original changing that is the problem. This is a more recent issue. A uniquely Arod issue. This is long long long after the Sammy Sosa, Barry Bonds fraud years.
If you think the cheating has stopped you haven't been paying attention. It has slowed, perhaps, but it has not stopped. As evidenced by your closer, now on an 80-game vacation. A-Rod is what he is; one of the most talented pure hitters to ever play the game, a student of the game, and a narcissist so unwilling to accept failure that he would cheat, repeatedly, to enhance his abilities.
dunedin - Well put. Plus, he was suspended not for a new allegation of cheating, but rather inclusion in a scandal for a period when he was already a confirmed cheater. He has not failed another drug test, even with the start of blood testing. Does that mean he is clean? No. But, he has as many official failed drug tests as plenty of other players who are very likely to have used...that number is 0.
However, neither do I care at all, provided he produces.
Lastly, as some mentioned, not paying this money isn't going to help in keeping him focused, relaxed, and productive. Why would you want to fuck with your best hitter?
I'm pretty sure they gave him this deal before he got outed as a PED users...a lot of people thought he was clean at that time.
Of course, he came into the league on a Mariners team where even the ball boys were juicing...
Lastly, as some mentioned, not paying this money isn't going to help in keeping him focused, relaxed, and productive. Why would you want to fuck with your best hitter?
None of this is true. Also the clause is for marketing home runs they can join longer market.
I think you're ignoring how much the team likely despises the man with a passion. Why would they not? He was the one who started this fiasco eandeven came after them financially.
This proves my point though. Yankee fans defending this guy instead of the team. Yankee fans should hate this guy more than anyone.
Btw, have you heard of a couple of guys named Melky and Ryan?
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Point is I don't need hyperbole for you to go back and read everything about Arod. That's why I'm completely confused why I'm defending the Yankees while Yankee fans defend Arod. Like he's some sort of sad figure that needs defending for his honor and money. I mean he earned all of his money by inflating numbers anyway.
I guess it is probably defending A-Rod that he's paid the biggest penalty of anyone who was caught doing steroids. At some point, you just have to move on from this steroid shit.
We don't know who else besides A-Rod did steroids. Remember, he never actually tested positive.
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Point is I don't need hyperbole for you to go back and read everything about Arod. That's why I'm completely confused why I'm defending the Yankees while Yankee fans defend Arod. Like he's some sort of sad figure that needs defending for his honor and money. I mean he earned all of his money by inflating numbers anyway.
Seth you need to quit quibbling with us Yankee fans about A-Rod and save your venom for upcoming Rangers threads for whichever pile of scum we end up playing. Stakes are going up, we need everyone's A game