Comments on: A-Rod is a gutless punk, no. 8261

by: rebbe sox

Thu, 31 May 2007 19:03:27 +0000

No one is going to read this because the original post was so long ago. I just had to comment, after last night’s game, that Seth is right. A-Rod is a gutless punk.

Our little Alex is certainly getting a reputation for himself.

Last night, in a key situation against Toronto, A-Rod yelled something while running the bases on a two-out popup over the infield. The Toronto players say he yelled, “I got it!” A-Rod says he just yelled, “Hah!” Either way, as a result, Howie Clark dropped the ball that would have ended the Yankees’ half of the ninth. Following A-Rod’s yell, the Yankees scored three more times, putting the game out of reach for Toronto.

A-Rod says that yelling to distract opposition players is common in baseball. Yeah, right — in drunken amateur leagues.

Make it 8262. ARod IS a gutless punk.

by: rebbe sox

Thu, 24 May 2007 04:52:46 +0000

A-Rod’s lunge at Pedroia wasn’t so much unsportsmanlike or overly aggressive, it was just … well … silly. For all his talent and athleticism, the man just looks like a dork sometimes.

If you want to see a member of the Yankees who is the true embodiment of evil, however, look no further than Jason Giambi, the walking pharmacy.

Remember when Giambi said, “I was wrong for doing that stuff,” and “Players, ownership, everybody should say, ‘We made a mistake.’”? Well, today it looks like every major league player and owner is also going to have to apologize for Jason flunking an amphetamines test this season.

This guy’s hypocrisy and self-righteous chutzpah wreaks of an odor far more foul that A-Rod’s limp wristed shenanigans on the base paths.

by: Koot

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:30:05 +0000

You don’t miss much when you don’t watch YES. It’s most often Michael Kay gushing about Jeter whenever he’s at bat or on base, or in the dugout or in the field. He does nothing to hide his shameless mancrush on Jeter, and has now taken to wearing it like a badge of honor.

I used to enjoy Paul O’Neil, because he did nothing to hide the fact he hates Michael Kay. But, since a state of disaster has been declared in Yankeeland, these two have banded together over the past couple nights to relive past Yankee glory.

Oh yea, and to argue over who gets the biggest boner by watching Derek Jeter. They do love to argue about that.

by: jtredsox5

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:30:13 +0000

When it comes to sliding out of the baseline, it is generally accepted that as long as you can reach the bag with one hand, it is kosher. So Pedroia wasn’t out of the baseline.

And Arod sucks.

Simple as that.

by: redsoxtimes

Wed, 23 May 2007 20:46:16 +0000

I have a link to the video of the slide here.

It was absolutely Arod being Arod. Driven to succeed at all costs, hypercompetitive, and just a little dirty when that adrenaline gets pumping. We’ve seen this from him before. He’s not a Milton Bradley, but he does cross just over that line, just often enough.

Tim
http://www.redsoxtimes.com

by: tinisoli

Wed, 23 May 2007 20:38:57 +0000

And he is lying if he claims that it was unintentional. You simply do not slide in at one angle and then "come up" in another without intending to do so. Punk.

by: tinisoli

Wed, 23 May 2007 20:29:05 +0000

Pedroia’s wide slide was a bit of a stretch but hardly out of the ordinary; A-Rod’s move, whether intended as payback or not, was extraordinary. To me it wasn’t so much the elbow, but the way that he thrust himself off the bag towards the mound in order to hit Pedroia, who was throwing from the infield side of the bag. Slappy essentially slid in from one angle and then propelled himself in another. It’s same as his bush-league move in ‘04: Plenty of people make contact with the pitcher on such a play, perhaps even intentionally. But most do not try to bitch-slap the ball out of a fielder’s glove.