I have gone on the record many, many times, but I want to do it one last time this morning.
The Boston Red Sox should absolutely, under no circumstances, even think about making an offer to Alex Rodriguez.
Alex Rodriguez stands for everything the Red Sox are not. He will end this budding dynasty before it even begins. He will truly make us the new Yankees.
Forget the money. I wouldn’t sign him if he played for free or if he payed me to play on my team.
The man is an absolute loser. He has 1 RBI in the past 3+ post-seasons for a reason.
Responding to the atrocious and despicable timing of Rodriguez’s announcement, Peter Gammons put it best.
“Dustin Pedroia and Jon Lester are doing something Alex Rodriguez has never done and may never do . . . He’s never played in a World Series and maybe there’s a reason.”
October 29th, 2007
Seconded.
October 29th, 2007
Thirded. This jerk had 10 days after the WS to decide about opting out of his contract–10 days in which he might have acquired information about the Yankees’ plans to ease that existential angst of his–and yet he couldn’t even wait until the end of game 4 to leak the news. I hope he signs with a National League team so I can boo him every time he shows his face in D.C.
October 29th, 2007
Mike, you have to stop making me agree with you, this is getting uncomfortable.
October 29th, 2007
Also, this quote from ESPN’s story annoys me:
“Alex’s decision was one based on not knowing what his closer, his catcher and one of his statured pitchers was going to do,” Boras said.
“His closer”? “His catcher”? Does Boras think A-Rod manages the Yankees now? Does he think his client’s one of their starting pitchers too?
October 30th, 2007
I thought the “Don’t sign A-Rod” cheer that broke out from the Sox fans (along with Re-sign Low-ell) was brilliant.
October 31st, 2007
A-Rod is a great example of what gives pro athletes a bad name (in this case deserved), and causes resentment amongst fans.
Everyone on this blog could probably jump day jobs and make a few more dollars somewhere else. But we don’t, we give a degree of loyalty to organizations who have invested in and/or believed in us (and of course when they really don’t is when we leave.)
The Yankees have been very good to A-Rod, and A-Rod is being a greedy slime ball. He is opting out of one of the richest contracts in sports history. A contract that, it sounds as if, the Yankees were interested in extending beyond the 3 existing years for 5 more years at $30 million per year (for a total of 8 years.) Its hard to argue that isn’t “enough” in any situation. (Lets also recall that this doesn’t include his endorsements and his Mercedes dealership.)
Here is one fan hoping A-Rod and Super Agent Boras find something less than valuable than the Yankees offer in the marketplace.
November 1st, 2007
For eveerything else I say about A-Rod, I wil never begrudge anyone maximizing their profit.
That’s what America was founded on.
If he and Boras feel they can make more money elsewhere, or get OTHER compensation (like not having to deal with NY media and fans), than by all means they have the right to exercise that option.
I just don’t ever, ever, ever want him on my team from a wholly pragmatic standpoint: he can’t win.
December 1st, 2008
A-Rod is a totally cursed self centered bag of fleas. I don’t think anyone should sign him. At best he should follow old lady madonna around and be her stupid little boy toy.