Is A-Rod The Most Overrated Bigtime Athlete Of All-Time?

[PhillyFlyers]

He's gotta be.

He's fukkin terrible when it matters the most.

His career stats are nothing more than a steroid laden illusion.

Every year, I watch this guy fukk the Yankees in the playoffs.

It's like watching a bad movie over and over again and it won't stop playing. It just repeats itself.

Fukk this guy.

Don't anybody ever compare this fraud to Jeter. Jeter is 100x the player A-Fraud is.

He's so bad now, Girardi has to pinch-hit for him.

Yankees need to get rid of him ASAP!

[hugh4310]

Agree Jeter is twice the ball player A Rod ever thought about being!

[HotStreak]

Hate A-Rod, but hundreds of players on steroids didnt come close to matching the career he's had. He was really good at baseball for 15+ years.

[tshafer117]

• 12-time AL All-Star
  • 7× (SS) (1996–98, 2000–03)
  • 5× (3B) (2004–08)
  
  
• 3-time AL MVP (2003, 2005, 2007)
• 10-time AL Silver Slugger Award
  • 7× (SS) (1996, 1998–2003)
  • 3× (3B) (2005, 2007, 2008)
  
  
• 4-time AL Hank Aaron Award (2001–03, 2007)
• 2-time Seattle Mariners Player of the Year (1998, 2000)
• 2-time Baseball America MLB Player of the Year (2000, 2002)
• 4-time Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (SS) (1998, 2000–03)
• 3-time Texas Rangers Player of the Year (2001–03)
• 2-time AL Gold Glove Award (SS) (2002, 2003)
• 2-time The Sporting News Player of the Year (2002, 2007)
• 3× Babe Ruth Home Run Award (2002–2003. 2007)
• 1993 1st Team High School All-American (IF)
• 1994 Seattle Mariners Minor League Player of the Year
• 1994 Midwest League All-Star (SS)
• 1995 Baseball America 1st Team Minor League All-Star (SS)
• 1995 Triple-A All-Star (SS)
• 1996 The Sporting News Player of the Year
• 2002 Player of the Year Award – This Year in Baseball Awards
• 2005 Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (3B)
• 2005 Individual Performance of the Year Award – This Year in Baseball Awards
• 2007 Hitter of the Year – This Year in Baseball Awards
• 2007 Pepsi Clutch Performer of the Year
• 2009 Babe Ruth Award

[jjgold]

Well not overrated because he had massive numbers

The steroids is what killed his legitimacy

[Br0nxer]

He still would of been a very good player without the roids

But not a legendary all time great

Wouldnt say overrated

[homerbush]

Bad in playoffs is fair to say

[The Giant]

He is a mental weakling.

Barry Bonds used to be the same way in the playoffs. Bonds was better towards the end of his career, but it was obviously aided by steroids.

[raydog]

ridiculously overpaid ...

[antifoil]

what about 2009 playoffs?

[face]

tony romo

[HotStreak]

2 more season A-Rod reaches 3000 hits and 2000 RBI's. Already 600+ HR's..300+ stolen bases and a lifetime batting average above .300 and hundreds of millions of dollars.

I just want one of these guys to come out and say they stuck a needle in their ass for the money.....people have stuck far worse things in their ass for far less.

[Sunde91]

sucked every year in the playoffs correct

2009
.365 BA
18 RBI
6 HR

who won it that year I don't remember

Overrated but a clutch year that won a ring is enough to make a career

[Bcatswin]

tony romo

[PhillyFlyers]

• 12-time AL All-Star
  • 7× (SS) (1996–98, 2000–03)
  • 5× (3B) (2004–08)
  
  
• 3-time AL MVP (2003, 2005, 2007)
• 10-time AL Silver Slugger Award
  • 7× (SS) (1996, 1998–2003)
  • 3× (3B) (2005, 2007, 2008)
  
  
• 4-time AL Hank Aaron Award (2001–03, 2007)
• 2-time Seattle Mariners Player of the Year (1998, 2000)
• 2-time Baseball America MLB Player of the Year (2000, 2002)
• 4-time Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (SS) (1998, 2000–03)
• 3-time Texas Rangers Player of the Year (2001–03)
• 2-time AL Gold Glove Award (SS) (2002, 2003)
• 2-time The Sporting News Player of the Year (2002, 2007)
• 3× Babe Ruth Home Run Award (2002–2003. 2007)
• 1993 1st Team High School All-American (IF)
• 1994 Seattle Mariners Minor League Player of the Year
• 1994 Midwest League All-Star (SS)
• 1995 Baseball America 1st Team Minor League All-Star (SS)
• 1995 Triple-A All-Star (SS)
• 1996 The Sporting News Player of the Year
• 2002 Player of the Year Award – This Year in Baseball Awards
• 2005 Baseball America 1st-Team Major League All-Star (3B)
• 2005 Individual Performance of the Year Award – This Year in Baseball Awards
• 2007 Hitter of the Year – This Year in Baseball Awards
• 2007 Pepsi Clutch Performer of the Year
• 2009 Babe Ruth Award

All while being juiced on steroids.

Where is his legitimacy?

He has none.

[PhillyFlyers]

sucked every year in the playoffs correct

2009
.365 BA
18 RBI
6 HR

who won it that year I don't remember

Overrated but a clutch year that won a ring is enough to make a career

One year.

Big deal.

A $25 million waste of space.

[Naz18]

Overpaid not overrated....steroids would really help late in the career...just ask Barry Bonds.

[Dutch]

Of all time?

No.

[lunchbawks]

Haters can suck it arod plays pro baseball u post about him being overrated in ur bedroom

[You mad bro]

i bet u wouldnt say that if he put those numbers up for ur team


u r an idiot bro

[EmpireMaker]

Arod is awful now, that is a fact

[antifoil]

yes that is true. his bat speed is really slow now. he is having to cheat to catch up to average fastballs. since this is the case the question should be why are the yankees batting him so high in the order? seems like bad managing to me.

[You mad bro]

lol phili is so mad bro

[stevenash]

Eric Lindross

[PhillyFlyers]

lol phili is so mad bro

Mad? I wouldn't say that.

I would say it is more like frustration combined with disappointment.

The Yankees are supposed to be able to lean on this guy.

He always disappoints.

He is now having trouble hitting fastballs.

And not 95+ MPH fastballs either. He's having trouble hitting average 90-92 MPH fastballs now.

The guy is fried.

No steroids=total failure.

[stevenash]

And not 95+ MPH fastballs either. He's having trouble hitting average 90-92 MPH fastballs now.

The guy is fried.

Spot on, I've watched his whole career. Closely watched.
I was at the game, up close and personal when he took Colon deep three times and drove in 10 runs at the Stadium.
One of the greatest hitting exhibitions I ever witnessed.
That particular game, he was on Colon's smoke, when Colon was in his prime and could bring it like Bob Feller did.
That game he was as locked as I ever saw a hitter, precision timing, not just heat, but the yakkers he had timed too.
I've seen tons of hitters in my time, that was the best htting display I ever seen or will see.
Even the only out he made was croaked to the warning track in death valley.

Fast forward 7 years, he's a mere shell of a hitter, ever Aaron Cook fooled him 2 months ago.
He needs to overhaul his approach at the plate, or he'll be nothing but a .270 hitter with 20 homers a season going forward.

[Mantle7]

Guys, steroids dont do as much for you as you would think when it comes to hitting a baseball.

I do think ARod is one of the biggest choke artists in the game though. THeres nothing more i hate then a really good player choking on the big stage.

You know whos the man? Robert Horry. Big game Rob. Theres not a player i respect more then Robert Horry. Hes the opposite of most guys in sports. Just a average player in the regular season but when the playoffs come around he would just shoot the lights out. It was crazy.

[k13]

Everyone is on Steroids. Get over it.

[stevenash]

Everyone is on Steroids. Get over it.

Or something

[Dirty Bay Player]

Carmelo Anthony.

[in2thethickofit]

Guys, steroids dont do as much for you as you would think when it comes to hitting a baseball.

I do think ARod is one of the biggest choke artists in the game though. THeres nothing more i hate then a really good player choking on the big stage.

You know whos the man? Robert Horry. Big game Rob. Theres not a player i respect more then Robert Horry. Hes the opposite of most guys in sports. Just a average player in the regular season but when the playoffs come around he would just shoot the lights out. It was crazy.

He never tried when he played for Phoenix...Suns fans hate him. Never fit in here. After the towel throwing incident when he threw it at Danny Ainge, strangely he was traded 3 days later. He actually annoying as hell when he played here (after the trade) because Suns fans booed him every time he touched the ball. Plus, he's a whiney baby anyway.

[OTL]

The steroids don't explain why he sucks so bad in clutch batting situations... The guy is a guaranteed K.

[d2bets]

He's just become a very ordinary player the last few seasons. But let's face it, prior to that you just can't argue with his numbers, and while his postseason numbers are not as good as regular season, he still had some really good postseasons too.

[Mantle7]

How ironic would it be if ARod had a huge game today?

[Mantle7]

Hey, the man just got a hit. Strike up the band!