ARod Is My Hero ...

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- hits into a double play with two on in the first
- fouls out with a runner in scoring position in the 3rd
-has a hard hit DP grounder deflect off his glove into left field in the 3rd

Wow. Yankee fans sure are getting their money's worth. What more damage can he do by the end of the game? Burn the stadium down to the ground.

Memo to ARod -- IT IS NOT OCTOBER. IF YOU STOP PLAYING WELL IN APRIL AS WELL, what is left???

[MJFtheGenius]

You know there are 7 other people that are yet to have a hit for the yanks.

[JBC77]

It hasn't been his best game. That burn the stadium down sh1t was hilarious son.

He still is hands down the best all around player in MLB. He hits for average, he hits for power. On his better days he isn't too bad on defense.

As fans and gamblers, we tend over look or under estimate how hard it is to hit balls traveling close to 100mph.

[MJFtheGenius]

Arod is the best baseball player ever

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Genius -- funny how whenever ARod fails (and that is EVERY October in pinstripes), the only way people respond is by saying other players did poorly as well. i.e. -- I know I'm fat, but you are too ...

JBC -- you can't be the best all-around player in baseball when you consistently disappear every October ... just can't be ... Babe Ruth wouldn't have been the Babe if he went 4-52 in the playoffs with 0 RBI's ... (not exactly ARod's last 52 AB numbers, but close enough to be painful to type and read)

[MJFtheGenius]

Lot's of people would say Barry Bonds is one of the best hitters of alltime. His postseason numbers are not very good either. I don't see anyone questioning him about postseason success.

Arod most talented player ever.

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Barry Bonds has never gone through a prolonged stretch of choking in the playoffs like ARod has the past several years ... and let's look at how the most talented player ever has affected teams he played for.

Mariners -- the season he left the team, they set an all-time record for most wins in a season

Rangers -- last place every year he was with them, the year he leaves they battle for 1st place until September

Yankees -- won 4 World Series and were in two more between 1996 and 2003 -- ARod joins the team, the Yankees don't make it into the World Series again and are involved in the worst choke in Major League history ...

There is a reason his nickname is "The Cooler" -- it ain't because he's cool ...

[MJFtheGenius]

Arod is not your man if you want to win. I am just saying he is the best player all time. When it comes to talent.

[TheLock]

LOL @ the A-Rod hate.

Every GM in baseball would lick his ba**s to have him play in their city.

(And I hate the Yankees).

[MJFtheGenius]

I don't even like arod, I just can't deny his greatness. If i were GM of the yankees I would strip the entire batting lineup besides Jeter, Cano, and melky.

[moneyline]

Worked out real well for the Mariners, Rangers and Yankees so far, Lock. He's been a regular savior.

[MJFtheGenius]

Moneyline 520 HR and a 306 avg.

[TheLock]

I won't argue he's been clutch in the playoffs because he hasn't.

But it seems like you're questioning his regular season talent/production.

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There's a difference between being clutch and being invisible. He's been the latter ever since he put on Pinstripes. I know they are supposed to make you look thinner, but to disappear entirely the most important month of the year (to Yankee fans, anyway)

And during the regular season, you don't want to see ARod up in the clutch either. Last night's game, you knew (didn't think -- knew) ARod was going to be eaten alive by Paps and in easy fashion ... 1, 2, 3, sit down best player in baseball ...

Sadly, the Yankees will not win another championship with ARod on the team. And that sucks.

[MJFtheGenius]

He was clutch last year in the regular season.

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Correction -- he was clutch in April last season ... not so clutch after the first 30 games or so ...

But even granting you that, if you are the best player in baseball, the times you are actually clutch should not be the exceptions, they should be the rule ...

(and with ARod, they are not)

He is the master of the 6-1 9th inning tape measure home run. He is the anti-Reggie Jackson ... has much better stats than a Reggie, but not the cohones that lead to clutch hitting ...

[MJFtheGenius]

agreed I will take Reggie on my team any day of the week over Arod. But Arod is still the most talented player ever.

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I think Josh Gibson was more talented.

[MJFtheGenius]

Possibly, i am not too familar with that era. However alot of people I have talked to about this have said the same thing.

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Oh, and you have to consider the Babe. How many players could throw a 14 inning shutout in the World Series, win 23 games as a pitcher in one season, bat .342 and also hit over 700 HR's, all the while drunk (or well on your way there)

Now, that is talent.

[MJFtheGenius]

Babe is a legend, will be remembered to be the best player ever no matter what.

and he did it on beer and hot dogs! That is the true talent!

[thegreatdiatchi]

A-Rod isn't even the best player in the history of his team but he could become that person if:

- He actually helps the Yanks win a few more World Series Rings
- He breaks Bond's HR record

[MJFtheGenius]

greatdia baseball unlike football you are not percieved on how much you win but the numbers you put up is what matters.

[donjuan]

Moneyline: fun with sample sizes since 2008.

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Here's one record ARod is guaranteed to break ...

The strikeout record.

As for sample sizes, let's just look at what he has done EVERY OCTOBER as a Yankee ... amazing that he can hit in every month but October. Take a blind man not to see that ... are you blind?

(should the best player in baseball need a shrink to help him hit in the clutch - welcome to the 21st century, I guess)

[donjuan]

Please post his October stats, including number of ABs and PAs.

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DJ, if you haven't been watching the past several Octobers I can't do your homework for you. Ever since he put on the pinstripes, he has become a choking machine. How one could have 0 RBI's from the 4 spot over three years and a 50+ AB period is amazing ...

(especially for the best ever -- ha ha friggin ha)

[donjuan]

Also wanted to respond to this bit of ridiculousness:

Memo to ARod -- IT IS NOT OCTOBER. IF YOU STOP PLAYING WELL IN APRIL AS WELL, what is left???

So far this year he has a .311 EqA. For those of you still in the dark ages, he's batting over .300. Is that considered to be playing poorly?

[donjuan]

DJ, if you haven't been watching the past several Octobers I can't do your homework for you. Ever since he put on the pinstripes, he has become a choking machine. How one could have 0 RBI's from the 4 spot over three years and a 50+ AB period is amazing ...

(especially for the best ever -- ha ha friggin ha)

So nothing to back it up then? No surprise there.

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Actually, he is not batting over .300 this year. Far from it. Good try, though.

(.265 -- his OBP is barely at .300, my lying friend)

Oh, and 7 for his last 44 with 1 HR and one RBI in the last three years in the playoffs ... true, true, that doesn't back anything up.

23 for 94 with 4 HR's and 9 RBI's are his total Yankee numbers ... pretty good stuff.

[MJFtheGenius]

You do have to be fair though. Arod is still probably the most clutch player on that Yankee team. The entire team are nothing but choke artist besides Rivera.

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Rather have Jeter, Matsui, Posada, Cano and a few others up in the clutch, as compared to ARod ...

(not for sheer number padding, you understand, but with two outs and the game on the line)

[MJFtheGenius]

Well arod has better postseason numbers then Jeter and I am not sure about the other guys. I will take Arod over all of them and i am a Yankees fan.

[MJFtheGenius]

Posada hitting .238
Cano .245
Jeter in the last 3 years has been a disgrace

I'll take arod

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7 for his last 44 with 1 RBI while batting 4th over the last 3 years in the playoffs ...

(I'll take anybdy but ARod)