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The Redemption of A-Rod

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Alex Rod Rodriguez has had a pretty solid season, batting over 250 with 30-plus HR and more than 85 RBI. Not bad for a 40 year old dude coming off a year's suspension. Of course, that is the issue. That suspension, and what led to it.

IMO, the man did his time for his various crimes. He came back, played hard and STFU. Assuming he is clean now, I say he redeemed himself and should no longer be the most hated man in the game.

Disclaimer: I'd rather a guy get caught juicing than mailing in the last month of a season, playing out the stretch without hustle like Bryce Harper. At least the cheater is trying to win.
 
At some point more will realize how pathetically sad it is that so many "hall of fame" level players will end up in the history books but with an asterisk next to their name, to indicate some degree of cheating, performance enhancing drug use, or something...
 
calamity said:
Alex Rod Rodriguez has had a pretty solid season, batting over 250 with 30-plus HR and more than 85 RBI. Not bad for a 40 year old dude coming off a year's suspension. Of course, that is the issue. That suspension, and what led to it.

IMO, the man did his time for his various crimes. He came back, played hard and STFU. Assuming he is clean now, I say he redeemed himself and should no longer be the most hated man in the game.

Disclaimer: I'd rather a guy get caught juicing than mailing in the last month of a season, playing out the stretch without hustle like Bryce Harper. At least the cheater is trying to win.
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I have no problem with him but he has some stretches where he just doesn't produce.
Then again the whole team has been looking shaky as hell losing too much while Toronto has been crushing everyone.
As for Harper, that was unfortunate. Both for what he did (not the end of the world, though, it's pretty common) and who called him on it and what happened afterward (not the fight, the pitching).
 
OrphanSlug said:
At some point more will realize how pathetically sad it is that so many "hall of fame" level players will end up in the history books but with an asterisk next to their name, to indicate some degree of cheating, performance enhancing drug use, or something...
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A lot of cheating went unpunished. Be it "greenies" or spitballs, nobody cared until Bonds came close to hitting close to 75 home runs. Suddenly cheating is the worst thing since Pete bet on baseball.
 
bubbabgone said:
I have no problem with him but he has some stretches where he just doesn't produce.
Then again the whole team has been looking shaky as hell losing too much while Toronto has been crushing everyone.
As for Harper, that was unfortunate. Both for what he did (not the end of the world, though, it's pretty common) and who called him on it and what happened afterward (not the fight, the pitching).
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I haven't followed the Yankees that close. But, I would venture that with 33 HR and 86 RBI, A Rod was pretty damned solid all year.
 
calamity said:
I haven't followed the Yankees that close. But, I would venture that with 33 HR and 86 RBI, A Rod was pretty damned solid all year.
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Streaky.
 
bubbabgone said:
Streaky.
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Sure. It's a streaky kind of sport. Players get hot and then cold. Todd Frazier of the Reds, who has similar numbers to A-Rod, was lighting up the league back in May and June. He totally sucked in July and August.

Joey Votto, OTOH, has been consistent all year. He has a few less HR and RBI (29 and 79 respectively) but is batting 60 points higher than both. Few players do that though. It's such a big deal that even though the Reds suck everyone around here is vaunting about Joey's greatness.
 
bubbabgone said:
Streaky.
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Yep. He's always been a head case but it got real bad when he hit NY, won 2 MVP awards and STILL couldn't outshine Jeter. It also didn't help that his WS numbers suck and in NY that's half the battle.
 
Lutherf said:
Yep. He's always been a head case but it got real bad when he hit NY, won 2 MVP awards and STILL couldn't outshine Jeter. It also didn't help that his WS numbers suck and in NY that's half the battle.
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I'm not at all sure they're gonna get past whichever WC team they play.
They've been looking pretty lame and their pitching won't get them far postseason.
Losing Eovaldi hasn't been very helpful and Tanaka may win games but he makes me nervous out there.
 
bubbabgone said:
I'm not at all sure they're gonna get past whichever WC team they play.
They've been looking pretty lame and their pitching won't get them far postseason.
Losing Eovaldi hasn't been very helpful and Tanaka may win games but he makes me nervous out there.
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They were pretty solid mid-season but down the stretch it's been quite an adventure!
 
Lutherf said:
They were pretty solid mid-season but down the stretch it's been quite an adventure!
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Oh man you're not kidding.
I don't know exactly what their LOB stats have been lately but they feel terrible.
Earlier this season they were bringing 'em home in bunches.
July 28 ... 21-5 v Texas
 
bubbabgone said:
Oh man you're not kidding.
I don't know exactly what their LOB stats have been lately but they feel terrible.
Earlier this season they were bringing 'em home in bunches.
July 28 ... 21-5 v Texas
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Not only were they scoring but they were making comebacks in the late innings. the BP would shut the opponent down and then somebody would double home a walk in the 8th or 9th. Maybe everybody's tired now but we sure as hell aren't seeing that any more and are more likely to see just the opposite.
 
What I find funny is the sport's fan, in this case the Yankee Fan. Last year Rodriguez was the most hated person in NYC, he maybe was the most hated person in the history of sports in NY. The Yankee brass, with the fans blessing, was doing anything and everything they could think of the get the guy off the Yankees so they wouldn't have to pay him his $25 mil salary.

But he's having a decent year, so all is forgiven. lol
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
What I find funny is the sport's fan, in this case the Yankee Fan. Last year Rodriguez was the most hated person in NYC, he maybe was the most hated person in the history of sports in NY. The Yankee brass, with the fans blessing, was doing anything and everything they could think of the get the guy off the Yankees so they wouldn't have to pay him his $25 mil salary.

But he's having a decent year, so all is forgiven. lol
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Hardly. A-rod's a douche.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
With most Yankee fans, all is forgiven. Until of course the next suspension, or when he's batting .185 with 3 HRs..

Fans are fickle.
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Granted it's not scientific but my family - with the exception of my Mets fan black sheep brother - is full of Yankee fans. The dislike of A-rod is a given with us. Equally true of the couple of Yankee fans I know at work.
 
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