.133 -- NIce Job AROD

by jctrampe on Oct 10, 2005 11:23 PM CDT

Alex Rodriguez --

Good performance by your hero Morris in this series.

Whether it was grounding into a double play at the most crticial time of the entire season in GAme 5 or booting a ball in the sixth inning of game 2 to allow Anaheim to tie and eventually win that game, A-rod has been the anti-Jeter. Wherever A-rod goes losing follows. Granted this is on a much grander team with a much higher room for error in player personnel moves, but A-rod has turned the greatest franchise in sports to a joke.

And I frankly couldn't be happier about. Let New York continue to have the curse of A-rod. It will just make it that much sweeter when the Rangers beat their ases as well.

Whatever the Yankees had as far as Magic goes back in the Tino, Brosius pre-2000 Yankees is long gone now that A-rod is running the team.

Once again people will make excuses for your so called MVP and once again the Yankees will be at home while someone else plays for the title.

I love it and I can't wait until the Rangers get a piece of A-rod's bitch ass in '05.

Let's Go Cards and White Sox.

Now that the Yanks are eliminated I want the Angels out.

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anti jeter?

because jeter is clutch right? and the yankees are so cursed making the playoffs both the years arod's been there. i wish the rangers had that kind of bad luck.

by ab03 on Oct 11, 2005 12:53 AM CDT reply actions

Funny

I can't help but laugh at that nonsense. Even with the "curse" of ARod the Yankees were in the playoffs 2 years in a row. Did they win the WS? No, but they hadn't won it for 3 years before he got there either. Whose fault was that?

To hear a Rangers fan talk smack after the crap they have put on the field for the past 6 years is high comedy. Thanks for laughs dude.

"Unfortunately, we won the Stanley Cup". - Tom Hicks

by LoneStarBallUser on Oct 11, 2005 2:53 AM CDT reply actions

The "curse of Mike Young"

No team with Mike Young on it has ever made the playoffs.

by DJCahill on Oct 11, 2005 4:02 AM CDT reply actions

The "curse of Mike Young"

No team with Mike Young on it has ever made the playoffs.

Ender!

by Chris Hanes on Oct 11, 2005 5:05 AM CDT reply actions

Benjie Molina

>>>>>>>>>>ARod

Did you see the way he hit in this series? Plus he already has a WS ring. ARod is the anti-Molina.

by Brett Perryman on Oct 11, 2005 7:11 AM CDT reply actions

How many times

How many times does AROD have to suck in the postseason before people start noticing a trend.

Small sample size my ass. The guy chokes when it matters and has turned the tide on the Yankee franchise.

Mike Young may not have a world series ring but he doesn't have any postseason at bats. I can gaurantee he can do better than .133 in a 5 game series.

A ROD for MVP my ass....

by jctrampe on Oct 11, 2005 9:26 AM CDT reply actions

It's fitting you mention your ass so much

As it seems that is where most of your opinions come from.

ARod's post season average coming into this year was .330. His OPS was .987. Last year, he carried the Yankees in the ALDS but I know that doesn't count in your mind.

And it's easy to guarantee what Mike Young would do in the postseason without ever having to back it up.

"Unfortunately, we won the Stanley Cup". - Tom Hicks

by LoneStarBallUser on Oct 11, 2005 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

how old are you

again?

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2005 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Nice of you to leave out this year

But I'll give you the numbers for his last 9 postseason games all the biggest of his career so far considering he is the supposed leader of the team and not just a part of the Mariners team:

5 games against Anaheim --

.133 / .200 / .435 with 0 RBIs and 5 strikeouts including a critical error in game 3.

Last 4 games against Boston in the biggest collapse in professional sports history --

Game 4 -- 1 for 5 1 HR
Game 5 -- 0 for 4 2 Srikeouts
Game 6 -- 1 for 4
Game 7 -- 0 for 4 1 STrikeout

.118 Batting Average for the last 4 games of that series.

Yep, AROD deserves no blame for the Yankees losing the last 2 years with the highest payroll in baseball history.

by jctrampe on Oct 11, 2005 9:47 AM CDT reply actions

Who said...

A-Rod deserves no blame for the Yankees losing?

He played very poorly this series. Of course, he deserves SOME of the blame.

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by Requiem on Oct 11, 2005 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions

I left out this year for a reason

You had already mentioned it.

This reminds me of the OU-Texas thread from the weekend. If ARod plays well, then those games aren't a big deal. If he plays poorly, then those games are the biggest of his career.

"Unfortunately, we won the Stanley Cup". - Tom Hicks

by LoneStarBallUser on Oct 11, 2005 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Being a Texas grad

and considering I've been to ever TX/OU game since '97, I can use your analogy and it is a valid one if you are willing to compare Mack Brown and AROD.

Mack couldn't get it done against OU or failed in other big games including the big 12 title game for various reasons including problems of his own. I think he took some criticism for it and rightfully so. It looks like he has finally busted through with wins over Ohio St. (i was at this game as well) and OU FINALLY. Now we haven't won anything yet, but Mack certainly has gotten over the hump.

I'm not saying AROD will never get the Yankees over the hump, but he definitely deserves his share of criticism when the Yankees fail, and they have failed the last two seasons by Yankees' standards.

by jctrampe on Oct 11, 2005 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions

ARod criticism

Of course he deserves some of the blame. He played poorly in the ALDS this year. The problem is that you are giving it ALL to him.

"Unfortunately, we won the Stanley Cup". - Tom Hicks

by LoneStarBallUser on Oct 11, 2005 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions

Blame

I never was giving all the blame to AROD. I just wanted to get the AROD lovers fired up on this blog.

Mission accomplished I guess.

by jctrampe on Oct 11, 2005 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions

So,

you make gross over-generalizations and unsound logic to do it?

Sounds like you just wanted to get all LOGIC lovers fired up.

That's almost worse than wufdog.

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by Requiem on Oct 11, 2005 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions

Jeezus

It's a blog about baseball. We aren't dealing with national security.

Lighten up..

by jctrampe on Oct 11, 2005 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions

Huh?

It's a blog about baseball. We aren't dealing with national security.

Lighten up..

My purpose in posting here is to hopefully gain some more insight into the Rangers and baseball in general. What's the point in dealing with over-generalizations and sound logic?

In fact, what's the point in doing that at all? It leads to sloppy thinking and miscommunication which isn't really good in life, in general.

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by Requiem on Oct 11, 2005 11:56 AM CDT up reply actions