My e-mail to Gage just bounced because his mailbox is full. Well done!
My e-mail to Gage just bounced because his mailbox is full. Well done!
"But what people tend to forget...is that being a Yankee is as much about character as it is about performance; as much about who you are as what you do."
- President Barack Obama
congrats alex! now let's get a w.s for the guy so we shut up the naysayers!!!
Thanks !!Originally Posted by TheScooter
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Not sure what's worse, your blind hatred for our best player or that fact you still can't detect sarcasm in its blatant form. Bravo.
Congrats...........but nobody`s worth 10 years
I dont hate AROD. I actually like him.
Its all about the STEINBRENNER BOTTOM LINE, I subscribe to their way of thinking - he comes up small in BIG GAMES
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginnings end"
Congrats to A-Rod for this MVP Award. This was the best single season individual performance I have ever witnessed. Hopefully he plays [this] well for the next decade for the Yankees.
Agreed. We should have got rid of jeter a long time ago. What a dumb move that was!
Way to go A-Rod!!!!
Your not a great fan of the best player on this team? Funny, these are the types of things you might say if, Dave Ortiz won the MVP, or anyone else not on your favorite team.
They're counting on being interviewed on ESPN. What better way to get on TV? Then they can rehash the "you can't truly appreciate Magglio unless you watched him on a daily basis" excuse. MVP is MVP, but it should have been unanimous.
The guy did kind of act like a jerk. I was a huge fan of A-Rod as a player (my fave player actually, while DJ is my favorite Yankee), but I can't quite get back to that level of respect and appreciation as I did before the opt out. His 2007 season had me hook, line and sinker. His opt-out really sucked. Here's hoping he convinces me again in '08.
At any rate, as soon as he commits to being a Yank (again), I'm behind him.
“You can’t ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can’t lose what you lacked at conception.”
Congrats.
“I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest.”
- Billy Martin
i bet my friend 10 bucks at 10 to 1 odds Arod would win last year. I'm looking forward to seeing him tonight
New York Yankees
Volume XXVIII
MICHAEL
Comeback tunes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvhhW...eature=related
Congrats A-Rod. You clammed up some nay sayers last year in the regular season. It'll be even harder this year with the opt out nonsense, but nothing 60 HR or so (with a few in the PS) can't cure
Congrats A-rod! Let's do it again next year...
"And I wonder, when I sing along with you. If everything
could ever feel this real forever. If anything could ever be this good again."
Still don't like him and never have. In his first go-around I cheered for him because he was a Yankee. When he opted out I was pissed but hey, at least I didn't have to pretend that I like him anymore. Now... well... I just don't understand how the NY fans seem so quickly to forgive and forget.
I don't remember jumping over any guns. Just picking them up and shooting them in the air in a rootin' tootin' fashion. -bcom33
Seems like he does it every other (odd) year
'03 texas
'05 yankees
'07 yankees
because of 3 yankee hater writers this really shoulda been a back to back to back Yankee MVP w/jeter sandwich in the middle of arod's 2 yankee MVPs
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My Jeter Kicks http://tinyurl.com/yee5tzl
Heh, A-rod is lucky he pulled this crap in NY. Supposedly, we are the most "buy a player" type fans out there. I wonder how this would have worked out for him in bean town.
A couple of years ago when Pedro was in his prime and had an ERA in the high 1's he lost the MVP award because a NY writer left him off the ballot completely (remember the MVP is a top 10 list). These things happen because sports writers like to think they're bigger than the game so instead of voting for the right player (in this case Arod) they will vote for a local player or won't vote for a rival player. Just be glad it didn't cost Arod the award because some sports writer refuses to vote according to how he should.
Alright, we've reached another A-rod apex in crowd satisfaction.
A-rod loathing to begin in 5... 4... 3... 2...
"Every season brings this possibility. Every season features the promise of transcendence." - SJ Gould
Yes indeed. Make it back-to-back in 2008!!
"You don't play the games on paper....you have to play the games."
--Derek Jeter
If he goes 305, 40+ 120+ with over 100 runs scored next year I'll consider just as big an achievement especially with the pressure of the new contract and last years numbers.
If you listen to the fans you’ll be sitting with them soon enough.- Brian Cashman
A-Rod had an amazing season , hope for 10 more just like it!
Is that supposed to be the Roman spelling? I think it would be FVCKNVTSCongrats fvcknuts.
I can not believe this wasn't a unanimous vote. Seriously, those 2 bozos should never be allowed to vote for an award again. Losers
Meh that always happens
Somebody actually voted for Abreu!
Well, I guess I'm back to liking him again.
Way to go and Many More....
How those two clowns in Michigan didn't vote for A-Rod is beyond me.
I heard this today...Did Coltrane actually exist? This is like being blind for 50 years, regaining sight, and then peering directly at the sun.
It should have been unanimous but at least he won. In 1996 he was absolutely robbed when Juan Gonzalez won. It should have been unanimous then, too.
1996
Juan Gonzalez WARP3= 5.4
Alex Rodriguez WARP3= 13.9
Juan Gonzalez OPS+= 145
Alex Rodriguez OPS+= 160
That means A-Rod was worth 8.5 more wins to his team then Juan Gon!
Then again, it isn't as bad for sportswriters as it is now considering the how easy it is to get statistics. Oh wait, yes it was:
http://web.archive.org/web/199701270.../sept/eqa.html
http://web.archive.org/web/199701270...gust/zeke.html
I've never cared for A-Rod's general demeanor. He strikes me as having all the sincerity of one running for the U.S. Senate. And I really don't care for how this whole "opt-out" situation has gone down.
I respect A-Rod's abilities as a ballplayer and being a Yankees fan, I hope he continues to perform well. Nevertheless, alot would have to change for me to admire him on the same level as some of my personal favorites (Jeter & Posada, O'Neill & Mattingly from the past).
Shouldn't they have a higher honor for a single player performance, something that no one could possibly reach, just so fans can react with disgust when he doesn't achieve it?
The way I see it, it's very difficult to judge a players demeanor from the perspective of a fan. Maybe Jeter is just better at looking like he has a good demeanor in public. Maybe press coverage affects my perception. We also don't know how the opt out situation really went down between how Boras acted and how A-Rod wanted the situation to play out.
Very well said.
That being said... congrats to Alex. If he's going to be a Yankee, it helps to put up MVP numbers.
I agree. The HoF is cheapened when guys like Ted Williams and Ernie Banks are allowed in it. F'ing losers.
Fantasy Baseball: Larrupin' Lou's; New York Knights.
With all due respect to Arod, I think Manny in 1999 was better.
Congrats on Money-Rod for allowing me to watch the best season I will probably ever see. From a 2-way standpoint.
Hopefully he wins many more MVP's as a Yankee.
"Owning the Yankees," Steinbrenner once said, "is like owning the Mona Lisa."
My sentiments exactly.
Dee
"When you're entrusted with a tradition, you've got to protect it." - George M. Steinbrenner, III 1930-2010
In Memoriam - Bob Sheppard, "The Voice of The Yankees" 1910-2010
nice job arod!!! have 10 more!
Oh, BURN!!!
Seriously, good one. It seems that some are still spoiled beyond belief.
It was sarcasm.
“You can’t ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can’t lose what you lacked at conception.”
PREDICTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR?? I say .303/44/124/.599
Probably because he didn't do anything to us.
It continues to amaze me that so many fans get pissed at players for trying to negotiate the best possible deal for themselves.
He's been averaging an MVP award every other year, which means he'll only wind up with 5 more.
We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Tabata wanted me to post this here:
Slaughter Is The Best Medicine
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FIRE JETER
You actually got to talk to Jose Tabata? Your so lucky!Tabata wanted me to post this here:
That never loses the humor. The facial expression just caps it off.
"Metallica. Screaming crowd. Jog to the mound. Game over." -C. Jennings
Tabata wanted me to post this here:
HAHAAHA I've never seen this before!!
Congrats Arod.
Alex Rodriguez
Career OPS: .965
Postseason OPS: .977
WARP3? Mr. Sulu had better check with Scotty to make sure the dilithium crystals are properly seated before going WARP3.
A-Rod: .314/54/156/ 24SB/ 177 OPS+
Manny: .333/44/165/ 2SB/ 175 OPS+
Eh. Maybe debatable. A little bit. But not really.
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