Comments on: Alex Rodriguez has Minnesota to thank for his playoff reputation not being even worse

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:31:42 +0000

He can also thank Boston (895 OPS), LAA (while he did poorly the first time he had a 1.500+ OPS in his second LAA series with more AB’s), Philly (973 OPS in his only World Series) and ironically NYY (1.253 OPS in his series vs NY, although he had 1 AB that I can’t factor in when he was 19).

Put another way – he was good in 1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009 and he wasn’t so good in 2005, 2006 and 2010-2012. So he was good during most of his prime, and not so good when he turned 34. When he was declining.

But hey, let’s not let facts get in the way. It’s much more fun to say he sucks in the playoffs instead of suggesting that he was pretty good in the playoffs before he hit his decline phase.

By: 2dmo4

2dmo4 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:10:39 +0000

Who gives a crap

By: vallewho

vallewho — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:53:32 +0000

It’s like Christmas morning for bloggers and writers. Pile on with more nonsense.

By: kopy

kopy — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:53:23 +0000

As a Twins fan, I was wondering what the hell all this “A-Rod isn’t good in the playoffs” narrative was about.

By: amaninwhite

amaninwhite — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:39:37 +0000

Thank you for pointing this out. I’ve long felt the same way. The Twins seem to have this way of temporarily boosting the performance levels of under-achievers. In 2010 everyone thought Phil Hughes had finally taken the leap with his dominant performance against the Twins in the playoffs. Not quite.

By: albertmn

albertmn — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:34:10 +0000

What? The Twins will be there next year. As soon as they pay for 2 or 3 solid veteran starting pitchers (not old retreads like Jason Marquis). Hmmm,…..maybe you are right about not being in the playoffs too soon. They have some talent, but with only one rotation spot locked up at this point (Diamond), there are too many question marks.