Comments on: A-Rod’s doctor is surprised he could even play in the playoffs

By: anxovies

anxovies — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:25:55 +0000

ARod was 36 at the beginning of last year. At 36 years old Frank thomas hit .270/18HR/49RBI. The next year was even less productive.

By: anxovies

anxovies — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:12:24 +0000

He is… He truly is.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:39:34 +0000

Sounds to me like the doctor is indulging in typical Yankee melodrama, exaggerating the injury so his comeback will appear that much more amazing.

However, he didn’t have to mention that it had nothing to do with steroids, since he’s been a YANKEE for so long, and, as is Known Fact, no one has ever done steroids AS A YANKEE. No one ever. Members of the other 29 teams have all done steroids, but no YANKEE, ever. The very idea is inconceivable!

As for “why on Earth did the Yankees allow A-Rod to dangle like they did during the playoffs, going through the whole bit with the benching and never once saying that, hey, their third baseman had an extremely serious injury”, well, you can look at it in one of several ways. One, they didn’t know about the injury. Two, they knew but they were letting him swing in the wind. Three, the injury didn’t/doesn’t exist. Take your pick; personally, I think he was and is hurt, but they didn’t know it.

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:13:04 +0000

Broke down and looked it up….and a couple points….first, Jeter’s .838 postseason OPS is pretty impressive considering his regular season OPS is .829 vs Rodriguez’s .833 postseason OPS (worse than Jeter’s) vs his .945 regular season OPS.

So yes, in the playoffs Jeter and A-Rod are basically the same hitter…..which is actually a terrible thing for Rodriguez who is a much much much more talented hitter. His postseason overalls may look reasonable, but it’s only because he has had a few INCREDIBLE series and more than a few HORRIFIC ones. 4 incredible ones (over 1.000 OPS), 1 really good one (.973 which is better than his average production) and 3 subpar ones (in the .800s, below his average)….and then EIGHT series where his HIGHEST OPS is .635!

How can you POSSIBLE argue the guy is decent in the postseason?

To put it into a little more perspective….you go into the season expecting Frank Thomas, and actually get John Kruk. Still a fine player. But not what you paid for.

By: mrklutch1011

mrklutch1011 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:03:49 +0000

He should be giving boatloads of money to Sandy relief victims. He should already be doin it and he whiffed on that worse than all of last seasons AB’s. 1/4 of his yearly contract. The same 1/4 of a player they got when he signed on his fake numbers. There is nothing to like about this worthless has been. Imagine if the Boss was still himself before passing. Prob would have hired a special investigater

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:41:12 +0000

I don’t care…..I’m using commonly held beliefs to make jokes about a douchebag. Whether the belief is valid or not is irrelevant.

By: jolink653

jolink653 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:28:18 +0000

The injury was so severe that A-Rod’s hip totally shut down, and the doctor was surprised he was able to play at all, let alone play productively, in the playoffs.

Shows what a tough guy A-Rod is to soldier through that when the team needed him the most…Didn’t make any excuses, and while we killed him for his complete lack of production, at least now we know why his bat speed had disappeared and why he wasn’t driving the ball with any power….Hopefully the surgery takes care of this problem and we can finally have a healthy A-Rod at third next season when he comes back

By: fanofevilempire

fanofevilempire — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:33:21 +0000

prehab,he has to build up strength before the operation.

say what ever you want about A-Rod, he never complains about injury.
he always plays hard.

By: louhudson23

louhudson23 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:31:06 +0000

I agree with your general statement regarding A-rods actual playoff numbers,but I can’t see comparing them to Jeter’s,whose performance comes with a larger sample size and he has simply done it longer,for more games…….

By: cackalackyank

cackalackyank — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:02:41 +0000

He gets paid regardless.

By: hushbrother

hushbrother — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:31:59 +0000

I hate to say it, but it’s to A-Rod’s credit that he didn’t make excuses. He certainly could have.

By: coloradogolfcoupons

coloradogolfcoupons — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:13:44 +0000

I think the Dr. meant he was surprised Arod could still score some chick’s #, since his hip was so bad it was hard to walk to the front row seats and flirt during the game. But Arod showed he could ‘play’ with pain, gutted it out, and moseyed over to flirt during the game with gritted teeth, proving to be a gamer despite the pain.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:12:19 +0000

It’s obviously because he is History’s Greatest Monster.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:03:44 +0000

Leave A-Rod’s doctor alone!!!

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:03:16 +0000

Maybe they figured A-Rod at 10% was better than Ramiro Pena at 100%?

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:48:37 +0000

@tf–suggest you look up his career postseason stats and compare them to those of Jeter. You’ll find their success rates very similar.

By: tfbuckfutter

tfbuckfutter — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:42:51 +0000

He’s apparently been dealing with that issue for most of his career when the playoffs roll around then. Maybe its seasonal.

By: onbucky96

onbucky96 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:24:55 +0000

Did his doctor not see the playoffs? That wasn’t playing, that was about being seen and gettin paid.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:20:42 +0000

you better watch out.. snarkiness can get you in trouble on this site

By: phisticuffs

phisticuffs — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:14:31 +0000

The team didn’t support him because it wasn’t a true Yankee injury.

By: stex52

stex52 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:12:17 +0000

You missed a couple of words in the article. The doctor said what you said.

By: lazlosother

lazlosother — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:04:32 +0000

That wasn’t what the doctor meant. He was surprised A-Rod could play at all, let alone play productively – matched with his other comments in the article, he’s saying it’s a given that he couldn’t play productively.

By: lordd99

lordd99 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:50:46 +0000

Over time they’ve discovered that doing prehab strengthening exercises around the injury speeds recovery and most importantly success. He’ll be back quicker.

By: thebigtim2012

thebigtim2012 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:50:31 +0000

When was he productive in the playoffs. This dr should stick to doctoring cause if memory serves he was benched for his lack of production

By: lordd99

lordd99 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:43:47 +0000

Craig, he wasn’t diagnosed until November. They initially were looking at the other hip but so no injury. They weren’t misleading. They just didn’t know.

By: stex52

stex52 — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:39:36 +0000

I have to agree. Any observer – fan of the Yankees or not – could see he wasn’t right. Why didn’t the Yankees say something? ARod is a big boy, and to a large extent he has made his own bed, but I don’t know why he was treated like that from a PR point of view. I guess it’s all that money they know they still owe him just pisses somebody in that organization off.

By: shoehole

shoehole — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:37:13 +0000

Who made the decision to have the operation in mid January and not October.
He will lose some valuable playing time while healing.