Comments on: Your daily dose of “A-Rod can never play again” hysteria

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:32:31 +0000

The Jeter deal has worked out so far and that’s good and tou’re rightits not that long. My basic point was from the beginning is the Yankees can avoid weaseling their way out of contracts by not giving out contracts that wont likely give them the results they want.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:10:05 +0000

“The problems of the Astros were just so deep they overwhelmed him. I never disliked him, but he was honestly in over his head with that organization.”

This is where I go with an Ed Wade is short joke, right?

And FC, that just shows he shouldn’t have been a GM.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:18:17 +0000

From my POV Wade’s forte (and ceiling) always seemed to be player development, but not necessarily roster building, and certainly not free agent signings.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:16:02 +0000

Totally onboard with that idea.

By: stex52

stex52 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:08:18 +0000

Houston says goodbye, Ed. The problems of the Astros were just so deep they overwhelmed him. I never disliked him, but he was honestly in over his head with that organization.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:19:50 +0000

Ed Wade says hello.

By: stex52

stex52 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:59:11 +0000

Hey, hey Philly. I may troll you guys during the season but I still love ya

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:43:24 +0000

Wait…decent Houstonians…?

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:43:01 +0000

Chocolate pudding cake

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:24:29 +0000

The way Scrooge is working, the Skanks would have to eat at least 110% of ARod’s salary for the next 10 years.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:24:05 +0000

That’s disgusting! Although tomato pudding is pretty good too…

By: fanofevilempire

fanofevilempire — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:23:08 +0000

you telling me Alex paid with his credit card, he has a cousin for that.
bs if you ask me.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:22:08 +0000

CAKE!!!!!!!! Hey, FC, how about a new superhero tandem: Captain Cake and his sidekick Ice Cream Man? Evil nemesis would be PieBaby.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:17:45 +0000

Rice pudding.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:13:43 +0000

Even if you could argue prior to the deal that it was an overpay, it wasn’t that long of a deal, so not as bad

He should probably have worded it that the Yanks shouldn’t give multi-year deals to guys through their age 35+ seasons? Would that work?

By: stex52

stex52 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:10:33 +0000

Useful suggestions always appreciated. I have thought about permanently switching to the Cards also.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:18:34 +0000

I can understand that. I was just making a suggestion.

By: purnellmeagrejr

purnellmeagrejr — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:09:11 +0000

I am glad to be spared what , just a few years ago, promised to be an ugly and inexorable asssault on the careeer home run record. What a relief! WIth my team (The MEts) in the dunmper for the forseeeable futuire things loooked bleak, indeed.

By: ptfu

ptfu — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:39:22 +0000

A-Rod’s been bad only in comparison with his previous lofty standard. In 2012, he hit .272/.353/.430 and earned 2 WAR. That’s not MVP production but it isn’t replacement level either. He’s got a lot further to fall before he’s a liability, production-wise (ignoring public relations and the contract for a moment).

Injuries and aging are taking a toll on him, as they do on everyone. You can’t blame cheating for A-Rod’s entire decline.

By: stex52

stex52 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:24:32 +0000

Not quite so simple. It is also on a cable provider who is failing to cut a deal with most of the local services at present.

It’s hard for me to pick anything the Astros have done right for a while.

But I also have difficulties with the whole concept of watching sports events that occurred in the past. They have box scores for that.

By: American of African Descent

American of African Descent — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:49:07 +0000

It’s because the NFL Hall of Fame isn’t very important in American consciousness.

By: raysfan1

raysfan1 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:36:19 +0000

A couple other things to keep in mind when wondering why football writers don’t go into “he will never get my HoF vote” histrionics when a player tests positive:
1) The football writers don’t elect football HoF inductees; that is done by a selection panel, only a few of which are media members.
2) The football HoF has no character clause.

By: albertmn

albertmn — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:23:47 +0000

To your point about Jeter being the last to get one of these deals, Jeter’s deal was only for three years (possibly with an option year). Even if you could argue prior to the deal that it was an overpay, it wasn’t that long of a deal, so not as bad. As it turns out, Jeter has performed well the first couple years of that deal. Even if he didn’t play again, the Yankees likely did fine on that deal. Teams (especially those that earn a lot of money) can withstand overpaying players on a short deal. It is the long term deals (6+ years) that get them in trouble, especially in the eyes of fans and the media.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:16:33 +0000

dvr or mlb.com — I mean, you’d have to watch it the next day, but you could watch it when it fit your schedule then.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:14:21 +0000

bread pudding

By: stex52

stex52 — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:07:23 +0000

Or whining in misery over the Astros stinking again this year and having to play DH ball after all decent Houstonians have gone to bed.

Wait………….. So what about this whole A-Rod thing? I want more!

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:29:45 +0000

Or we could debate the merits of trading A-Rod to Miami so the Marlins players can really have something to whine about

By: purnellmeagrejr

purnellmeagrejr — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:28:20 +0000

I experience a profound indiffference to AROD’s reasons for taking steroids.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:27:25 +0000

Wasn’t talking about the murders, sabathia…was talking about the allegations he used banned substance that came out yesterday. With his voice on a tape asking how to use the banned substance…only 10 weeks ago!! If that were A-Rod, the MLB reporters heads would have exploded. In the NFL, Saint Ray says “I’m not even going to address those allegations” and the reporters say “OK, Saint Ray…thank you for looking at us and blessing us with your presence”

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:25:44 +0000

Raise your hand if you’re getting sick and tired of this entire subject. We’re wasting valuable time and space here that could be much better spent on Scrooge McLoria bashing.