A-Rod??

[Squibby17]

I'm also in the Anti-Arod camp. I was against getting him back in 03.

• He isn't worth what he's asking for 30+ per year
• He has Purple Lips
• Slapped the ball
• Yelled during that pop up in Toronto
• He was making plenty of $ in Texas and whined his way out of there, Maybe its me but I don't understand how you can complain when you signed a contract for a quarter of a billion dollars.

If the don't get Lowell they should look at Carlos Pena @ 1st and move Youk to third. But I hope they can keep Lowell.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Squibby17

He was making plenty of $ in Texas and whined his way out of there, Maybe its me but I don't understand how you can complain when you signed a contract for a quarter of a billion dollars.

If the don't get Lowell they should look at Carlos Pena @ 1st and move Youk to third. But I hope they can keep Lowell.

He whined his way out of Texas because he wanted a shot at a ring. He wasn't going to even come close in Texas

His post season numbers do suck. But----it wasn't his fault that Rivera blew two saves that would have closed the Sox out in 2004. It wasn't his fault that Steinbrenner threw big bucks at over the hill starters like Johnson and Clemens, and that Mussina turned into the second coming of Steve Blass in the post-season, or that they let Pettite have a slew of good years in Houston before bringing him back with his best years behind him. A-Rod didn't offer big bucks to pitchers like Jaret Wright or Carl Pavano. It's not his fault that the front office went ga-ga over steroid freak losers like Giambi and Sheffield and let proven winners like Tino Martinez and O'Neil opt out. The Yankees went from having the best clubhouse in the game in the late 90s to being a team of self-centered losers after 2001. The old joke was that the Sox reserved 25 tables for one, or hailed 25 separate cabs, after a game. That now is true of the Yankees.

You watch. Next year they'll be closer to 4th place than first. Torre kept that menagerie together. Now, all hell is going to break loose

[Squibby17]

Originally Posted by Mike P

He whined his way out of Texas because he wanted a shot at a ring. He wasn't going to even come close in Texas

That's my point. He choose to leave Seattle which at the time was a very Competitive team. By signing a deal like that, it completely handcuff's a small market team like Texas. They were never going to be good with a contract like that on the payroll, If A-rod wanted his ring he never should have signed there in the first place.

This same thing happened with Vince Carter in Toronto. Sign's big deal team won't be good, and can't afford anyone else. Then he whines until he gets traded for .50 cents on the dollar

I blame the player, not the agent. You want your big contract and get it, than you suck it up. No one forced you to go to a bad team that was willing to over spend on you.

I honestly might denounce they sox if the sign A-rod. He's a classless, Greedy player that represents all that I don't like in the baseball