Yankees and A-Rod

[prohornblower]

OK, I hate to start a Yankees/A-Rod thread, but this is ridiculous.

All I've heard the last week or so on BBTN is about how the Yankees "need to trade A-Rod". Tonight it was H.R. and the GENIUS BASEBALL MIND of Steve Phillips who were advocating a trade of A-Rod.

The guy is having a sub-par season, BY HIS STANDARDS ONLY! Some idiotic Yankee fans are going to run one of the most productive players in the game out of town because they are inconsiderate dooshes.

Hilarious. They've got a roided out freak playing first who they love, and they boo A-Rod. Somebody PLEASE explain this to me. Who is going to replace him? Morgan Ensberg!? LOLROFL. IIRC, the Yanks are only paying like $16M of his $25M per year deal, which makes A-Rod a bargain, even when he's having a "bad year".

Brian Cashman: Please trade A-Rod to the Astros for Morgan Ensberg. And while you're at it, pick up $4M per year of A-Rods contract. I know this deal sounds too good to be true for Yankee fans, but please, please do it! You can even throw in a couple pitching prospects if you want! Just think! Less boo's at Yankee Stadium! Ensberg will be a True Yankee in no time!

F*** A-Rod and his 400+ home runs and his non-True Yankee face! He's no JETER ZOMG!!!!11!! JETER KAN PLAYE BOTH THURD AND SHORT TOPS AT SAME TIME AND DO BETER BEKUZ HE JETER MISTUR NOVEMBER DECEMBER AND JANUARY THRU MARCH.

[Rubeskies]

Switch to decaf

[Lazy Meatball]

as a red sox fan, I think this is great. But there's is no way Cashman can be stupid enough to actually listen to NY's dumb frustrated fans who boo their own players at home.

Why do yankees fans hate A-rod so much, do they just have huge expectations for the guy because of the hype and his contract, or are they waiting for post season Jeter magic from him, (which doesn't really exist anyway.)?

It just seems every error of his or every 0 for X night of his is magnified 1000 times.

[THAY3R]

This coming from a guy who thinks Ensberg is horrible and Huff would be better as the Astros 3B?


Weird.

[technologic]

trust me you're just preaching to the choir for most yankee fans on 2p2

[Sooga]

That's what happens when you're a super duper star and hit .321/48/130 last year - there's nowhere to go but down. This year (up to today) he still leads AL 3B's in OPS, R, and RBI, and he's 2nd in HR and 3rd in SB.

His 'off year' pace is .277/36/121 with 114R and 15SB's. Most players have never had a year that good. Just goes to show you that most baseball analysts and A-Rod booers are pretty much retarded.

[prohornblower]

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trust me you're just preaching to the choir for most yankee fans on 2p2

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I certainly hope so, Jesus... this guy could perform at 60% capacity and still be an above-average 3rd sacker. I just don't get it at all.

ESPN is wasting like 5 minute segments actually talking about why he needs to be traded. I think if it keeps getting worse, he would need to be traded. But it should never come to this. It is going down a bad path. Yankee fans are going to keep doing this until he either asks for a trade, or is traded. It's absurd.

I'd love to see like a Beckett + prospects + cash for A-Rod trade. ManRam, Ortiz, A-Rod trio would be unbeatable. They could just bring up AAA pitchers to fill out the roster. A-Rod would hit about 60 doubles off that stupid wall.

[curtis012]

I agree with OP, A-Rods treatment in NY bothers me as a Jays fan. If we had A-Rod there'd be people lining up to wipe his ass.

Also, he'd play SS.

[tuq]

I think this Gay-Rod trade stuff stems from a Steinbrenner policy to not have spouses working together, much less on the same side of the infield...

[IlliniLou]

Arod for Prior, Neifi Perez, and Aramis Ramirez

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