Please, Theo, JUST SAY NOOOOOO!!!!!
A-Rod is interested in two things when it comes to baseball: his paycheck and getting a WS ring, in that order. He is not a team player, he is not a clubhouse leader, and with his skills, he *should* be, but he's only in it for himself. He has played poorly every October since he signed with the Yankees. He has a poor attitude. If there is a god, he will NOT be playing in Boston next season.
Contrast him to Mike Lowell. Lowell is a few years older, ok, but three more years of Lowell will be three years where not only do we have a first rate third baseman, we have a first rate leader in the clubhouse. We have someone who knows how to play for a team, who knows how to encourage and nurture the young talent on the team. Lowell is worth a dozen A-Rods. I hope the Red Sox management figures that out real soon.
There was some good news this weekend - the Patriots remain undefeated and came back from a 20-10 deficit to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. From Sports Illustrated:
Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in a four-minute span of the fourth quarter to overcome a 10-point deficit and beat Super Bowl champion Indianapolis 24-20 Sunday. The win in perhaps the NFL's biggest regular-season game ever keeps the Patriots (9-0) on course for the NFL's first unbeaten season since Miami did it 1972 and gives them the first tiebreaker over Indianapolis (7-1) in the AFC playoffs. New England, which had been averaging more than 41 points a game and had beaten eight opponents by an average of more than 25 points, trailed 20-10 after Peyton Manning scored on a 1-yard sneak with 9 minutes and 42 seconds left in the game. However, Brady's 55-yard completion to Randy Moss set up a 3-yard TD pass to Wes Welker. Rosevelt Colvin knocked the ball loose from Manning to force a punt on the next series. Then Brady found Kevin Faulk over the middle for 13 yards for the winning score with 3:15 left. Jarvis Green knocked the ball lose from Manning and Colvin recovered to clinch the game for New England...
OMG.... All I can say is this to Bore-Ass
ReplyDeleteA-Rod never really wanted to be a Yankit... I stand firm on that, I know he wanted to come to Boston and we didn't take him due to money. He is also a Yankit hater and is under the assumption that we Sox Fans will embrace him for being a Yankit Hater also... that may be why he wasn't a team player in New York... ?? If it weren't for our INCREDIBLE MIKE LOWELL maybe things would be different, I know that A-Rod's tongue is hanging out for a good group of team players to be with... I bet he would take less money to do so! He is young, talented and lost for a home. Boras knows it! I still think he'll go to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Posada... We'll never know what will happen... But BUT... LOWELL STAYS!!!
Hey, if you take a paycheck to do a job, you DO THE JOB, whether you are enthralled with it or not. Whether or not A-Rod is a Yankee hater, he was paid a ton of money to perform for them, and he wasn't all that. His playing was great this year (finally), up till October, when he did his usual tank. I wouldn't trust him to do anything differently for the Sox. In fact, he's pretty much proven he can't be trusted as far as he can be thrown, hasn't he? He has no class.
ReplyDeleteI also doubt very much he'd take a pay cut, even a small one, to play for Boston. I'd bet he'd want a raise. If I were Theo and wanted to make him an offer, I'd make him a LOW offer and see what he and Boras have to say. Just how bad does he want that ring? Not bad enough would be my guess.
I say, put whatever you'd have to pony up for two years of A-Rod and give it to Lowell for three (or maybe four). Lowell is worth every dime.
btw, check out this blog about the Red Sox, some good stuff there.
ReplyDeleteI admit, I follow that entire group and all their blogs, which I find great stuff...
ReplyDeleteRed Sox Chick has some awesome pictures posted and she is a right on post writer like wabbit. I admire her for writing:
A-Rod = Anti-MikeLowell
Nuff said huh???
Oh, that Letterman interview was perfect... Jonathan is the coolest!