All A-Rod talk here
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If this sort of thing isn't worthy of a thread, I'm not sure I want to be a member here anymore.
I hope Alex lives a long life and every time he does or is claimed to have done something bizarre or perfectly "Alex" like this, we have a thread here for it to giggle together.
I hope Alex lives a long life and every time he does or is claimed to have done something bizarre or perfectly "Alex" like this, we have a thread here for it to giggle together.
I mean...take off your Red Sox fan hats for a second. Do you seriously think this happened? Honestly? I truly don't, and it's not because I'm an A-Rod fanboy or something. That story just sounds fake as hell. I do think it's amusing that we're at a place with A-Rod where people will believe absolutely anything about him. People love to hate that guy. It unites us, I guess.
cromulence said:
You should consider where you are. This story is undeniably funny, so here it is.
Point me to one post that suggests anyone "believes" it.
I honestly do not care. I would post this as a Yankees fan because it is such a fucking trainwreck of a story> The woman is probably certifiable but who fucking cares? I am rubbernecking the shit out of thiscromulence said:
HangingW/ScottCooper said:
This is another new development, read the story in post one.
Also, it's news because he admitted to doing it again, the same way it would have been different if Lance Armstrong had cheated on just one Tour De France or all of them.
EvilEmpire said:
What kind of captain doesn't move the toilet for such a far superior micturateur?
Ed Hillel said:Did the house test positive for steroids?
Also, best caption ever?
Where's the mirror?
cromulence said:
Take off your Yankee fan hat for a second. Is anyone bashing NY over this? Not one person has discussed ARod's behavior in the context of actual baseball games. If he was on any other team this would still be awesome material to post and mock.
jon abbey said:
And I agree with Jon. Arod has seriously emotional issues and I wouldn't put anything past him at this point. I think a better question is, is there any reason to believe he wouldn't do this shit?
Maybe he pissed on the wall because he was standing there and was too lazy to go inside and piss in a proper terlit....
I could NEVER imagine doing that.
Now let me be clear. Anything that ratchets up the A-Rod Circus is good. I say that as an opportunistic Red Sox fan and as someone who thinks A-Rod is a piece of manure, regardless of my Sox colored glasses.
I'm just not sure that a wall piss is evidence of much of anything, this woman's ramblings notwithstanding.
MLB and Yankees: PLEASE do not remove this man from our midst.
I could NEVER imagine doing that.
Now let me be clear. Anything that ratchets up the A-Rod Circus is good. I say that as an opportunistic Red Sox fan and as someone who thinks A-Rod is a piece of manure, regardless of my Sox colored glasses.
I'm just not sure that a wall piss is evidence of much of anything, this woman's ramblings notwithstanding.
MLB and Yankees: PLEASE do not remove this man from our midst.
How can such a story turn out not to be true? Is there a way for A-Rod to prove he never ordered a centaur painting, or didn't urinate in someone's house? Let's take, for example, the following story:jon abbey said:
http://www.si.com/mlb/2009/04/30/roberts-qa
All the signs point to a fabrication: It comes from a proven liar like Selena (Lacrosse) Roberts, it contains no pictures/videos of him tipping pitches, no names of the players to which he was tipping, no box-scores of lopsided games in which both A-Rod and some opposing outfielder hit Home-Runs (and she says he did it for 2-3 years!), statistics show it never happened:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/sports/baseball/17score.html
and many relevant parties gave a more logical explanation:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/sports/A-Deeper-Look-at-A-Rod-Tipping-Pitches.html
And even if by some chance it is true, the title which singles out A-Rod is biased and misleading - An honest reporter would put something like "A-Rod part of a pitch-tipping scheme", or "A-Rod and opposing infielders tipping pitches to each other". Still, the only way this story can turn out not to be true is if Roberts would admit it's false, but as we all know from the Lacrosse case, she would never do such a thing, even when faced with the truth:
So, do you consider this story to be also true unless proven otherwise?
I wonder how much it would cost to pay off the Yankee walk up music guy to play this during ARod's first AB back?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYTxozuVaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QYTxozuVaY
YankeesIsrael said:
This is a very good post and question (you should post here more often), and I guess my answer would be that I've basically considered A-Rod to be like Michael Jackson for a while now, it's just easier believing whatever I read until definitively proven otherwise. Maybe he wasn't tipping pitches intentionally (I don't think those pieces are really definitive either way), maybe he was just hilariously inept at signaling his own guys how to position themselves and that's pretty funny too, albeit obviously not unethical.
Either way, I irrationally hate him (and have long before it became fashionable to do so, going back to his Texas days) and will continue to believe anything amusing and/or embarrassing I read about him, while he continues to collect tens of millions of dollars while being a divisive prima donna who can't play anymore.
With the NY media leading the charge to run ARod out of town, either by contesting the contract or a further suspension. does this put the Yankees in the market for Sandoval?
he would be a great replacement for the star power lost with Jeter's retirement.
Anytime I see so many quotes from anonymous attorneys I assume there is fire as well as smoke.
Its not like Arod has an ocean of good will with the MLBPA.
he would be a great replacement for the star power lost with Jeter's retirement.
Anytime I see so many quotes from anonymous attorneys I assume there is fire as well as smoke.
Its not like Arod has an ocean of good will with the MLBPA.
JohntheBaptist said:
I thought they made a whole new toilet for the team in 2009. That's not big enough?
CoRP said:
Boy, Sammy Sosa has aged poorly and doesn't look good in vertical stripes.
Ed Hillel said:Did the house test positive for steroids?
Also, best caption ever?
The phallic symbolism of the hose here is awesome.
Cashman saying A-roid needs to win a job:
http://nesn.com/2014/11/alex-rodriguez-needs-to-win-job-with-yankees-gm-brian-cashman-says/
What's the most realistic scenario if he doesn't win the job? He'd be an awfully expensive bench player and he has no trade value at all... would they just release him?
http://nesn.com/2014/11/alex-rodriguez-needs-to-win-job-with-yankees-gm-brian-cashman-says/
What's the most realistic scenario if he doesn't win the job? He'd be an awfully expensive bench player and he has no trade value at all... would they just release him?
I doubt they'll release him because they're still hoping to get insurance money back if he can't play, but I'd guess the most likely scenario is still the bulk of the DH ABs if he is healthy enough to take them.
They could avoid that next imminent HR bonus by releasing him, though, right? That would get interesting.
They could avoid that next imminent HR bonus by releasing him, though, right? That would get interesting.
[QUOTE="Hriniak]Nah, the MLBPA will file a grievance and I'd bet he'd win it.
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Yup, this. Watching Girardi juggle this clown through the lineup for three years is going to be epic (I'm assuming they're stuck with him).
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Yup, this. Watching Girardi juggle this clown through the lineup for three years is going to be epic (I'm assuming they're stuck with him).
Interesting fangraphs article re how these policies work. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/will-insurance-on-a-rods-contract-save-the-yankees/jon abbey said:
I find it hard to believe that if these policies do run in three year increments that an insurance carrier would write up a policy for ARod beginning in 2015. And if they did Yankees are still on the hook for the Luxury tax for the duration.