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Post by dg on Aug 13, 2006 15:28:53 GMT -5
Its less about timing than the fact that Jeter and Abreu failed to reach base, isn't it?? I find it hard to blame A-Rod for the fact that it wasn't a 2 or 3-run shot.
Not to argue, Frankie, but I've grown really tired of A-Rod getting bashed for hitting a HR (not you, but it has gone on all season).
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Post by FrankieYankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:29:08 GMT -5
Game over boston up 7-6... ughhh
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Post by dyf7 on Aug 13, 2006 15:29:30 GMT -5
too bad, shake it off, and..............go Birds!!!!!!!!!
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Post by FrankieYankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:31:30 GMT -5
Ohhh i got your point........ yea your def right! I cant stand the Arod bashing either but he just frusturates me..... making bad plays in the field....also.... not just the hitting... and who is to say that if jeter and abreu had got on that he wouldnt have grounded into a double play? he always does! I mean enough is enough ya know.... but i support him 100% he is a yankee!!
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Post by FrankieYankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:32:08 GMT -5
go birds is right!....
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Post by dyf7 on Aug 13, 2006 15:35:40 GMT -5
10-6 Sox
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Post by FrankieYankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:35:41 GMT -5
Home run Youkilis! 10-6 boston...... well 1 up fellas
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Post by FrankieYankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:36:05 GMT -5
Sox are amazing at home...... its insane
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Post by havayankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:40:30 GMT -5
Bashing is not the point. Arod excels in hitting long balls, doubles etc when the pressure is off. That is a fact, and an unpleasant fact. He does not have the spark that Jeter does and other Yankees had before him. And that is also a fact we have to live with but we don't have to like it. For the money he leaves a lot to be desired in terms of stability and control of his emotions. Just look at the man talk. He makes more facial gestures than you can imagine. If he employs a permanent shrink like it has been said here then I rest my case.
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Post by FrankieYankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:44:16 GMT -5
I agree... i never would bash him, but he is just not a pressure hitter... bottom line..... that we have to live with!
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Post by kanst on Aug 13, 2006 15:48:58 GMT -5
Bashing is not the point. Arod excels in hitting long balls, doubles etc when the pressure is off. That is a fact, and an unpleasant fact. He does not have the spark that Jeter does and other Yankees had before him. And that is also a fact we have to live with but we don't have to like it. For the money he leaves a lot to be desired in terms of stability and control of his emotions. Just look at the man talk. He makes more facial gestures than you can imagine. If he employs a permanent shrink like it has been said here then I rest my case. I was thinking about this during todays game. I dont think he succeeds in those situations because he doesnt like the pressure. I think he may succeed in blowouts so often because as a guess hitter its a lot easier to guess whats coming. The ball he hit off Shields was a first pitch fastball towards the middle of the plate. A-Rod never gets pitches like that in a close game. I think he does so well in blowouts because he is pitched differently.
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Post by johnnyyankee on Aug 13, 2006 15:58:13 GMT -5
If it wasn't for the season Ortiz is having, Kevin You-Kill-Us, would get consideration for MVP. Ortiz has had a great season as was expected, but this guy has stepped in and has done a tremendous job for the Sox. Tough guy to strike out too.
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Post by havayankee on Aug 13, 2006 16:03:21 GMT -5
Good point Kanst but the guess part, frames what I said. Too much thinking and twisting inside. If the man were loose and follow his instincts he would do better. I don't think it is ever going to get better for him in NY. a notoriously impatient town, that at best will tolerate but not embrace a streaky player. On a tight race like this, he will be dissected in 50 different ways. Maybe he will adapt to that part. Let's hope so.
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Post by soxfan9 on Aug 13, 2006 16:20:02 GMT -5
Tell us the meaning behind your screen name, cdaida. cda is the aberviation of my home town coeur d alene ida for idaho My wife is from ID Falls. Unfortunately I haven't been up into the panhandle yet but I'm hoping so soon. I heard it's pretty country up there.
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Post by kanst on Aug 13, 2006 16:59:18 GMT -5
Good point Kanst but the guess part, frames what I said. Too much thinking and twisting inside. If the man were loose and follow his instincts he would do better. I don't think it is ever going to get better for him in NY. a notoriously impatient town, that at best will tolerate but not embrace a streaky player. On a tight race like this, he will be dissected in 50 different ways. Maybe he will adapt to that part. Let's hope so. A-Rod is just a guess hitter thats how he hits and that is why he is so prone to slumps. Most power hitters are guess hitters, while guys like Jeter just tend to work with whats given to them. A-Rod is a great player having a down year. I dont think it is fair to say that someone who won the MVP in NY cant handle NY. People have off years. I dont doubt at all that his hitting woes are affecting his fielding or vica versa. Even the Mick had an off year or two. Look at 1959. Even diminished A-Rod is one of the most valuable third basemans in all of baseball. His OPS is second in the AL among third basemans, and he ranks second in runs and third in RBI among third baseman in all of baseball. A-Rod is fine
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Post by johnnyyankee on Aug 13, 2006 20:15:45 GMT -5
Why do we have to get on Alex EVERY SINGLE DAY? Take his homeruns, devide them by 114 games, multiply that by 162, and you get almost 36 homeruns. He will hit at least 40. That he hit more last year, so what? Do the same with the rbis, 83 so far, and he will have almost 120. What more can we ask of this man? That he get a hit everytime up, prefferably a homerun, and that he drive in all the runners on base every single time? Let's get off Alex, let him deal with whatever he has to deal with, and voila, the numbers will be there. We have become mal-accustomed to his greatness that when he doesn't come through, we are ready to blame him for the Yankees being ONLY 1 game up instead of 6 or 7. What team wouldn't want to have Alex on their side, 20 errors and everything. Here's a guy that was the greatest shorstop ever, gives up his position to play with the greatest team in history, has to learn his new position, almost wins a gold glove last year, and wham, he gets it because he is not fielding as well as we want and even more, as well as he would have liked. I say it is time to bury this anti-Alex bickering and accept him for what he is, the best player in the game, faults and everything....
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