Saturday, February 21, 2015

A Rod must Go!!!!!! (Yankee fan Guest Post)

Spring training is almost here and attention must be paid. The Yankees have a big problem. His name is A Rod.
 
He is coming back after his suspension. We owe him something like $61 million over the next three years. That's right $61 million. Now the thought was that he would be closing in on the all time home run record but with all the time lost that is not going to happen. He is going to pass Willie Mays and get an eight million dollar bonus because he only needs seven more dingers to make it happen. But how good could he be after all this time off? Plus the Yankees have signed a perfectly competent third baseman in Chase Headley who is going to be their main man this year. So A Rod is the DH and a backup at third and first. I just don't think he is worth the trouble.
Witness the nonsense with his apology note. Handwritten squiggles that are laughably stupid:


Seriously? This is going to be a circus. The Yankees should just cut their losses and take the tax write off. Let some other team take on the circus. They have made some good moves this year. Our starting upside has a lot of questions but a big upside. Our bullpen could be the best in the majors. We have a new stud closer and a bunch of pretty decent middle relievers. Our brittle starters only have to give us a quality five or six innings. The lineup is not full of the prima donna stars we used to have but a bunch of scrappy guys with some vets who if they have bounce back years can really make something happen. We are not the favorites. But in the expanded playoff world we have a chance to get in the mix and then anything can happen.
But first we need to get rid of A Rod. Let's send him to Boston. They both suck. Let them suck together.
 

7 comments:

Trooper York said...

No Thank You Lem.

Trooper York said...

Every once in a while I have to vent.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

I read some of this piece about him on ESPN.

He used to loiter at books stores to appear smart. kind of sad when I remember doing that myself.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

If he does well at the plate everything will be forgiven and forgotten.

The pressure will be on him.

although he has a history of not doing well under pressure.

john said...

What's $61 million to a New Yorker? If I did my math right, that's the price of about 1000 season tickets for 3 years. Chump change to the chumps who fill up those seats.

john said...

(I was assuming that Trooper was not laying out $20G+ for a Yankee season ticket. If so I apologize for inadvertently calling you a chump.)

Trooper York said...

No problems John. I gave up my season tickets when they went from $20 to $250 per game.