tongue-tied lightning Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Which is why there is an easy solution for the Jays the next time they play the Yankees if they felt so cheated and blah blah blahWhy wait for the Jays...I wonder if one of Wakefield's knucklers would leave a welt? Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Why wait for the Jays...I wonder if one of Wakefield's knucklers would leave a welt? or his 72 mph heater Actually in MLB07 The Show you can get Wake's fastball up into the mid 80's Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 A-Rod plays thirdbase. If the Jays really want to avenge this travesty of justice, then they should just pull the same move on him. Over the course of, what, 16 games?, I'd have to think that at some point someone will hit a pop up to third with a runner on second base. Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 A-Rod was on first, and went to third on the play because he was running on a 3-2 pitch with two outs. edit: also, you have to figure he's expecting that treatment from the Jays, and thus may be better prepared for it than Clark was. Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I haven't been keeping up with the A-Rod show lately. So how is the "world's greatest baseball player ever" managing to distract his teammates from winning games these days? A-Rod = Antithesis of Winning. Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I haven't been keeping up with the A-Rod show lately. So how is the "world's greatest baseball player ever" managing to distract his teammates from winning games these days? A-Rod = Antithesis of Winning. check out the last couple of days on nypost.com Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Yeah, A-Rod has been distracting his team from winning by going out of his way to help his team win. Also, by injuring Jason Giambi, and by making Roger Clemens poop his pants. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I haven't been keeping up with the A-Rod show lately. So how is the "world's greatest baseball player ever" managing to distract his teammates from winning games these days? A-Rod = Antithesis of Winning. I love it when otherwise intelligent people say unimaginably stupid things about baseball. Alex Rodriguez has posted WARP3's of more than 10 8 of the last 9 years. He hasn't had a Slugging % under .500 in 11 years, hasn't hit less than 30 homers or driven in less than 100 runs in as many years, and hasn't scored less than 100 in any full season. He's won 2 MVP's and finished in the top ten 7 times, and won 8 silver sluggers. He has 7 years of OPS higher than 1.000, and has never posted an OBP below .350 In other words, Alex Rodriguez wins a lot of baseball games by himself. He is absurdly good at playing baseball, which leads to winning games. A lineup full of Arods would score between 6.5 and 10 runs per game. He is so good it makes my brain hurt when people say he is not good, or that he can't win, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Okay, but Earl, here's thing. How do any of those things actually contribute to winning? Homeruns, doubles, put outs, getting on base...I just don't see how any of those things contribute to the team. The way to win is not by scoring "runs" or by preventing the other team from scoring "runs". It's by being gritty and having a sparkle in your eye. See: Jeter, Derek. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Okay, but Earl, here's thing. How do any of those things actually contribute to winning? Homeruns, doubles, put outs, getting on base...I just don't see how any of those things contribute to the team. The way to win is not by scoring "runs" or by preventing the other team from scoring "runs". It's by being gritty and having a sparkle in your eye. See: Jeter, Derek. Don't you mean Scott Brosius, dummy? Link to post Share on other sites
darkstar Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Too many stats! I remember the good old days watching a game on tv, you got batting avg, HR, and RBI's thats it.... They are fun to look at though. I can't imagine any other sport having as many stats as baseball Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Don't you mean Scott Brosius, dummy? Oh yeah, Jeter is totally just ripping off Brosius's schtick. Apologies to Mr. Brosius, he of the career OPS+ of 95. That guy was awesome. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Oh yeah, Jeter is totally just ripping off Brosius's schtick. Apologies to Mr. Brosius, he of the career OPS+ of 95. That guy was awesome. In his defense, he was really good in 1996. And that was about as good as Arod's worst season. One guy I always liked from those Yankees teams was Knoblauch, and he was actually a pretty good player. Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I thoroughly enjoyed watching Chuck go through the agony of perpetual yips near the end. Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I love it when otherwise intelligent people say unimaginably stupid things about baseball. Alex Rodriguez has posted WARP3's of more than 10 8 of the last 9 years. He hasn't had a Slugging % under .500 in 11 years, hasn't hit less than 30 homers or driven in less than 100 runs in as many years, and hasn't scored less than 100 in any full season. He's won 2 MVP's and finished in the top ten 7 times, and won 8 silver sluggers. He has 7 years of OPS higher than 1.000, and has never posted an OBP below .350 In other words, Alex Rodriguez wins a lot of baseball games by himself. He is absurdly good at playing baseball, which leads to winning games. A lineup full of Arods would score between 6.5 and 10 runs per game. He is so good it makes my brain hurt when people say he is not good, or that he can't win, etc. A lineup of A-Rods would score less than 4 runs a game because when 1 of them was hot the other 8 would suck and when the other 8 was hot the 1 would suck. And at any given time, 3 to 4 of them would be distracting the other 6 or 7 that were trying to just play baseball. And people should stop comparing Jeter and A-Rod except in 1 category: gettin' booty. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Ok, I can see this isn't worth it. I'm not nearly bored enough to get into this right now... Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Ok, I can see this isn't worth it. I'm not nearly bored enough to get into this right now... Come on. You have to admit that was funny. Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I'd have to say "gettin' booty" is probably the one category that Jeter can beat Arod in now that Arod's married and all. Not that's he's stopped trying, apparently. Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I'd have to say "gettin' booty" is probably the one category that Jeter can beat Arod in now that Arod's married and all. Not that's he's stopped trying, apparently. Even if he stopped trying I don't think he could ward off the amount of :HONK those guys get. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 I thoroughly enjoyed watching Chuck go through the agony of perpetual yips near the end."Have you heard the news?" he said, with a grin,"The Yankees' second baseman's gone mad!""Where?" "Downtown." "When?" "Last night.""Hmm, say, that's too bad! Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I understand why he didn't do it, but I really wish Piazza would have pounded the shit out of Clemens after that. Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoFan Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I understand why he didn't do it, but I really wish Piazza would have pounded the shit out of Clemens after that. Piazza looks tough and all but Clemens would crush him like a grape. And by the look on Clemens face in that picture, he was ready for a fight. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I love it when otherwise intelligent people say unimaginably stupid things about baseball. Alex Rodriguez has posted WARP3's of more than 10 8 of the last 9 years. He hasn't had a Slugging % under .500 in 11 years, hasn't hit less than 30 homers or driven in less than 100 runs in as many years, and hasn't scored less than 100 in any full season. He's won 2 MVP's and finished in the top ten 7 times, and won 8 silver sluggers. He has 7 years of OPS higher than 1.000, and has never posted an OBP below .350 In other words, Alex Rodriguez wins a lot of baseball games by himself. He is absurdly good at playing baseball, which leads to winning games. A lineup full of Arods would score between 6.5 and 10 runs per game. He is so good it makes my brain hurt when people say he is not good, or that he can't win, etc.Mariners World Series titles=0Rangers World Series titles=0Yankees World Series titles since A-Rod joined the team=0 Stats are nice, but it's all about the rings. Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 They should put on an exhibition game of 9 A-Rods against some random team for All-Star Weekend. Make it a 7 inning game. ARod hits over and over again and when he gets on base they could do like we did when I was a kid playing stickball. Imaginery runner on 2nd base. That would solve this once and for all. I haven't figured out the pitching and fielding part though. Link to post Share on other sites
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