Hey A-Rod Son't Let The Door Hit You On The Ass On The Way Out

hyp·o·crite –noun
1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, esp. a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.

2. a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, esp. one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.

"This feels like home," Rodriguez said after the champagne celebration.
"So much has happened to me here - adversity, some success - that I feel
like anything but New York feels weird to me now. ... I love New York."
Alex Rodriguez on Sept. 26 following the team's wild card
clincher"

You're asking me what my sincere feeling is. I want to 100 percent stay in
New York. Period. That's it. I don't know how many ways I can say it."-- Alex
Rodriguez, on WFAN-AM's "Mike and the Mad Dog."

In short....go to hell A-Rod. This represents everything that is wrong with professional sports, ALL SPORTS, not just baseball. Professional athletes who are motivated by money more than loyalty to a team or winning championships. Excuse my words here but his douche-baggery is further enforced by the fact that he used Torre's departure and the uncertainty about Posada and Rivera's return as an excuse. Not to mention the fact that they waited until the Red Sox won the Series to announce it all. Is there any higher level of insult to the Yankees and their fans? Screw you A-Rod, I would be willing to bet that none of those guys would even say bless you if you sneezed. What's more is that A-Rod's decision is going to ruin whichever team decides to pick him up for years to come. As my friend Matt correctly pointed out this morning, 30 million dollars is not a smart investment for one player. Think of all the development a team throws away. Sure, you get a player who probably has a couple more MVP seasons left in him, and there is some potential to increase revenue, but A-Rod isn't a Michael Jordan, a Babe Ruth, or even a Barry Bonds for that matter. You can’t win a World Series with one premadonna player. There is going to be backlash from this, not just amongst the players but with the fans too. What’s more this type of contract sets a horrible precedent and furthers to separate the wealthy teams from the smaller market teams. To put it less eloquently and to quote from Goodfella's Boras and A-Rod are staring in the face of Major League Baseball and saying Fuck you, pay me. It makes me sick. If I were A-Rod I would tread VERY carefully every time he sets foot in New York from now on. In fact he may want to helicopter it into Yankee Stadium the next time he plays there because I promise you there will be a lot of people waiting in the parking lot for...but not for his autograph.

As for the series my predictions weren't even close for games three and four. The Red Sox simply dominated and beat the Rockies by the greatest differential in World Series history. Frankly the Rockies had no business being there in the first place. They were at best a .500 team who just got lucky, just like most of the rest of the National league. But hey, a trip to the show is more than the Yankees were able to manage this year, so for that my hats off to you Colorado.

Tomorrow I'll write something more about the end of the season and what it means to me. Hopefully I'll be talking about Girardi as the new manager, but in the meantime I have some frustration to vent.

Keep Your Friends Close But Keep Your Enemies Closer

We wont find out the future of Joe Torre until sometime next week. Rumors abound as to who could, would or should take over if the axe falls. There is talk of Donny Baseball taking over the helm. I support that idea but not yet, he needs more experience. But in the meantime it seems everyone in baseball has Joe Torre's back, even in the most unlikely of places. By that I mean David Ortiz, Terry Francona, and pretty much the rest of the Red Sox roster.

It is strange for me to be grateful for a comment by a red sox player, its kind of like when Darth Vader suddenly had a change of heart and threw the Emperor down that chute. But in my opinion Ortiz hits the nail on the head when he says:

"Every organization is like a human body. It has a head that if you mess with it, it just goes down," said Ortiz, "Joe Torre is the head of that organization. He's one of the best managers in baseball. You've got to have a good head to keep the body together like that."

"Even if they got knocked out, you've got to give him credit for that," Ortiz said. "You've definitely got to give the man respect. If he doesn't go back to the Yankees, they're going to feel that next year somewhere. This guy knows what he's doing."

Francona had this to say:

"I have a lot of respect for how Joe does things," Francona said. "It's one of those things where I've talked to Joe a lot actually this year, before series and after series - never out on the field because people don't want to see that.

"We've spoken quite a few times. Just about the chaos of our series, you know, how it's tough on everybody. I have a lot of respect for Joe."

So everyone in baseball seems to think Torre has done a good job, even the Yankees arch enemies. What's wrong with this picture?

In other news Mr. Clemens isn't sure about his plans for next year yet. Mrs. Clemens isn't so up in the air. If she has anything to say about it he'll be throwing ribs on the grill next year instead of fast balls from the mound. I mean honestly Roger, I know that you have a fierce competitive spirit, but you by no means earned your 18 million this year. We brought you in to win big games for us and what did we get? A 6-6 record and three innings pitched in the ALDS. What team in their right mind would waste more money on you? Sit back, relax, crack open a beer and wait for the call from Cooperstown. If you get bored I'm sure that there are plenty of opportunities in sports broadcasting, or even working as a pitching coach. But the time has come to know when to say when.

*Something is screwed up with the post today so sorry if it is a bit hard to read.