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Originally Posted by SteveR
The front office has been telling him to get the f- out of NY since '05. The fans have been bashing and booing him since 04. Now after the way they have treated Bernie Williams, now Joe Torre, it's Steinbrenner and Cashman that are the enemies of the Yankees, not A-Rod. He's been treated like crap for four years and like what Torre did, he's standing up for himself and telling them to stick it. To bash A-Rod is rediculous.
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"The front office has been telling him to get the f- out of NY since '05." - what?? To me it appeared they were the only ones that did want him.
And oh, he got booed. Darn. He sucked in 2006. And you have to know people are going to expect a little more from you when you sign a $252M contract. Why was it $252 and not $250? Because that exactly doubled the 2nd biggest contract in sports, $126M for Kevin Garnett (I might have the wrong name). That is not coincidence, that was a demand from A-Rod & Boras. If you don't want the spotlight, don't make insane contract demands.
A-rod is a phony. If that is why he wants out of NY then he should shut up and say it. No, he hides behind crap like 'oh, I don't know who my teammates will be'. Of course, if he had even bothered to talk to the Yanks maybe he would have found out the plans. All year all I heard from him was how much he loves NY. ESPN just played a little collage of him saying it a number of times during the season. Bull. He is a phony. I hope he is home crying about all the people being mean to him right now. He certainly isn't standing up. He will never stand up. That is not his style. He is one of the most disingenuous people I have ever seen come through the Bronx, and that is saying something.
Do you not think the announcement made during game 4, w/o even telling the Yanks first wasn't bush league? Because every one else in BB does. Even the commissioner’s office said it.
"We were very disappointed that Scott Boras would try to upstage our premier baseball event of the season with his announcement," Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, said Monday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "There was no reason to make an announcement last night other than to try to put his selfish interests and that of one individual player above the overall good of the game…”
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
I’m not saying the guy isn’t a great player – he is. But he is a cancer in the clubhouse. Just wait to you hear the comments once he’s gone – it’s happened everywhere else he left. Players were happy to see him go. There is a reason he is moving on to his 4th team in 8 years. And for $30 million+ a year, I kind of think they could use that cash elsewhere and fill the void.
And bull on Bernie. So they didn't offer him a guaranteed contract. He was invited to camp. Torre told him to come to camp. Bernie didn't return anyone’s calls, even Torre's. He is equally guilty. Shed no tears for Bernabe. He was not an everyday player anymore and he was a very poor pinch hitter. I would not have guaranteed him a spot either.
Torre was treated unfairly, IMO. The Yanks showed no class with him. They showed the same lack of class as A-Rod is showing them. So in a way they are getting their just desserts there.