tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post1089999359620613029..comments2024-03-28T12:51:03.623-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: SEIZE HIM! The Gammonites, secure in self-righteousness, are marching with torches on A-RodStanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-61458338540416950372014-11-07T10:38:21.634-05:002014-11-07T10:38:21.634-05:00KD, "slumlord meme?" It's a fact. He...KD, "slumlord meme?" It's a fact. He owns the properties. They're slums. He could fix them up, but he'd rather pocket his monthly tribute from the people who can least afford it. Fuck that guy.Stanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-64422978393655767602014-11-07T08:10:03.751-05:002014-11-07T08:10:03.751-05:00None of that is his fault.
What you say is true. ...<i>None of that is his fault.</i><br /><br />What you say is true. A-Rod's contract was not put in force by his diktat, it was a two-party agreement negotiated and executed by A-Rod and Yankees management. Both are equally culpable for how much his contract sucks the team dry.<br /><br />However, A-Rod creates myriad off-field distractions that his teammates are forced to deal with. That <i>is</i> his fault.<br /><br />If I had been in the dugout when he was passing flirtatiously inscribed baseballs up to the two hotties in the second row during the playoffs, I would have yanked him by his double-knit lapels outside the cameras' view and beaten the piss out of him. Just seeing what he was doing had to detract from the other 24 guys' ability to concentrate on the game.<br /><br />Again, those things <i>are</i> his fault, and they're not what I would list among "common human frailties." A-Rod is a douche bag of epic proportions.Local Bargain Jerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777702960645118146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-68214752618933255652014-11-07T07:44:59.666-05:002014-11-07T07:44:59.666-05:00I suppose I don’t get all indignant over common hu...I suppose I don’t get all indignant over common human frailties. Plus, I just don’t buy the “A-Rod is a slumlord” meme. The big problems with Al are that he is old, injured, probably won’t be able to field his position effectively, sucks up too much Yankees cash (that could be spent elsewhere), and won’t help the team that much. None of that is his fault.KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786763318236024476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-13185576478438177352014-11-06T18:04:48.834-05:002014-11-06T18:04:48.834-05:00The slumlord Rodriguez never hurt anyone but himse...The slumlord Rodriguez never hurt anyone but himself? Never hurt his wife or daughter with his serial infidelities? Never hurt his team with his endless druggie/liar/megalomania road show? You judge people only by whether their infractions are technically illegal?<br /><br />Fandom at it's most nauseatingly debased.Carlosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-77375222775063124902014-11-06T12:54:27.133-05:002014-11-06T12:54:27.133-05:00Yes, A-Rod did lie to anyone who couldn't put ...Yes, A-Rod did lie to anyone who couldn't put him in jail for it. However, if we can reelect to our highest office a confirmed liar and accused rapist like Clinton (who is still widely respected to this day), we can certainly choose to root for a flawed man like A-Rod who never hurt anyone other than himself (that I know of).KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786763318236024476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-50768672982239014702014-11-06T09:51:12.996-05:002014-11-06T09:51:12.996-05:00Just as El Duque hates to be the only one defendin...Just as El Duque hates to be the only one defending A-Rod, I hate to be jumping on the pig pile of A-Rod haters.<br /><br />But jump I will.<br /><br />I think the current spasm of indignation concerning our boy arises not from the fact that A-Rod used PEDs, but rather that he was caught lying about it. Repeatedly.<br /><br />His transgression reminds me of two other high profile cases, one inside and one outside baseball:<br /><br />1) I honestly believe that if Pete Rose had admitted he bet on baseball games at the time he did it (vs. lying by denying it up and down), he would have long ago been reinstated <i>and he'd be in the HOF</i>. The crime Pete Rose is paying for at this point is lying, not wagering.<br /><br />2) Whenever I hear someone say that Bill Clinton was impeached because he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky, I remind him/her that Bill Clinton was impeached because he committed perjury while providing grand jury testimony, not because he got a hummer under his desk. Whether or not that grand jury should have been convened in the first place, and whether Clinton's private life should have been asked about <i>ARE</i> items that can be debated. The fact that he lied under oath and was caught, however, cannot.<br /><br />Where I'm going with all this, of course, is that while A-Rod was lying his face off on NY Sports radio, he was telling a very different tale to the Feds. When people (i.e., fans, commissioners, senators, reporters) find out they've been duped, they tend to get annoyed. That's just the way it goes.<br /><br />My disgust with A-Rod -- besides all the petty annoyances* he brings to the table -- is that there is no reason to believe anything he ever says again. Does my personal disgust change the course of world events? Of course not. However, when I and 55,000 people like me sit in a stadium or read newspapers or write long posts on sports blogs or call into radio shows, our collective disgust becomes palpable and very nearly newsworthy. I think these sportswriters El Duque is accusing of hypocrisy are simply picking up on the prevailing pinstripe zeitgeist and letting the ink flow. That's kinda their job. <br /><br />I also believe that if the Yanks were winning, these A-Rod articles wouldn't be as big a deal as they seem to be right now. In that alternative universe, the fans' uneasiness about No. 13 wouldn't be as easy to detect and write about. That would be because the vibe would be different (e.g., we might actually be looking forward to spring training vs. dreading it).<br /><br />My $0.02.<br /><br /><br />__________________________________<br /><br />* A-Rod's petty annoyances include but are not limited to:<br /><br />==> He flirted with girls in the stands after being benched during a playoff game for playing like crap. All I could think of was how much money he was earning while doing that. I calculated it to be approximately $40,000 per sought-after nipple bump.<br /><br />==> He bagged Madonna when she was 50 years old and was clueless/classless enough to brag about it afterward. Blecchh.Local Bargain Jerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777702960645118146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-47799856945768044362014-11-06T09:50:34.855-05:002014-11-06T09:50:34.855-05:00Who is this guy, again?Who is this guy, again?Alphonsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294726065596642068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-53521364970757065312014-11-06T07:45:58.053-05:002014-11-06T07:45:58.053-05:00The evil that is A-Rod has started to seep into kn...The evil that is A-Rod has started to seep into knumbnut popular culture. It's time to give him the full-out G W Bush treatment. Expecting any day now an off-Broadway production centered on the assassination of A-Rod by a noble addict. (he's giving us a bad name!) Or maybe a showing at MOMA of A-Rod images artfully crafted of drug paraphernalia and turds.KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786763318236024476noreply@blogger.com