This whole A-Rod deal. I see it pretty much everywhere. Watchin ESPN is all they can talk about.

 

I admit im more of a marlins fan than a general AVID baseball fan so thats why i have a differant opinion than most. Im alreayd sick of the Yankees and seeing pinstripes all over news sportscasts is sickening. They seem to forget whos won the world series last few years. Low budget teams!!

 

Im reading and seeing predictions that claim that just cause the Skankees went out and spent most of americas money on overrated players they got the world series for the next what, 6 years wrapped up. Its BS, and frankly frustrating. It takes away from the game cause all the media attention is on this one team and about how they screwed the BoSox again blah blah. Its pathetic.

 

The yankees and BoSox arent the only freakin team in baseball. Yea theyre the only teams willing to spend that much money and thats about it.

 

All i really wanna see is the yankees completely fall flat. Ill take personal pleasure from seeing that this season. I owuldnt mind seeing the BoSox take it to them nasty style. Just to prove once again that just cause u can buy every single all star and put them in boring pinstripe uniforms doeant mean your a guaranteed winner.

 

Sorry, but i needed to get this out of my system. I just hate those yankees so much this whole a-rod fiasco has got the fuel burning even more so.

 

~Le0

and thats why im loving this deal

why? because u believe it is an inevitability that all these egos in one ballclub could possibly destroy team chemistry? Well i hope thats the case anyways...

 

~Le0

Theres alot of undiscovered talent (Ex: Josh Beckett) out there that can keep the Yankees in check. They could be a dominant team, but theres no way they are going to win the world series 6 years in a row.

They won't win this year, despite what people think. There's plenty of time for injuries to set the team back, and for all of the egos to destroy any chemistry they might have.

people are talking baseball at this time of the year.

 

 

cant be bad.

I am tired of this story.

 

He is a yankee....he is the $$$$ baseball player right now...gonna play 3rd base...I know this already and I don't care anymore.

They won't win this year, despite what people think. There's plenty of time for injuries to set the team back, and for all of the egos to destroy any chemistry they might have.

I disagree with that. the yankees had the most talented team before the a rod trade.

That's all I've been hearing and seeing too, is A-Rod. It's like ok, good, move on. first it was Pudge, now it's A-Rod.

This is the first time in the history of baseball that a reigning league mvp has been traded.

 

This is also particularly interesting because Arod was *just* named capitan of the Rangers last week.

 

This is *also* particularly interesting because Arod was supposed to go to the Redsox [it was a big deal then too, in case you don't recall], but the deal didn't go through and now he's going to the Yin to their Yang.

 

Besides, with no baseball and no football, ESPN is hurting for any remotely interesting stories.

 

T-minus 30 days and counting...

They won't win this year, despite what people think. There's plenty of time for injuries to set the team back, and for all of the egos to destroy any chemistry they might have.

I disagree with that. the yankees had the most talented team before the a rod trade. And they still lost the World Series.

Yeah, but they're a lot more talented than last year. Sure, nothing is guarenteed, but the yankees are by far the best bet.

They won't win this year, despite what people think. There's plenty of time for injuries to set the team back, and for all of the egos to destroy any chemistry they might have.

I disagree with that. the yankees had the most talented team before the a rod trade. Before the ARod deal, I would have made the "paper champion" the Angels. Colon, Guerrero, Glaus, Guillen, etc. that's a stacked team on paper. I don't even think the Yankees are run-away favorites right now. ARod's a righty, and it's hard to be a successful righty slugger at Yankee Stadium, and Boston has righty power pitchers. For me, the most important part of the Yankees success will be Sheffield because he's the best fastball hitter in baseball, and that's what Pedro and Schilling throw the most...

The most HR hit at Yankee Stadium in one season by a righty was 19 I think ESPN said... that will definitely be broken by A-Rod

Before the ARod deal, I would have made the "paper champion" the Angels. Colon, Guerrero, Glaus, Guillen, etc. that's a stacked team on paper. I don't even think the Yankees are run-away favorites right now. ARod's a righty, and it's hard to be a successful righty slugger at Yankee Stadium, and Boston has righty power pitchers. For me, the most important part of the Yankees success will be Sheffield because he's the best fastball hitter in baseball, and that's what Pedro and Schilling throw the most...

1. You're wrong, the angels were inferior to the yankees all star staring rotation, bullpen, and lineup.

Brown, Sheffield, Quantrill, Gordon, and Vazquez were all bigger pick ups than what the angels did.

 

And A Rod is a righty and his power numbers will go down, but check out his hitting chart:

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/...lub_context=nyy

 

he hits to all fields and his power is more spread out than soriano's. Will yankee stadium hurt his numbers? Yes. Will it make him impotent? Far from it.

 

I expect a power drop off from arod, but an increase in obp and though batting average will go down, more good pitches will increase that.

The most HR hit at Yankee Stadium in one season by a righty was 19 I think ESPN said... that will definitely be broken by A-Rod

A Rod certainly has a shot, but here's my guess:

 

28 road homers 18 home.