Comments on: Crowd rises to A-Rod’s defense http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/ A New York Yankees blog by Chad Jennings and the staff of The Journal News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:24:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Deric http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6631 Deric Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:57:48 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6631 Just ignore those idiots. Just ignore those idiots.

]]> By: Jake http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6601 Jake Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:39:08 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6601 I wonder if jerks like Bob boo'd Jeter when he was in his 0 fer slump and boo'd RIvera at the start of the '05 season. Im guessing yes. Jerk fans like u give all real fans a bad name. Go back to Shea I wonder if jerks like Bob boo’d Jeter when he was in his 0 fer slump and boo’d RIvera at the start of the ’05 season. Im guessing yes.

Jerk fans like u give all real fans a bad name.

Go back to Shea

]]> By: Stacey http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6590 Stacey Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:16:43 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6590 "Oh, goody. Yet another season of hand-wringing about poor, poor, pitiful A-Rod and his fragile, wounded psyche. Here’s hoping Daddy Boras takes his boy far, far away at the end of the season so that the Yankees can maybe get back to being a baseball team instead of a group therapy session." Yeah because he was REALLY fragile when he won the MVP. “Oh, goody. Yet another season of hand-wringing about poor, poor, pitiful A-Rod and his fragile, wounded psyche. Here’s hoping Daddy Boras takes his boy far, far away at the end of the season so that the Yankees can maybe get back to being a baseball team instead of a group therapy session.”

Yeah because he was REALLY fragile when he won the MVP.

]]> By: Bob http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6584 Bob Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:37:27 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6584 Oh, goody. Yet another season of hand-wringing about poor, poor, pitiful A-Rod and his fragile, wounded psyche. Here's hoping Daddy Boras takes his boy far, far away at the end of the season so that the Yankees can maybe get back to being a baseball team instead of a group therapy session. Oh, goody. Yet another season of hand-wringing about poor, poor, pitiful A-Rod and his fragile, wounded psyche. Here’s hoping Daddy Boras takes his boy far, far away at the end of the season so that the Yankees can maybe get back to being a baseball team instead of a group therapy session.

]]> By: Scott http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6570 Scott Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:49:02 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6570 Booing is an American tradition. We boo our president, for christ sakes. boo! I wouldn't boo A-Rod because it obviously does not help us win games, haha, but I don't really care if other people do. I'm with Jetes on this one. Booing is an American tradition. We boo our president, for christ sakes. boo!

I wouldn’t boo A-Rod because it obviously does not help us win games, haha, but I don’t really care if other people do. I’m with Jetes on this one.

]]> By: OldYanksFan http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6493 OldYanksFan Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:51:06 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6493 There are many GREAT players (Wille and Bonds until his last series) that had terrible numbers in the PS. This is just the nature of small sample size and randomness. Russell... thanks for the link. Just shows you ARod (the youngest player in HISTORY to hit 450 HRs, and will be the youngest to hit 500) is still willing to learn. Man, imagine if he gets better! There are many GREAT players (Wille and Bonds until his last series) that had terrible numbers in the PS. This is just the nature of small sample size and randomness.

Russell… thanks for the link. Just shows you ARod (the youngest player in HISTORY to hit 450 HRs, and will be the youngest to hit 500) is still willing to learn.

Man, imagine if he gets better!

]]> By: Russell http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6485 Russell Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:14:25 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6485 I don't believe in looking at solely postseason stats and criticizing a player. Fact is, no matter how many AB's Rodriguez has in the postseason, you just cant criticize him on that alone. He could be facing better pitching/worse matchups than other post-season players have been subject to. Even with 79 at bats, if the pitching he faced threw a couple bad pitches to A-Rod then it wouldn't be such a bad number. Maybe the pitching, most of the time, was just dominant to the point that you cant fault the guy. Then again, maybe when A-Rod learns to hit that inside pitch, you won't see it happen much anymore. I don’t believe in looking at solely postseason stats and criticizing a player. Fact is, no matter how many AB’s Rodriguez has in the postseason, you just cant criticize him on that alone. He could be facing better pitching/worse matchups than other post-season players have been subject to. Even with 79 at bats, if the pitching he faced threw a couple bad pitches to A-Rod then it wouldn’t be such a bad number. Maybe the pitching, most of the time, was just dominant to the point that you cant fault the guy. Then again, maybe when A-Rod learns to hit that inside pitch, you won’t see it happen much anymore.

]]> By: Russell http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6483 Russell Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:01:44 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6483 Praise the lord, this is exactly the news I was looking for: http://www.nj.com/yankees/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1172381910166670.xml&coll=1&thispage=1 Essentially, A-Rod is getting help with the inside fastball pitch. If he can fix that pitch with an adjustment in his swing (it also helps that he lost some weight this off-season) then expect a very good season from A-Rod. Praise the lord, this is exactly the news I was looking for:

http://www.nj.com/yankees/ledg.....thispage=1

Essentially, A-Rod is getting help with the inside fastball pitch. If he can fix that pitch with an adjustment in his swing (it also helps that he lost some weight this off-season) then expect a very good season from A-Rod.

]]> By: Deric http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6478 Deric Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:37:59 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6478 But if you are a fan, would you boo the team that you support? Would you boo your favorite team that you love and care so much? But if you are a fan, would you boo the team that you support? Would you boo your favorite team that you love and care so much?

]]> By: Deric http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/comment-page-2/#comment-6477 Deric Sun, 25 Feb 2007 06:36:48 +0000 http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2007/02/24/crowd-rises-to-a-rods-defense/#comment-6477 I hate those anti-A-Rod Yankees fan, too. Are they really truely a Yankees fan? If we were talking about the 2004 ALCS, the first guy we should boo is Mariano Rivera. We might need to boo the whole team in that case. I hate those anti-A-Rod Yankees fan, too. Are they really truely a Yankees fan? If we were talking about the 2004 ALCS, the first guy we should boo is Mariano Rivera. We might need to boo the whole team in that case.

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