[ThePundit]

The whole thing is sort of funny. No matter what A-Rod does in the regular season, he'll get abused. Just to give you an idea of what the guy goes through, this was in Tuesday's Newsday:

I see Alex Rodriguez has picked up where he left off last year . . . with another in a long series of meaningless home runs."

Frank Fedi
East Hampton

THE RANT - Newsday.com

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

The whole thing is sort of funny. No matter what A-Rod does in the regular season, he'll get abused. Just to give you an idea of what the guy goes through, this was in Tuesday's Newsday:


THE RANT - Newsday.com

"If you can't love the one you want, love the one you are with"...

A-Rod should post it over his locker...the man will hit the 800 homer mark and still be hated.

[legend]

Last night, up he comes with the bases loaded and the game on the line. Pops up to second base. It just seems like these spots always find him coming to the plate. Now the Yankees lost last night because they didn't pitch or catch the ball, but most fans will focus on A-Rod's failure in the big spot, fairly or not. Yankee fans want him to succeed, but every one of them have a limit to thier patience.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by legend

Last night, up he comes with the bases loaded and the game on the line. Pops up to second base. It just seems like these spots always find him coming to the plate. Now the Yankees lost last night because they didn't pitch or catch the ball, but most fans will focus on A-Rod's failure in the big spot, fairly or not. Yankee fans want him to succeed, but every one of them have a limit to thier patience.

Well they should spread that limited patience around a bit...A-Rod is not the only reason for their failures of recent years...

[azrael492]

Originally Posted by legend

Last night, up he comes with the bases loaded and the game on the line. Pops up to second base. It just seems like these spots always find him coming to the plate. Now the Yankees lost last night because they didn't pitch or catch the ball, but most fans will focus on A-Rod's failure in the big spot, fairly or not. Yankee fans want him to succeed, but every one of them have a limit to thier patience.

They may not have been in that spot if it weren't for Jeter's errors. I didn't hear about him being booed

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by azrael492

They may not have been in that spot if it weren't for Jeter's errors. I didn't hear about him being booed

That's all I am saying...When the team wins A-rod hardly gets credit...when they lose, the ignore everything else and jsut blame him...

[EmpireWF]

Yankee fans look at A-Rod and they see failure to come up in big spots. Like last night for example, down by a run with bases loaded and two outs. What does he do? He grounds out. He's pissed but they boo him anyway.

He's not going to be a Yankee next year, that's one guarantee that's not hard to make.

[ThePundit]

Originally Posted by azrael492

They may not have been in that spot if it weren't for Jeter's errors. I didn't hear about him being booed

Because the fans love Jeter and he can make 3 errors every game during the season and hit .238, but when the game is on the line, he comes up big.

And Legend is correct about A-Rod. It's funny to watch. Bases juiced and he pops up, when they need him to hit. But up 7-5...crack - homer.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

And Legend is correct about A-Rod. It's funny to watch. Bases juiced and he pops up, when they need him to hit. But up 7-5...crack - homer.

Thus, he's the very definition of a choke artist. Right?

[legend]

A-Rod is going to have some company in the booing department I predict. Abreu rarely came up big when the Phillies needed him, but he will be up in some huge spots this year now that Sheffield is gone. Remeber, before A-Rod came up last night to pop out, Abreu tapped back to the pitcher.