Comments on: On A-Rod’s ‘tunnel vision’ http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/ A New York Yankees Blog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:12:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: timrandle http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331182 timrandle Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:52:46 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331182 They're only bad because they're wrong... :) Anybody or anything that makes an environment less than perfect detracts to it. The question, or his point, is that Arod's behaviour (back page strippers, front page madonna's, back page divorce, front page ha!, back page glove swiping, front page steroids) DOESNT HELP! arod w/o 'eccentricities > arod w/eccentricities plus he's 13, and maybe he doesnt know what VORP means but understands what it means to have a jerk on your team :) They’re only bad because they’re wrong…

:)

Anybody or anything that makes an environment less than perfect detracts to it. The question, or his point, is that Arod’s behaviour (back page strippers, front page madonna’s, back page divorce, front page ha!, back page glove swiping, front page steroids) DOESNT HELP!

arod w/o ‘eccentricities > arod w/eccentricities

plus he’s 13, and maybe he doesnt know what VORP means but understands what it means to have a jerk on your team :)

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331173 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:44:32 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331173 Plaxico plays football. A team sport where team cohesion is much more important than the quasi-team sport of baseball. Moreover, ARod didn’t shoot himself in the leg and thus, get himself taken out of game action for an extended period of time. Up until that point, Plaxico’s on-field contributions still drastically outweighed his off-field distractions in that more-distraction-centric sport of football. Manny, unlike ARod, is a REAL distraction, but I seem to remember a couple of rings won up there recently. Two bad arguments. Plaxico plays football. A team sport where team cohesion is much more important than the quasi-team sport of baseball. Moreover, ARod didn’t shoot himself in the leg and thus, get himself taken out of game action for an extended period of time. Up until that point, Plaxico’s on-field contributions still drastically outweighed his off-field distractions in that more-distraction-centric sport of football.

Manny, unlike ARod, is a REAL distraction, but I seem to remember a couple of rings won up there recently.

Two bad arguments.

]]> By: timrandle http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331150 timrandle Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:31:08 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331150 Plaxico. Manny. but other than that, I think the kid is on the right strategy for life, even if he couldnt replace Ca$hman. Plaxico.
Manny.

but other than that, I think the kid is on the right strategy for life, even if he couldnt replace Ca$hman.

]]> By: timrandle http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331128 timrandle Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:14:42 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331128 Every time I see Cody Ransom play @ 3rd for our team, my mancrush on <strike>A-Rod<strike> NICK SWISHER grows a bit stronger. Every time I see Cody Ransom play @ 3rd for our team, my mancrush on A-Rod NICK SWISHER grows a bit stronger.

]]> By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331049 The Honorable Congressman Mondesi Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:40:37 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331049 The human head weighs eight pounds. (See RAB Commenting Guideline #5.) http://riveraveblues.com/river-ave-blues-commenting-guidelines/ The human head weighs eight pounds.

(See RAB Commenting Guideline #5.)
http://riveraveblues.com/river.....uidelines/

]]> By: andrew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331043 andrew Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:38:06 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331043 are you trying to say that this might be the best team in the history of baseball?! Cone still managed to finish 4th in the Cy Young voting.... impressive. are you trying to say that this might be the best team in the history of baseball?!
Cone still managed to finish 4th in the Cy Young voting…. impressive.

]]> By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331042 The Honorable Congressman Mondesi Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:37:37 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331042 <i>"He is not a distraction. The Yankee players don’t give a flying fuck."</i> You're right, but I'm not sure you're right for the right reason. It doesn't matter <a href="http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331037" rel="nofollow">if the players care or not</a>. “He is not a distraction. The Yankee players don’t give a flying fuck.”

You’re right, but I’m not sure you’re right for the right reason. It doesn’t matter if the players care or not.

]]> By: andrew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331040 andrew Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:36:37 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331040 Right now I'd go with OBP/SLG/VORP... but that's probably because i feel those are the easiest statistics for everyone to understand while still painting a great pitcher of performance. Right now I’d go with OBP/SLG/VORP… but that’s probably because i feel those are the easiest statistics for everyone to understand while still painting a great pitcher of performance.

]]> By: The Honorable Congressman Mondesi http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331037 The Honorable Congressman Mondesi Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:33:23 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331037 <i>"Fans think chemistry matters, but players know better."</i> Ok I was out of the conversation for a while and it looks like it's over, but I'd like to add one thing to the record. <i>It doesn't even matter</i> if <i>players</i> know better. Until recently Jorge Posada wanted Joba in the bullpen. They're on the team and they're paid to <i>play baseball</i>, not to know what's best/intelligent/rational. If Derek Jeter comes out tomorrow and says "you know, we'd be better off without A-Rod, his poor personality outweighs his on-field contributions," that does NOTHING to bolster the argument that personality/chemistry matter. Whether the players know better or not is irrelevant. “Fans think chemistry matters, but players know better.”

Ok I was out of the conversation for a while and it looks like it’s over, but I’d like to add one thing to the record. It doesn’t even matter if players know better. Until recently Jorge Posada wanted Joba in the bullpen. They’re on the team and they’re paid to play baseball, not to know what’s best/intelligent/rational. If Derek Jeter comes out tomorrow and says “you know, we’d be better off without A-Rod, his poor personality outweighs his on-field contributions,” that does NOTHING to bolster the argument that personality/chemistry matter. Whether the players know better or not is irrelevant.

]]> By: andrew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/a-rods-tunnel-vision-10247/#comment-331029 andrew Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:25:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10247#comment-331029 Just remember for the future... spring training is rarely a time for panic. There are always certain cases, but for the most part, it is what it is - a tune up. Just remember for the future… spring training is rarely a time for panic. There are always certain cases, but for the most part, it is what it is – a tune up.

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