Comments on: Musings on A-Rod’s ‘historic milestones’ contract

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:05:12 +0000

Oh, and…

Jayson Stark has murdered journalism history.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:04:38 +0000

I think he’d name them the “New York AlexisbetterthanDerekJeters”.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:03:42 +0000

Boras and the Union will sue the snot out of the team, and the Yanks will be stuck having to prove that what he took improved his homerun totals significantly.

This is still moot.

Because even if the Yankees prove that what he took inflated his homerun totals, they then have to convince baseball to INVALIDATE SOME OF THOSE HOME RUNS HIT AND LOWER HIS CURRENT CAREER RECORDED HOME RUN TOTAL. Which won’t happen, nor should it.

And, even if they do, they still can’t strike the actual bonus out of the contract, because it’s tied simply to homers hit, not “clean” or “steroid free” homers hit.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:00:43 +0000

I’ll still enjoy watching him pass those milestones.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:00:13 +0000

Nowhere in the contract does it explicitly say that the homer milestones are significant and bonus-worthy because ARod was/is steroid free.

So I don’t buy the “false pretenses” argument.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:58:14 +0000

OH SHIT LETS CALL FOX NEWS

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:47:47 +0000

If A-Rod reaches those milestones, he’ll bring in far more to the team than the $30M the Yankees spend on the bonuses. Just look at the Giants’ attendance with and without Bonds.

By: Derby

Derby — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:47:41 +0000

Exactly my point Pasqua. My point is that A-Rod signed this contract under false pretenses. The Yankee organization did not know that he had used PEDs at the time he signed this contract. I was just using the AIG example as a way to show that even though they legally are owed the money, its the moral side that makes it tough to swallow. Yea I know A-Rod wins us games, but he also cheated the game, and that, as a fan of baseball, and the yankees, is hard to swallow.

By: Matt ACTY

Matt ACTY — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:33:13 +0000

I can’t wait to get my new FNMR t-shirt.

By: Mike Axisa

Mike Axisa — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:31:15 +0000

Yeah, getting out of the bonuses isn’t going to happen. A-Rod, Boras and the Union will sue the snot out of the team, and the Yanks will be stuck having to prove that what he took improved his homerun totals significantly.

A-Rod would win, and the team would have be renamed the Far North Miami Rodriguezes.