Hat tip to the CanadianYank
On the heels of ARod’s self-destruction, we now have Mark Teixeira declaring outright that he will be a non-performer moving forward.
“I looked at the first six or seven years of my career, I was in my 20s, it was easy. I wasn’t searching for the right formula. To think that I’m going to get remarkably better, as I get older and breaking down a little bit more, it’s not going to happen,” Teixeira said.
That makes sense. It’s the way it’s supposed to work: The years affect us all, and that is starkest for those who age in front of our eyes. But in baseball, where every player arrives at spring training having found the panacea that will make this the best year of their career, to hear a star player acknowledge the obvious sounds downright alien.
“Maybe I’m slowing down a tick. Look, I’m not going to play forever. Eventually you start, I don’t want to say declining, but it gets harder and harder to put up 30 [homers] and 100 [RBI],” Teixeira said.
“This is my 11th year,” Teixeira said. “I’m not going to play 10 more years. I want 5 or 6 good ones. So that would say I’m on the backside of my career. And instead of trying to do things differently on the backside of my career, why not focus on the things I do well, and try to be very good at that?”
Yeah, by all means, try.
But wait, there’s more:
“I have no problem with anybody in New York, any fan, saying you’re overpaid. Because I am,” Teixeira said. “We all are.”
“Agents are probably going to hate me for saying it,” he continued. “You’re not very valuable when you’re making $20 million. When you’re Mike Trout, making the minimum, you are crazy valuable. My first six years, before I was a free agent, I was very valuable. But there’s nothing you can do that can justify a $20 million contract.”
Oh, OK. So it’s a union thing. Tex gets paid for all the Mike Trout’s who potentially don’t, and as such, contracts are valued backwards and applied to average union production. Which implies the question, then how do you determine who gets the lion share looking forward? And, does $20 million per annum cover the replacement cost of an excellent-fielding first baseman plus a lefty/righty DH platoon that will put 30 balls over the wall? Of course it does, with money left over to boot. Never mind plenty of player turnover year after year to bring in fresh faces and healthy legs. But we can’t have cheap labor, can we? Reality dictates that Scott Boras, evil genius and the Jimmy Hoffa of baseball, must be paid at all costs, regardless of any logical value tradeoff.
Once more, this completes the controlled (?) implosion of middle-of-the-lineup power, of which the Yanks now threaten nothing. It looks like once again, the Blue Jays and their exploitation of lax Canadian drug enforcement will top the power charts in the AL East.
ARod gave it to the Yankees fans in the “backside”
Alex Rodriguez is, and will continue to take it in the “backside” everyone’s perception of him …… and he deserves it. I’ve said it many times, the worst thing he ever did was leave Seattle for Texas way back when. He was on a great team, he was well-liked by his teammates, his manager, and the Mariner fans, he was making plenty of money, and he was doing it all on the level.
He went to a last-place team because he wanted to fill his ego with the largest contract ever, used steroids for AT LEAST 3 years (he copped to 3 years. People usually cop to something less egregious than what they actually did.) Then, he turned around and whined like a bitch that he wanted out of Texas because they continued to be in last place, even though he VOLUNTARILY signed a 10-year contract. He got his wish, and then he proceeded to play like the biggest loser in post-season history since Game Four of the 2–4 A.L.C.S. Then, WHILE the Red Sox were playing and winning the World Series in 2007, he whined like a bitch that he was “underpaid and underapprecitaed” by the Yankees because they were paying him “only” $25 Million a year. Of course, the Steinbrenner’s gave the infantile whiner his wish, and gave him a new contract for TEN MORE YEARS at $33 Million per year.
And the funniest thing of all is, if he had a chance to have a “do over” with his life, the dumb, egotistical, clueless bastard PROBABLY WOULDN’T change a thing. Honestly, he really is a stupid person, and not just because l dislike him as a player.
C-HAB: How do you like my essay ???
Shoe I love it – I couldnt have said it better myself …except I hate to disagree with you – well liked ?? This asshole was never liked by anyone but himself
Here we go – sing with me fellows – BYE BYE A-DICK BYE BYE
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The notebooks reported to belong to Florida wellness clinician Tony Bosch connect New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez to a staggering array of drugs and supplements to be used literally morning, noon and night and through multiple delivery systems, including lozenges, creams and injections. Those notes, parts of which the Miami New Times have published online, provide the road map Major League Baseball investigators have begun to follow.
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full article
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20130204/alex-rodriguez-ped-regiment-anthony-bosch-miami-new-times/?sct=hp_t11_a2&eref=sihp
Now if there is any fairness in the world reveal the names of all 20 clients and while you are at it all of the 103 on Mitchells list, re-instate Hammerin Hank as the HR king and Roger Maris’ single season record – come on Selig grow a pair of cojones
HANK AARON – 755
ROGER MARIS -61
BABE RUTH – 60 (154-game season)
I don’t have a problem keeping Ruth in the record books for his 1927 season, but the asterisk should be next to HIS name, not Roger’s.
To this day, O.J. Simpson is the only player ever to have rushed for 2,000 yards in 14 games. Give the Juice an asterisk when he gets out of jail in 3 and-a-half years.
Rodriguez claims that both the Yankees and M.L.B. are “out to get him.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/a-rod-batty-feels-yankees-mlb-sources-article-1.1255482
Nice try ARod.
Hey Youk, they’re not booing you, their chanting “J00o00o000!!”
http://yankees.lhblogs.com/2013/02/04/getting-to-know-kevin-youkilis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LohudYankees+%28The+LoHud+Yankees+Blog%29
JoseCanseco 15 years ago today signed with Toronto and had my greatest homer season. Dam I love hitting in the skydome and playing in that city. 13 hours ago · reply · retweet · favorite
Canseco, that guy is golden.
JoseCanseco Surprised my new testosterone commercial didn’t make the super bowl yesterday · reply · retweet · favorite
Jeter on ARod:
“Let him speak first,” Jeter said. “Everybody knows that. I don’t comment on anyone till they speak first. Let him address his situation before I comment on it.”
Jeter also wouldn’t divulge whether he has communicated with the embattled Rodriguez since the Miami New Times released records allegedly tying Rodriguez to Bosch, his Biogenesis company and illegal drugs.
“Let him speak first,” Jeter repeated. “And then we’ll talk about that.”
JOOOOOOO ???
I remember when Dwight Gooden pitched for the Mets, and every time he recorded a strikeout, all of the boys in Shea Stadium would stand up, pull their boners out of the pants and chant “GOOOOOOOO.”
http://tracking.si.com/2013/02/06/brewers-ryan-braun-name-shows-up-in-clinic-records/?sct=hp_t2_a10&eref=sihp
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This basturd is still juicing
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WOW Frankie Cervelli who’d a thunk it – Being Italian he must be frugal and bought the cheap shit that didn’t work
Happy Birthday Babe Ruth
Happy Birthday, Babe.
Dr. K. was / is a coke fiend. Nice personality, though.
Cdn, still lmao at that comment.
Yeah I remember Ryan Braun and the “victory of JOOOO I mean DUE process.”
Now Jesus Montero, Cervelli, damn.
Someone check Bud Selig’s piss for HGH. That dude looks too young and svelte for mid 70′s. He might be dipping in the Braun Sauce himself.
Thank you LB
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