enjoy
http://nymag.com/news/sports/alex-rodriguez-2013-12/
Bud Selig makes $22 million a year.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Monday, 2 December 2013 12:30 (ten years ago) link
Succeeds in making A-Rod the least repulsive person in this story.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 2 December 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
roger goodell makes $30m
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 December 2013 21:39 (ten years ago) link
hmm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 January 2014 17:15 (ten years ago) link
I know I should care, simply as a matter of fair treatment. I don't, though. He's an average player playing out the string, and he's not someone who inspires a right-minded concern for fairness in me.
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 January 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
hate seeing the yankees let off the hook tho
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 January 2014 17:57 (ten years ago) link
I just don't think A-rod really gits that it's too late. It's just like with Clemens, even if he were to win, the guy is already guilty in the court of public opinion for being a fraud and is going to be pretty much a mostly loathed baseball figure for the rest of his life. The guy should just shut his mouth and go enjoy his millions and bimbos.
― earlnash, Saturday, 11 January 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
problem is that ignores a-rods number one goal in life - to be liked.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 11 January 2014 20:06 (ten years ago) link
I've never liked him more than now
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 January 2014 22:36 (ten years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/AROD/posts/687952957902983?stream_ref=10
Kazuyoshi Kurihara あなたのプレーはヤンキースファンにとって希望です。your play is need for yannks fan.Your playing is hope for Yankees fans. your play is need for yannks fan. (Translated by Bing)15 minutes ago via mobile · Like
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Sunday, 12 January 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
I shouldn't ask, but I'm curious as to what he's done recently that earned your admiration (or is it just based on the action of others?).
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 January 2014 01:12 (ten years ago) link
the enemy of bud selig is his friend
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 January 2014 03:58 (ten years ago) link
If you hate the yankees I guess it's a beautiful thing to watch him self-destruct. That's how I took Morbs comment.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 12 January 2014 04:47 (ten years ago) link
I wouldn't say I feel sorry for A-Rod but a full year's suspension is still completely unprecedented and seems unfair. I'm not sure how A-Rod's actions were more "obstructive" than, say, Melky Cabrera and his fake website. And he still hasn't tested positive. But dealing with drug issues by scapegoating specific players is a hallmark of the Selig regime.
"Loathed for life" is too strong a term. If someone like Jim Rice could be transformed into the clean face of home run baseball by the same people who despised him when he played, anything is possible.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 12 January 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
so funny watching espn this morning and see them talking about how the yankees 'dont want arod around during his age 39, 40 and 41 seasons'
THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU SIGN THE CONTRACT
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:12 (ten years ago) link
also I guess Bosch is on 60 minutes tonight. he's gonna say a-rod wanted to be the sole member of the 800hr club, aka king of steroid mountain
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:17 (ten years ago) link
How did they arrive at 162? Will that come out on A-Rod's appeal? Number seems almost as random and unsupported by CBA as 211?
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
His home-run rate for a full season right now is about what, 25 and declining? (41 in 992 AB his last three partial seasons.) To hit 800, he'd have to keep that up, even without the suspension, through his age 43 season. He looked like a good bet for 800+ after 2007, but it probably started to gradually slip away over the next three seasons.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
no VHS, I was willing to see the Yankees at least win the ALCS last fall for the look on Selig's face
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
also he's being singled out unfairly for "juicing" apparently just cuz he has the biggest contract/visibility. No way deserves a longer suspension than Braun.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
must-see TV! (man, 60 Mins is garbage)
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/1/11/5299550/alex-rodriguez-suspension-evidence-cbs-60-minutes
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
He looked like a good bet for 800+ after 2007, but it probably started to gradually slip away over the next three seasons.
funny, that
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 12 January 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
A-Rod's likelihood of 800 using the Favorite Toy:
After 2007: 41%After 2008: 34%After 2009: 24%After 2010: 16%After 2011: 0%After 2012: 0%After 2013: 0%
http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/billjames
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 January 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
free Tanaka money!
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Monday, 13 January 2014 00:44 (ten years ago) link
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10282537/new-york-yankees-relegate-alex-rodriguez-spring-training
NEW YORK -- If Alex Rodriguez were to attend spring training next month despite his suspension, the Yankees could relegate him to the team's minor league facility, baseball officials told ESPNNewYork.com on Sunday.The Yankees will not make any final decisions about their course of action until speaking with the commissioner's office about the loophole in the suspension rules."These are uncharted waters," one official said.Rodriguez has made it known he will be in Tampa, Fla. "As of now, Alex is planning on attending spring training," his spokesman, Ron Berkowitz, said.Berkowitz said he could not answer if Rodriguez would still go if he were slated to be on the minor league side.Technically, according to sources, Rodriguez is allowed to train at the club's facility during spring training because his discipline for violating the Joint Drug Agreement covers the regular season and the postseason, not the preseason.Since Rodriguez is not on the Yankees' 40-man roster because of the suspension, one official said that would give the Yankees the right to send him to workouts with minor leaguers instead of Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and the rest of his big-league contemporaries.One official said the Yankees could go as far as to have Rodriguez on the minor league side but instruct their coaches to basically ignore him -- to not hit him grounders or throw him batting practice.
The Yankees will not make any final decisions about their course of action until speaking with the commissioner's office about the loophole in the suspension rules.
"These are uncharted waters," one official said.
Rodriguez has made it known he will be in Tampa, Fla.
"As of now, Alex is planning on attending spring training," his spokesman, Ron Berkowitz, said.
Berkowitz said he could not answer if Rodriguez would still go if he were slated to be on the minor league side.
Technically, according to sources, Rodriguez is allowed to train at the club's facility during spring training because his discipline for violating the Joint Drug Agreement covers the regular season and the postseason, not the preseason.
Since Rodriguez is not on the Yankees' 40-man roster because of the suspension, one official said that would give the Yankees the right to send him to workouts with minor leaguers instead of Derek Jeter, Mark Teixeira and the rest of his big-league contemporaries.
One official said the Yankees could go as far as to have Rodriguez on the minor league side but instruct their coaches to basically ignore him -- to not hit him grounders or throw him batting practice.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 13 January 2014 04:37 (ten years ago) link
stupid tampering preventing clubs from crying foul over the salary relief for nyy
― The Dance Twerking Was MADE So (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 13 January 2014 13:45 (ten years ago) link
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/ARODMLB01132014.pdf * MLB is an “unincorporated association”???!! [page 5] * hGH on-demand helped ARod OPS .222 in the 2012 ALCS [page 52] * Horowitz saw 162 angels dancing on the pin of the Neifi Perez and Guillermo Mota precedents [pages 72 & 74]
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 08:28 (ten years ago) link
thinking Point One is related to competitors-in-business-together, also possibly antitrust exemption.
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 12:01 (ten years ago) link
Poz hits this pretty wellhttp://joeposnanski.com/joeblogs/the-60-minutes-report/
At the end of the 60 Minutes report, all is ugliness. A-Rod is guilty and lying, surely, Anthony Bosch seems a first-class lowlife, Rob Manfred comes across as Old Man Potter from “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and the only winner in the whole mess — THE ONLY WINNER — seems to be the drugs themselves, which apparently work miracles and, if used right, are undetectable.
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Allen Barra also unimpressed with Bosch n' Buddy
http://www.salon.com/2014/01/14/the_real_a_rod_scandal_everything_you_think_about_alex_rodriguez_is_wrong/
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 03:31 (ten years ago) link
Is this the lowest point of Selig's tenure as commissioner? I'm thinking it might be.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 08:38 (ten years ago) link
To people following closely, yes, but I doubt that's true as to general reaction out there--I suspect Selig's getting exactly what he wants, a perception that he's being tough on a villainous reprobate (for the time being, at least). I say that as someone who's far from a fan of his.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 12:22 (ten years ago) link
a-rod should play in cuba this year
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 January 2014 02:01 (ten years ago) link
season ends in March!
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 January 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
Several angry major league players wanted Alex Rodriguez kicked out of their union after he sued it last week, but staff lawyers told them expulsion was not allowed.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10329442/players-wanted-alex-rodriguez-kicked-union
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 January 2014 10:23 (ten years ago) link
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/19dd2z7c014xfjpg.jpg
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 January 2014 12:41 (ten years ago) link
All is forgiven.
― Neil Nosepicker (Leee), Friday, 24 January 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjOpqtKRq4
― mookieproof, Saturday, 8 February 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
God, I had no idea there was an actual clip of that--fantastic. My assumption was always that they just dubbed in all the screaming from old Godzilla movies.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 February 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
root root root for the Centaur
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2015/1/27/7922569/alex-rodriguez-yankees-contract-biogenesis
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:45 (nine years ago) link
man, if he could somehow manage to pass Bonds (109 to go). The MLB "treatment" would be the funniest thing ever.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 February 2015 12:49 (nine years ago) link
@SportsCenterBREAKING: Alex Rodriguez tells @AndrewMarchand that he will retire after 2017 season when his contract expires.
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 March 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
major comedy potential in the farewell tour
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 March 2016 18:33 (eight years ago) link
passes Aaron with last at bat of career, fails to touch third, called out.
― pandit pran nathalie (sanskrit), Thursday, 24 March 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
His (presumably) final year is shaping up to be Willie Mays/Steve Carlton-level awful.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
his 41st bday is tomorrow
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
mike schmidt-y
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:38 (seven years ago) link
Dick Vitale @DickieV 21m21 minutes agoDoes @AROD retire?@Buster_ESPN Yankees, A-Rod to hold press conference
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 7 August 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Alex Rodriguez retiring, taking position with Yankees
Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez will retire from baseball and take a job with the organization as a special advisor and instructor, the club announced.
He will play his final game on Friday, August 12, and sign a new contract to work with the club running through the 2017 season. He will report directly to owner Hal Steinbrenner, with his role starting in the 2017 season.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 August 2016 16:42 (seven years ago) link
He said Steinbrenner reached out to him on Wednesday to begin discussing his transition. Rodriguez would not elaborate on details.
...“As far as milestones,” he said, “I would have had an unbelievable time trying to go after them...I would have had fun not only trying to hit home runs but help the team finish on a strong note. Those were not the cards I was dealt, and I’m at peace with the organization’s decision.”
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 7 August 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u55/BJ_BOBBI_JO9/Weather%20related%20%20non%20seasonal/28_2_8v.gif
― nomar, Friday, 12 August 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
whatamoment
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 August 2016 02:47 (seven years ago) link
12 (or 13?) seasons. 1 championship. #missionaccomplished
― nomar, Saturday, 13 August 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
not a winner, obviously
at least we have tebow
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 August 2016 03:02 (seven years ago) link
apparently he Marlins are interested :|
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 August 2016 19:23 (seven years ago) link
literal retirement home
― qualx, Monday, 15 August 2016 21:57 (seven years ago) link
Trying to figure out if Stanton's injury makes this more or less likely. Are they interested because they figure they're out of it and 700 home runs might sell some tickets (more likely now), or is it that they were thinking he might have made a difference in a close wild-card finish (less likely)?
― clemenza, Monday, 15 August 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
Might put some butts in the seats. Might prove to be a useful bench bat. And the price is right.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 15 August 2016 23:22 (seven years ago) link
i can't imagine it'll put enough butts in seats to make up for the cost unless he agrees to the minimum
― qualx, Monday, 15 August 2016 23:38 (seven years ago) link
I thought the Yankees were stuck paying him?
Looks like it might not be happening now anyways.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
If the Yanks do cut A-Rod, how long till the Marlins sign him at league minimum?
― earlnash, Tuesday, August 2, 2016 5:06 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You just had to know if any club would want A-Rod, it would be the Fish.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 01:27 (seven years ago) link
Word is that he rejected an offer to sign with the Marlins and doesn't want to play anywhere for the rest of 2016. We'll see.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 07:10 (seven years ago) link
publicist: not this year
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17310772/publicist-says-alex-rodriguez-play-another-team-2016
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 10:56 (seven years ago) link
I don't understand his contract situation. He can sit out and get paid by the Yankees this year and next, but if he were to sign with another team (e.g. the Marlins), then he forfeits that money?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 13:52 (seven years ago) link
I assumed that any team would have to pick up his contract, but the espn article says A-Rod is "technically a free agent" which says to me that he can sign with who he wants and for how much he wants.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 16 August 2016 13:53 (seven years ago) link
So the "special advisor" thing with the Yankees is just smoke so everybody saves face?
― My name is Donald J. Trump, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. (WilliamC), Tuesday, 16 August 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
A-Rod, Act II: His playing career may be over, but Alex Rodriguez is now a TV star
http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/11/01/alex-rodriguez-fox-sports-baseball-world-series-pete-rose
― Andy K, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwNfbfuXEAg_9LT.jpg:small
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 November 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/01/alex-rodriguez-reality-show-cnbc-television-a-rod-mlb-back-in-the-game
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
hired full-time by fox
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 19:11 (seven years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/image1-3_zpste24ibcw.jpg
― nomar, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 15:47 (six years ago) link
After the loss of his original rider, Arod was given to Legolas by Éomer Éadig, in compensation for the supposed deaths of Merry and Pippin. Legolas ordered for his saddle and rein to be taken off, and rode him bareback with ease.[1]
― nomar, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 16:29 (six years ago) link
if only he'd been a centaur
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 18:34 (six years ago) link
happy birthday 2 arod
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 27 July 2017 14:12 (six years ago) link
today i learned his gf is J-Lo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VgLkk_drx4
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 12 May 2018 00:32 (five years ago) link
Hey @AROD , let’s get nutty. 02.03.19 🥜 pic.twitter.com/qpxLR9LZZ7— Mr. Peanut (@MrPeanut) January 23, 2019
― omar little, Sunday, 27 January 2019 22:39 (five years ago) link
He and J-Lo just got engaged.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Buzz2J8ADNB/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_mid=XAZRMgABAAEUBzVAlXtf48i4S0Ki
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 10 March 2019 04:12 (five years ago) link
https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/05/931/524/jlo-arod.jpg
kind of bitter that a-rod didn't wear a centaur outfit
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
Xpost word is that it'll never happen cause of his philandering
― nathom, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Do you ever think about death?
https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/03/28/donald-trump-alex-rodriguez-coronavirus-advice
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 March 2020 06:40 (four years ago) link
I do think it's kinda cool that our overlords brought in Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker to punch up the last few scenes
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 28 March 2020 13:07 (four years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpcLE5SWAAAq0ez.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link
BOOK
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:18 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YrDQ18P9x4
― omar little, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:19 (one year ago) link
is he wearing any clothes??
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 18:59 (one year ago) link
Omg
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 19:00 (one year ago) link
This sounds like a Seinfeld plot, like we check in after the end of the weekend and George/A-Rod has written, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" and nothing else.
― Unfairport Convention (PBKR), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link
BOOK! by A-RODBOO! by Kids in the HallBO! by Bo Jackson
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 19:19 (one year ago) link