No, no — he’s really a great guy
Posted by TFG on November 1st, 2007
Jay Caruso learns first-hand what every Mariners fan and every Rangers fan figured out - A-Rod is an enormous egomaniacal d*ck:
As was earlier noted, A-Rod has opted out of his contract with the Yankees. Obviously, all of his talk about New York “feeling like home” and his desire to remain with the Yankees was all nonsense. I gave him the benefit of the doubt despite warnings from regular readers. Turns out they were right. The guy is all about himself and nothing more. He even had his agent, SCOTT Boras, make the announcement in the middle of last night’s World Series game as the Red Sox went for going for the win and the day before the Yankees announce who the new manager will be (It looks like it will be Joe Girardi). As Matt said, good riddance.
Sound familiar, Ranger fans? Guy’s a hell of a ball player. With his enormous head and the Baseball Anti-Christ as his agent, though, who needs it? It’s still a team game, and the guy still doesn’t have a ring (I think…could be wrong there.) There’s no small amount of schadenfreude watching Yankees fans moan about the jackass, either.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Nope, no ring.
I actually think his actions are almost less him than he’s just some no-personality creature who does what Boras tells him to do. This isn’t to excuse him; it’s to damn him even stronger.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:54 pm
It is really hard to like the guy. He turns in great numbers, but there is just something phony about him. Plus, he really does seem to shrink in the post-season. He is baseball’s Dominique Wilkins.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Maybe he should change his surname to Hole.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Oh, and how about the genius that is Joe Torre, who found $6M per year plus $2M per year in incentives from the Yankees an insult, but $4.3M per year from the Dodgers just peachy keen?