tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post5260245373560520929..comments2024-03-28T17:00:25.774-04:00Comments on The Greedy Pinstripes: USA Today’s Weekly MLB Power RankingsDaniel Burchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212584396848733519noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-22818275512787453152015-07-29T01:53:19.442-04:002015-07-29T01:53:19.442-04:00This is something I wrote a long time ago, well Ap...This is something I wrote a long time ago, well April of this year to be exact....<br /><br />One of the greatest talents to play baseball in my lifetime, and he screwed it all up thinking he needed that something extra. What a jerk, fans may say his ego got to him, I say nay, nay! <br />I think it was his lack of self-confidence, not his ego! Playing with the two teams before the Yankees, he got very little recognition for his game, it was always Nomar and Jeter. Is there anyone out there in the baseball world that can honestly say; "A-Rod wasn't the best SS or player in baseball"? When one stipulates he hadn't used drugs until he joined Texas. take his first 8 years and compute what might have been without the dirt he inflicted upon himself.<br /><br />What A-Rod said of Jeter was the truth, just think about it. If Jeter had played for any other team than the Yankees or Boston he would have been a very good singles hitter playing SS and nothing more! All those years A-Rod was the best SS but who knew, not the baseball fans! Jeter would never have played SS for 20 years on other teams as he did with the Yankees. Being the poster boy for the Yankees made him out to be much better than he really was. Pitchers didn't worry about him or any other singles hitter, but they pitched very tough to guys like Tino, Bernie, A-Rod, O'Neill, Giambi and Posada. Power hitters don't get 3,000 hits very often...A-Rod will be one of nine power hitters to make the 3,000 hit club, joining 19 single hitters in said club! He will be one of three to join the 3,000 hits and over 600 home runs.<br />Don't think A-Rod is done, he has talent that few others have ever had, he never needed help from any drugs at all.<br /><br />Jeter gave the Yankee fans someone to look up to and kids to emulate for over 20 years and will go into the HoF because he hit in the #2 slot and played for the Yankees, both he and Joe T, will go into the hall for the same reason. Being on the right team at the right time gives one a much better chance than others with as much if not more talent going into the Hall.<br /><br />The above was written 4/1/15 @0214 hrs.Ken Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134936968221887101noreply@blogger.com