tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post1661272519300386700..comments2024-03-24T03:21:40.629-04:00Comments on The Greedy Pinstripes: A-Rod: The Man, The Myth, The LegendDaniel Burchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04212584396848733519noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-35581997103847190252016-08-09T19:11:46.025-04:002016-08-09T19:11:46.025-04:00Ain't that the truth!Ain't that the truth!Ken Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134936968221887101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-82888008684715132592016-08-09T18:11:15.244-04:002016-08-09T18:11:15.244-04:00Great article Patrick and definitely no bashing. Y...Great article Patrick and definitely no bashing. You spoke on his on-the-field persona and game, the way it should be anyway. Very well done.<br /><br />Reed and I are in the same boat for supporting A Rod. Up until 2015 he didn't have many apologists nor did he have many friends. People like Reed, myself and obviously you will remember that when everyone else jumps on the bandwagon. Daniel Burchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04212584396848733519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-38996331453400148572016-08-09T09:36:44.291-04:002016-08-09T09:36:44.291-04:00No, not at all Patrick H., your article was great!...No, not at all Patrick H., your article was great!<br />I have been writing about A-Rods positive side for years and have had to take the heat from most of the fans that always thought Jeter was a much better player, and A-Rod was an A-Hole. But now, I think many fans will be "Johnny come lately" or bash him anyhow.<br />Jeter and A-Rod...two different type players, from much different environments and personality...both of whom were great at playing to their own strengths/talents.Ken Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134936968221887101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-47966254699971400502016-08-08T11:29:24.024-04:002016-08-08T11:29:24.024-04:00Are you saying that I was bashing him? If anything...Are you saying that I was bashing him? If anything I was glorifying him and explaining his positive impact he has had on the Yankees throughout his tenureAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07999920481811356348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-53877649609956539472016-08-08T10:05:55.951-04:002016-08-08T10:05:55.951-04:00Let the A-Rod bashing begin...
Did anyone notice t...Let the A-Rod bashing begin...<br />Did anyone notice that after Joe T., left the Yankees, the bad stories and innuendos about what a rotten team mate A-Rod was, quit? I think that is called; bashing one player to make another player look better. When I first said that back in 2005/6, I was called a Jeter Hater! One can say or think whatever one may wish, this is a Free Country...for the record, I have never disliked Jeter!<br />For the last few years it has been what a great team mate A-Rod has been and a plus guy in the Club House.Ken Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134936968221887101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676591017018865408.post-67737543387892492272016-08-08T09:46:46.301-04:002016-08-08T09:46:46.301-04:00A-Rod, one of the All-Time Great Players of all ti...A-Rod, one of the All-Time Great Players of all time, one can say...with much arguement...he is One of the Greatest Players of All-Time. His numbers are only surpassed by one player, "Hammering" Hank Aaron.<br />Yet, with all the Roids he has been accused of using over the years...along with many other power hitters (and pitchers) he has NEVER tested Positive.<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 (minus first 2 years) and compute what might have been without the dirt he inflicted upon himself...736 HRs, and that fans isn't bad.<br /><br />Ken Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134936968221887101noreply@blogger.com