I'll be viewing the clutchness (or lack thereof) first hand tonight. Third baseline, about 15 rows up, right at the leftfield bend. Keep your eyes peeled for me.
I usually defend Arod in these type of arguments but when he got up last night with one out and two on after Giambi hit that sac-fly, I really wasn't that worried. I don't really believe that he's a choke artist but I guess all the arguments that he is are starting to get to me. After a nice GIDP I couldn't help but laugh at how much the Yankee fans are going to be killing him today.
Ya know. As much as I've defended him last year when people were down on him when he won the MVP... And he had a great year, regular season wise... He flat out is pathetic so far. .270, shitty with RISP and 8 errors at 3rd... It's pretty much indefensible...Hopefully he can turn it around, and well whattya know he has another shot this series against Boston to quiet SOME of his critics at Fenway... But for some reason, I think don't think he'll do so well.
I would make that trade. How many more chances will he get to silence his critics though? There have been many big series where we needed wins, he comes up in clutch situations and again he never delivers. Im getting tired of A-rod, its getting ridiculous, its almost like he tries to end our chances of winning in the clutch.
i usually avoid peter king but is this type of stuff par for the course with him? could he sound any more out of touch if he tried? i guess the bigger question is who thinks that people want to read about petey's old man ramblings?
First time I've seen him go on an old man rant like that. I can think of a hundred reasons not to watch Will and Grace, but foul language never really entered into it.
ARod comes through vs. the Sox!!!! of course it was 9-1 in the 9th when he hit his "big" HR, what a clutch player!:rofl2: :sad:
Are you serious? So you'd be happy if david wright never hit in the clutch then hits a HR down 9-1 in the 9th?
It goes both ways. Wright has come up big a few times this year and has failed in big spots a few times this year as well. Same goes for any player. I know I heard at one point that A-Rod had the GW hit in a couple games in a row. Obviously the HR last night isn't cause to jump for joy and shout how great A-Rod is, but it's not cause to bash him either.
Very misleading, only his HR against oak was somewaht clutch in alate game sitaution and that was in the 7th. he also had a "GW" HR in the 5th inning, got hit by a pitch for a go ahead RBI and walked on a clear strike 3(would have been another K looking) for another go ahead RBI. The man has done little except pad stats against bad teams in meaningless situations since he got here.
Why, b/c we expect to win? We expect our supposed best player to come through for us once in a while? Of course we've been spoiled over the last decade and that may play a role but is it too much to ask for our supposed best player to come through when we need him? What's funny is what ARod said in that esquire article a few years ago about how derek had it easy b/c he had so many great players around him and ARod comes here and w/ all the great hitters around him he struggles time and again in big spots.
