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Mr. May (or May-Rod)

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For Sushi, Sears, BN27 and all those who hate the Yankees (like myself)...

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Wow, the saga continues. What a joke. He makes too big a deal out of so many things.

"Oh, the fans don't like me"
"Oh, Derek doesn't love me any more"
"Oh, I had to go see a shrink because I have sand in my vagina"
 
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Hmmm.

I read that as him telling Yankee fans

"we are bring home a trophy this year, I understand thats what you expect and I want to make you guys happy so you can get off my ass."

NY fans are pretty over the top but if you say something like that clearly to a New Yorker he will appreciate it.

Maybe I'm just reading his comments wrong however.
 
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Jaxbuck;782169; said:
Hmmm.

I read that as him telling Yankee fans

"we are bring home a trophy this year, I understand thats what you expect and I want to make you guys happy so you can get off my ass."

NY fans are pretty over the top but if you say something like that clearly to a New Yorker he will appreciate it.

Maybe I'm just reading his comments wrong however.
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And that's the point. Of all the fans to try to appeal to with this approach, I don't think its going to go over well with NY. This will just be more ammunition for them.
 
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Jaxbuck;782169; said:
Hmmm.

I read that as him telling Yankee fans

"we are bring home a trophy this year, I understand thats what you expect and I want to make you guys happy so you can get off my ass."

NY fans are pretty over the top but if you say something like that clearly to a New Yorker he will appreciate it.

Maybe I'm just reading his comments wrong however.
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I didn't read it that way at all.

I read it as, "If you guys don't quit being meanies, I'm taking my ball and going home."
 
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Thump;782179; said:
I didn't read it that way at all.

I read it as, "If you guys don't quit being meanies, I'm taking my ball and going home."
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Could very well come across that way to many. I think the lens we look at Arod through might influence each persons interpretation.

I personally think the guys a great player and a class act. The things people rip him for reek of pettiness and jealousy too much for my taste.
 
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Jaxbuck;782234; said:
Could very well come across that way to many. I think the lens we look at Arod through might influence each persons interpretation.

I personally think the guys a great player and a class act. The things people rip him for reek of pettiness and jealousy too much for my taste.
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Jax, while I see your point about him being a great player I kinda question the class act part. The most obvious comparison would be Jeter. I think the ammount of attention A-Rod brings to himself, his struggles, and his interaction with the team detracts from his on-field performance. While he does play most of his cards "right," he also says a lot of things to the media (and apparently his teammates) that cause a commotion when there doesn't need to be one.

I never liked him after he left Seattle for Texas and signed that huge contract. However, that was mostly because I didn't think anyone deserves that much money for playing a sport. Especially when MLB is striking and it costs me an arm and a leg to take my family to a game.

Still, he was just an easy target in that case. So that ire was probably misplaced. But his time in NY has changed my opinion for the reasons stated above.
 
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Jaxbuck;782234; said:
I personally think the guys a great player and a class act. The things people rip him for reek of pettiness and jealousy too much for my taste.
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If you read my posts about the guy on this site, I'm one of his biggest fans but this latest comment reeks of high-schoolish threats.

Very disappointing.
 
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Sky;782256; said:
Jax, while I see your point about him being a great player I kinda question the class act part. The most obvious comparison would be Jeter. I think the ammount of attention A-Rod brings to himself, his struggles, and his interaction with the team detracts from his on-field performance. While he does play most of his cards "right," he also says a lot of things to the media (and apparently his teammates) that cause a commotion when there doesn't need to be one.

I never liked him after he left Seattle for Texas and signed that huge contract. However, that was mostly because I didn't think anyone deserves that much money for playing a sport. Especially when MLB is striking and it costs me an arm and a leg to take my family to a game.

Still, he was just an easy target in that case. So that ire was probably misplaced. But his time in NY has changed my opinion for the reasons stated above.
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Again, its all about the lens you see him through to start with.

I think the media twists a lot of what he says to try and paint him in a negative light becasue they just can't deal with the fact the guy is so squeaky clean.

IMO A-rods biggest failing is not to show a normal human weakness (other than ego which is the one that is universally despised) that people can identify with and like him for. Thats what Americans want out of their hero's, a flaw. I think A-rod works too hard to show he doesn't have any and it actually works against him.

We can all relate to John Kruk a hell of a lot more than we can to Fred Rodgers because 99% of us aren't as good a person as Mr Rodgers and that makes us uncomfortable to be reminded of.

All of this of course is IMO, I'm no expert.
 
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