tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post7381862349170184755..comments2024-01-10T07:00:57.766-05:00Comments on It is about the money, stupid: Who's more clutch: Jeter or ARod?Jason @ IIATMShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-57204747881024793732008-08-27T20:38:00.000-04:002008-08-27T20:38:00.000-04:00Jetes will always get a pass because he's the exem...Jetes will always get a pass because he's the exemplar of being a Yankee. He's given too much to the organization for anyone to kick him out. He's done too much for the fans for them to seriously boo him. Then again, it is New York.tHeMARksMiThhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445834941960575715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-21905932040577307582008-08-27T18:48:00.000-04:002008-08-27T18:48:00.000-04:00What I find comforting is that all we are asking i...What I find comforting is that all we are asking is that A-Rod just perform in the post season like he has in the regular season and that is ok for me. He will figure it out and smooth out the peaks and valleys.<BR/><BR/>Jeter is another topic of conversation that I think I am too emotionally involved to answer objectively. In my mind's eye Jeter will be the dude that almost pulled it out for us singlehandidly in the 2001 World Series. So, I'll leave the Jeter question to folks that are not as emotional as I am. Maybe an objective Red Soxes fan...LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-31868288208685120352008-08-27T16:43:00.000-04:002008-08-27T16:43:00.000-04:00dimitrios: you can't ask that last question since ...dimitrios: you can't ask that last question since we're married to ARod for at least the next 9 seasons, barring something unforseen. <BR/><BR/>just hope that is on-again/off-again performacnes continue at least thru 2009 and then smooth out. <BR/><BR/>Then we can figure out how Jeter's going to age gracefully, or not.Jason @ IIATMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-78832835698098898462008-08-27T16:40:00.000-04:002008-08-27T16:40:00.000-04:00hmm, interesting stats, but I don't think stats ar...hmm, interesting stats, but I don't think stats are going to change people's minds anytime soon. I know it probably isn't fair to A-Rod, but people's impressions, wrong or right, have an inherent inertia all their own. I am nowhere near as hard on the guy as the folks at the NY Post. Man, the headlines today were brutal. <BR/><BR/>In my mind A-Rod almost seems to need a Bucky Dent type moment in the post season to wipe the slate clean. So, just getting that hit in the eighth inning isn't good enough anymore, he needs to get that game winning home run or extra base hit that clinches a series or the World Series. <BR/><BR/>I don't want to turn this into a hey lets bash A-Rod, since that seems to be a popular activity in the off season. But to this Yankee fan A-Rod is not a clutch post season player and not the person I want to see at the plate when the game is on the line.<BR/><BR/>Which begs the question, if not A-Rod then who?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9106257093107729484.post-12707175450547745432008-08-27T15:42:00.000-04:002008-08-27T15:42:00.000-04:00It makes me wonder about the randomness and luck o...It makes me wonder about the randomness and luck of baseball. If those groundballs get through, he's a hero. Can he change that much between seasons? Or does he relax this season after having such a great last season to pick it up next season as something to prove? Is anyone really clutch?tHeMARksMiThhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445834941960575715noreply@blogger.com