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What an absolute attention whore. Eight inning, game 4 of the world series, a close game.... with the Red Sox on the brink of their second world series win this decade... and he decides to have his agent contact FOX to make the announcement? He had up to 10 days after the World Series to make the announcement, but he decides to overshadow a world series victory sweep with his own personal agenda.
Not to mention, the blue-lipped douchebag stood up Hank Aaron when Aaron was going to give the ungrateful, narcissistic bastard an award. Quite the team player, that A-Rod....
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I guess, like someone said earlier on sports talk radio, that the only way that A-Rod was gonna be able to do anything in the World Series was to make an announcement like that last night during someone else's world series.
Well, it's not like he's gonna actually play in one, given his effect upon his teams over the years.
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Rumor is that he found out that Girardi was going to be the new manager, and he knew Girardi was not going to baby him like a child that Torre had to do. The team with the most money, and a good babysitter, will land A-Rod...
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Care to elaborate?
Sure. Girardi is commonly seen as a very capable manager who has a tendency to treat veterans badly, and to be about as strict as Buck (A Duck) Showalter. Yankee fans expressed some concern that Girardi may well appeal to the Steinbrenners because he played for the Yankees, he was successful (for a year) in Florida, and is a disciplinarian. The downside is that a lot of the veterans would've MUCH preferred either Tony Pena or Donnie Baseball as the new skipper because they aren't Captain Queeg-like leaders. Therefore, the concern is that Girardi's mere presence could not only cost them Slappy, but could theoretically leave to the exits of Fruit Bat (Mariano Rivera) and Posada.
For awhile, I hoped Boston would sign Slappy this off-deason, but I think I'd be happier with Mike Lowell, and let some other team get sunk by "The Best Player in Baseball."