ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

[LWMM]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

Woodward & Bernstein never revealed their source (BTW, that's not a double play combination)

Playing the devil's advocate, if I remember correctly Felt required Woodward to get three other sources per claim before printing them. I'm not sure, however, how many sources Roberts has backing up the alleged pitch tipping.

[earlywynnfan]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

I want toknow the names of these players who were maddened by A-rod tipping off pitches. Ain't it funny that everything in her book is coming from a unknown source or a player who wont say his name.

This woman who wrote the book is a hack journalist looking to fan flames of rage and anger, not write the facts as they are. If anyone is interested, look back at what she wrote about the Duke Lacrosse drama. Also, look back over her columns about AROD before this book came out; she isn't an unbiased journalist, she thinks he represents all that is bad with American sports. If that's her idea going in, how fair is she going to be? How willing to listen to unsubstantiated talk as upposed to checking, re-checking, and checking for a third time the facts??

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[suave1477]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

How many millions of dollars are the Rangers paying Miss Pay-Roid to play for the Yankee$ (the richest team in the league, lest we forget)? Doesn't that sound to you like a guy being run out of town on a rail?

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And as to the "slap" against the Red $ox: as someone who had his left thumb bent back until it was almost touching his forearm on a play at the plate, I can tell you that hurts a lot more than being blown up by a runner (guy tried to tackle the glove to knock the ball out in a softball game...I had him dead to rights otherwise). Almost a decade later, I still don't have the same range of motion in my left thumb as in my right.

Rangers aren't paying anything. Yankees were the only ones who could bail the Rangers out because they couldn't afford to continue to pay his salary.
So the Rangers aren't paying for Arod to play for the Yankees.

[3arod13]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

This woman who wrote the book is a hack journalist looking to fan flames of rage and anger, not write the facts as they are. If anyone is interested, look back at what she wrote about the Duke Lacrosse drama. Also, look back over her columns about AROD before this book came out; she isn't an unbiased journalist, she thinks he represents all that is bad with American sports. If that's her idea going in, how fair is she going to be? How willing to listen to unsubstantiated talk as upposed to checking, re-checking, and checking for a third time the facts??

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

Well said! I'm so sick of all this Arod crap! Don't care about his personal life. I do care about what he does in baseball (factual, not hearsay).

[xpress34]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

which other ones am I missing.

My personal nickname for him - due to his always chasing more $$$ and just being an all around jerk to fans (based on various personal experiences) is A$$Rod.

Regardless of the new book (which I have not - and do not - intend to read), I personally cannot stand the guy along with a few other players... and again, all based on various personal experiences and how I have personally seen them treat the fans who pay their salaries.

My .02

- Chris

[BULBUS]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

Rangers aren't paying anything. Yankees were the only ones who could bail the Rangers out because they couldn't afford to continue to pay his salary.
So the Rangers aren't paying for Arod to play for the Yankees.

The Rangers are no longer paying a portion of Arods salary because he opted out of his first 250 mil contract. As you can imagine, when Arod opted out, the Rangers were very happy campers.

[cjclong]

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I'm not familiar with the author. What did she write about the Duke Lacrosse players. Did she write they were scum as a lot people did from the start or that they were unjustly accused as they were?

[earlywynnfan]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

I'm not familiar with the author. What did she write about the Duke Lacrosse players. Did she write they were scum as a lot people did from the start or that they were unjustly accused as they were?

Check out the thread that Suave just posted, "columnist fires back."

Ken
earlywynnfan5@hotmail.com

[joelsabi]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/06/11/2009-06-11_rick_sutcliffe_tiptoes_around_rift_with_arod_and_mark_teixeira.html

interesting read.

[joelsabi]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba..._teixeira.html

interesting read.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/06/10/2009-06-10_accusations_bring_arod_mark_teixeira_to_tipping_point.html

from the previous day.

[cjclong]

Re: ARod and allegations of pitch tipping

If ARod was stealing signs and giving them to his teammate that would be totally different from tipping the others teams batters on what his teams pitchers were throwing. Stealing signs is frequently the reason a catcher goes out to talk to a pitcher when the other teams runner gets to second base so they can change the signs so the runner can't tip the hitter off. I don't know about hitters in the on deck circle doing it, but Bob Turley was sometimes able to call pitches for the Yankee hitters from the dugout in the 50's and 60's. So I don't know if that is consdiered so bad, and anyway Teixeira denied it and made a point of telling the media it did not happen. As far as I know Teixeira is considered a credible person.