A-Rod 2006 ALDS Bat

[pjbmd]

This just in--A-Rod Black LS P72 from 2006 ALDS
Moto Stick on handle
One ball mark evident
Overall light use as one might expect from a superstar of his caliber in the post-season!
E-mail for pictures and price
pjb

[W_EISENHUTH]

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Considering his recent slump, one ball mark would be all you would expect on this bat. That said, he'd look good in Cubbie blue next year

[cjbaker3]

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Can you send pics and prices to craig_baker_99@yahoo.com. Thanks.
Craig

[pjbmd]

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Please don't expect pictures
this ad is a joke
my way of venting about another poor showing by a-rod in the post-season
pjb

[suave1477]

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Are you sure thats a ball mark or a scuff mark from him banging it against the floor from hitting absolutely nothing lol lol

I am myself extremely upset at AROS performance as I am a Ynakee fan ad disapoints me how his post season performance as accumualted to nothing.

Now we can't pinpoint everything on AROD the rest havent done much either. It is interesting though how Posada keeps trying, by at least hitting a Home Run in the 9th inning with 2 outs and no one else did much for the whole series.
My hats off to you Posada your still one of my favorites!!!!

[staindsox]

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Come on guys, I know you're upset cause your team was bumped off, but you can't completely blame A-Rod. He had a bad series, but Giambi didn't hit, Cano didn't hit, the pitching was thin...there are plenty of people to blame. Yes he is paid a ton, but still hitting .290 and 35 homeruns in a bad year, not that bad...did you forget he was the MVP last year? I'm not an A-Rod, but he's still the man. I'd love to have him on my team. Don't be so quick to kick him out of New York, you might regret it.

Chris

[suave1477]

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Staindsox your right about we cant put all the blame on AROD as there was many other blames to be put around.

One thing that does bother me which everyone elses notices except for Yankees fans is what AROD does on paper and rightfully so as they may not watch the Games.

But what people dont realize is that AROD has made choking in a clutch situation an ART FORM.

You say 290. and 35 home runs - I say how many times did he hit those HRS whnbe we were down or how many times did he get on base when we were down.

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE IS WHEN WE WERE LOSING IN A GAME AROD WOULD NOT ONLY STRIKE OUT BUT WOULD HIT THE BALL INTO A DOUBLE PLAY TO MAKE SURE WHO EVER WE HAD ON BASE WOULD GET OUT TOO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A STAT FOR HOW MANY TIMES AROD DID THAT THIS SEASON!!!
Sorry was venting there a bit myself lol lol

[metsbats]

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Can anyone give any credit to the Tiger pitching and hitting instead of talking about what he Yankees did not do?

And another thing , the Yankees losing the ALDS should not be "unacceptable" as the Boss states. President Bush categorizing North Korea test of a nuclear weapon was a far more appropriate use of the word "unacceptable" this week.

And finally, Kenny Rogers you are forgiven!

[metsbats]

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Can anyone give any credit to the Tiger pitching and hitting instead of talking about what he Yankees did not do?

And another thing , the Yankees losing the ALDS should not be "unacceptable" as the Boss states. President Bush categorizing North Korea test of a nuclear weapon was a far more appropriate use of the word "unacceptable" this week.

And finally, Kenny Rogers you are forgiven!

......

[d2ray13]

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Ok, BACK OFF OF ALEX!

I know how easy it is for people to call him out for doing this and that wrong, and not hitting a hr every at bat, which he should because he is "ALEX RODRIGUEZ" I know, I know, he is superman, he can't fail, because he makes a ton of money, and he plays for the yankees. But I also know that in fact, and I know how hard it is to believe, but...... indeed, Mr. Alex Rodriguez, is a human!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Being a major leaguer, playing for the yankees, (which is in New York by the way, the same place that has "fans" that boo their players left and right because htting 290, with 35 hrs, and 121 RBI's is horrible, I know, but sometimes humans do that bad of a job, believe it or not.) But basically I'm saying, I know it is easy to read the papers, that is written by a bunch of stuck up snobbs and pricks, that write complete BS about their own players, but let's be easy on this human, guy. He is a regular person, like you and me. Let's take it easy, and watch this horrible player do his stuff, and continue to play a position that a transferred to, moving from a position where he won 2 gold gloves, and an mvp, and playing in a town that it notorious for being brutal and tough to their players when they don't hit .450 all the time. But let's let him hit .305 lifetime average, and watch him be the youngest man in all of baseball to reach 500 hrs, and quite possibly be our future hr king, and hey, if he wants to have a .974 fieldeing percentage, which by the way, is one point off from the true superman derek jeter, who had a spectacular year, but we don't bag on him for not taking the yanks to the ws?

Put that together

[suave1477]

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d2ray13 please read my last previous post as you said he was a 295. 35 HR player this season, but let me ask you this did he accomplish any of that when we needs it NOOOOOOOO. he hit his home runs when we were up by 10 over the other team. You also forgot to mention his other stats which I did end up finding -----> in 2006 AROD was #7 all time on the list of hitting balls into double plays.

#7 OUT OF ALL PLAYERS IN BASEBALL - so now after you compare all your stats of how well he did this season, then imagine after being #7 how many games he cost us.

and then how about the stat of all his post season at bats with the Yankees hes something like 4 / 49.

I am sorry I understand again that it is not all his fault but to take away any blame from him is incorrect cuz he does deserve a good brunt of it.

[d2ray13]

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So his bad of a year: he was in the top ten categories foral players hrs (10th) r(5th) OBP(.392) RBI(4th)-these are those things that are called runs batted in, thats when you get runs to help your team win a ball game and 8th in BBs.

No, i do not at all disagree with you in postseason, he didn't hit, but neither did cano, sheffield who, matsui didnt perform, and damon, was right at average.

And do we wanna start with pitching?

the new york yankees are a team, when your teammate is down, another is supposed to pick him up. alex did not fail, this team failed. thats what i am trying to point out, the old saying with our littel two year olds "you did the best you could." they/ he did the best they could, and if that wasn't good enough, which it wasn't than something has to change, manager, player, maybe not spending 9 million dollars on a pitcher who didnt touch a baseball this season- a wise choice.

one man does not make a team, alex is not the yankees, the yankees are the yankees, it is not his fault, and he shouldnt get one 10% of the blame- for you slower guys- 10 guys playin (that includes DH and pitcher ) and they each get equal credit...pretty good don't you think???

Obviously I am a huge Alex fan, I know him on a personal level, and he is the best guy you will ever meet. Leave the man alone, and lets stop publishing articles about him and how muc he sucks, lets talk about this other "thing" going on called the teams that arent the yankees a.k.a playoffs/ world series!!!

have a great night.....

[suave1477]

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d2ray13 Again I understand your argument the blame does go all around, but your comparing on paper stats.

Compare actual stats when he is needed!!!!

Thats why he was brought to the Yankees, your trying to say he is just like all the other players, but he's not and he wasn't brought to the Yankees to be like all the other players. He was brought to the Yankees to be the next Major SuperStar / bring us a World Series. Again that is a lot to put on one mans shoulder, but thats why he was brought here and he knew this when he signed the contract.

Its not like AROD didnt know what he was getting in to!! He knows this is a tough town and if he is going to get paid the BIG BUCKS to make a difference.

[TNTtoys]

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He was brought to the Yankees to be the next Major SuperStar / bring us a World Series. Again that is a lot to put on one mans shoulder, but thats why he was brought here and he knew this when he signed the contract.

I like this statement. Whether or not it is fair to put this amount of burden on one man's shoulders is not in question. The fact is clear that he accepted a contract to do just this. And he is not the only one out there with these lofty expectations. There is a reason why Torre makes 7 million dollars a year -- because his expectations are higher than the other managers in baseball -- there is a reason why Jeter was named captain -- because his expectations as a player and as a leader are higher than the others. And finally, all of the "hired guns" like Mussina and Randy Johnson... they too could have made less money elsewhere but signed on to the Yankees at a premium -- which came with more accepted responsibility.

This is just life. I too could work a lesser job out there with little responsibility. If I were to excel at the job, I would be looked on as being an overachiever -- mainly, because it is not expected of me in my position -- and in turn, I would be compensated fairly for taking this type of role. If I were brought in to change things around, manage a large department, manage a multi-million dollar budget, my expectations would be greater than that of the other workers... Is it fair for the company to put so much of this burden on my shoulders?? Yes. If not, they wouldn't be paying me what they are, and I would not have willingly signed on the dotted line of the contract.

All of that said, there is a significant amount of blame to be placed on the mismanagement of this team. I have gotten the greatest kick out of the hypocrites I have had the pleasure to listen to over the past few days on NY sports radio. When Torre was rumored to be fired and replaced by Piniella, everyone had their opinion as to why this was a good thing. According to the listeners, Torre was a miserable failure. Now, it's announced that he will stay on for a year -- the same listeners call in and breathe a sigh of relief saying that it wasn't his fault that the players didn't produce... I suppose it slipped their minds that Torre benched Cabrera after he provided the needed spark, sat in the dugout unphased when the slide at 3rd base clearly was ruled wrongly in Detroit's favor, experimented with Sheffield at 1st base when he had 3 better alternatives, moved Arod up and down the line up with no disregard for team chemistry, played Jaret Wright in a critical spot and didn't have anyone warming up when he got into early trouble... and the list goes on and on. 7 million dollars for an ineffective manager? Guys, he had a good run over the years, but not with this current team. They have been eliminated 6 years in a row to lesser teams. You may argue that the Yankees have posted good regular season records during this 6-year run, but would they not have with another manager? It would defy logic for that lineup to put together a losing season.

If nobody wants to take the blame, then how is the team going to move on and get better?

[d2ray13]

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...touché...