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ARod says he's sorry

MFS62 Feb 15 2015 06:20 PM A-Rod split

Meanwhile, A-Rod is getting ready for Spring Training, as noted by Carrie Underwood: Enjoy, Later _____________________________________________________________________________ Right now he's probably romancing some baseball Annie And she's probably getting frisky Right now, he's probably wishing That he didn’t have those shots 'Cause his lovin’ has been risky Right now, he's probably up behind her With a fungo Cause his own “bat” don’t work Why? Now he knows He stuck that needle into his side For his down-the-stretch Hall of Fame drive Thought each homer would be a record feat He swung a Louisville slugger both day and night While he called the finger pointers liars But maybe next time he'll think before he cheats Right now, he still thinks its okey dokey While all his suppliers are serving time in the pokey Right now, he's probably thinking, I'm a hunk And he's a thinking that he's gonna get away with that junk Right now, he's probably dabbing on 20 dollars Worth of that new cologne from Derek Oh and he don't know He stuck that needle into his side For his down-the-stretch Hall of Fame drive Thought each homer would be a record feat He swung a Louisville slugger both day and night While he called the finger pointers liars But maybe next time he'll think before he cheats Oh, maybe next time he'll think before he cheats Oh, before he cheats Oh, the next time ...

Mets Guy in Michigan Feb 17 2015 11:29 AM

...with a hand-written letter to the fans, and, well, everybody else. [url]http://m.mlb.com/news/article/109501412/alex-rodriguezs-letter-of-apology-to-fans?partnerId=as_mlb_20150217_40631696&adbid=567747270972407810&adbpl=tw&adbpr=18479513 Is this the first step to a confessional interview with the baseball version of Oprah on the MLB Network? This seems like an odd move. And because it's ARod, it will be openly mocked.

Lefty Specialist Feb 17 2015 11:49 AM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Insert 'Bob Costas' for 'the baseball version of Oprah' and you've got it.

Gwreck Feb 17 2015 11:58 AM Re: ARod says he's sorry

As a business/PR move, this makes good sense for him. I suppose there are some (plenty?) people who want the apology. Perhaps it helps his post-baseball earnings capacity. I read an article about Jason Giambi's retirement today that made the point that people who were felt to be unrepentant assholes (Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds) are disconnected from baseball, while those who have said they're sorry have moved on (eg. McGwire, Giambi) and have continued to work in the game. I really don't care. I'm not going to stop disliking him, I'm not going to stop hoping this negatively affects the MFYs, and I'd still vote for him for the Hall of Fame.

Ceetar Feb 17 2015 12:02 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Gwreck wrote: I really don't care. I'm not going to stop disliking him, I'm not going to stop hoping this negatively affects the MFYs, and I'd still vote for him for the Hall of Fame. I continue to kind of like him personally. I'm hoping he hits 55 HR this season and the Yankees hit 80 as a team.

Frayed Knot Feb 17 2015 12:50 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Anyone think this [u:izyev3vk]wasn't[/u:izyev3vk] a demand by Yanx mgmt coerced by threats of making every second of his pinstriped life a living hell over the next three years? Reminds me of the Zimmer apology following his dust-up with Pedro -- the day after he suddenly realized that 'he embarrassed the organization' in a tearful on camera mea culpa. Only problem was that it still didn't keep Steinbrenner from demanding that cameras never show him in the dugouts (even when it meant an absurd tightly-cropped shot of Torre) or eventually forcing him out anyway.

themetfairy Feb 17 2015 12:53 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Did he have to write it out one hundred times?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2015 12:57 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Mets – Willets Point Feb 17 2015 01:14 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Ceetar wrote: Gwreck wrote: I really don't care. I'm not going to stop disliking him, I'm not going to stop hoping this negatively affects the MFYs, and I'd still vote for him for the Hall of Fame. I continue to kind of like him personally. I'm hoping he hits 55 HR this season and the Yankees hit 80 as a team. And all of those home runs come in losses when the team is down by more than four runs.

Ceetar Feb 17 2015 01:33 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

I want him to set the major league record for Grand Slams while down by 5 runs in which your team eventually loses.

d'Kong76 Feb 17 2015 01:34 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Ceetar wrote: Gwreck wrote: I continue to kind of like him personally. What do you like about him? Personally.

Ceetar Feb 17 2015 01:59 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

d'Kong76 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Gwreck wrote: I continue to kind of like him personally. What do you like about him? Personally. his $10 smile.

dgwphotography Feb 17 2015 02:07 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: I continue to kind of like him personally. What do you like about him? Personally. his $10 smile. You have a thing for Centaurs, don't you?

Zvon Feb 17 2015 03:03 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

If he manually hand wrote individual letters to every fan of baseball, numbered & signed, I might forgive him.

Rockin' Doc Feb 17 2015 06:07 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

I think MGIM forgot to finish typing the title for this thread. ARod says he's sorry.....he got caught. I liked Arod when he was a rapidly rising young star with the Seattle Mariners, but then he linked up with Boras and showed himself to be a self absorbed, pompous ass. It was only appropriate that he eventually joined Steinbrenner's minions (a plethora of pompous asses).

d'Kong76 Feb 17 2015 06:15 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Ceetar wrote: his $10 smile. His syringes cost $10, nothing but the best. The smile I'm sure cost many more zeroes.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 17 2015 06:38 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

I couldn't give a shit about any of this, and not just because A-Rod plays up in the Bronx. What gets lost in all of this is that in his prime, A-Rod was twice the player Jeter ever was, but try and get any Yankee fan to acknowledge that. Jeter's best season might, might qualify as A-Rod's sixth best. A-Rod also brings to mind one of eff Wilpon's earliest and most spectacular dog and pony shows. But why would Mets fans have wanted a shortstop that hit about two HR's a week when they already had one that hit about two HR's every six years?

d'Kong76 Feb 17 2015 06:45 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Was waiting for that to come up again.

Edgy MD Feb 17 2015 07:11 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

batmagadanleadoff wrote: A-Rod also brings to mind one of eff Wilpon's earliest and most spectacular dog and pony shows. But why would Mets fans have wanted a shortstop that hit about two HR's a week when they already had one that hit about two HR's every six years? Don't you claim Wilpon was in charge since, like 1993, or something?

Fman99 Feb 17 2015 07:56 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: ...with a hand-written letter to the fans, and, well, everybody else. [url]http://m.mlb.com/news/article/109501412/alex-rodriguezs-letter-of-apology-to-fans?partnerId=as_mlb_20150217_40631696&adbid=567747270972407810&adbpl=tw&adbpr=18479513 Is this the first step to a confessional interview with the baseball version of Oprah on the MLB Network? This seems like an odd move. And because it's ARod, it will be openly mocked. This article gives me a big sweaty YLDBoner.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 17 2015 08:06 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Edgy MD wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: A-Rod also brings to mind one of eff Wilpon's earliest and most spectacular dog and pony shows. But why would Mets fans have wanted a shortstop that hit about two HR's a week when they already had one that hit about two HR's every six years? Don't you claim Wilpon was in charge since, like 1993, or something? Yeah. Maybe even a little earlier.

Mets Guy in Michigan Feb 17 2015 08:23 PM Re: ARod says he's sorry

ARod has become such a goofball, and is so hated by his own team's fans, that I almost feel sorry for him at this point. I almost want him to do well because I know it will drive MFY fans crazy. Every milestone he approaches will bring new rounds of shame and roids stories and photos of him in a Yankees uniform, tainting him and the team. This spring training is going to be a farce of gloriously spectacular measures. Spring lacks controversial story lines to begin with. So every media outlet is going to have people in Tampa following this clown show, asking whether he's spoken to the team, what do the players think, what is the fan reaction, will he or won't he be in the field. It's going to be an amazing distraction! They can talk about retiring the numbers from everybody but Steve Balboni and Brien Taylor as a diversion, and it's still not going to work. And the best part is that there's no way the team didn't know what it was getting. Maybe not with the first contract, but certainly with the ridiculous extension they gave him. We can happily take our nice quiet spring, where the only question is whether Dillon Gee is in the rotation or bullpen, and let this nightmare play out across the state.

metsmarathon Feb 18 2015 07:33 AM Re: ARod says he's sorry

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: ARod has become such a goofball, and is so hated by his own team's fans, that I almost feel sorry for him at this point. I almost want him to do well because I know it will drive MFY fans crazy. Every milestone he approaches will bring new rounds of shame and roids stories and photos of him in a Yankees uniform, tainting him and the team. This spring training is going to be a farce of gloriously spectacular measures. Spring lacks controversial story lines to begin with. So every media outlet is going to have people in Tampa following this clown show, asking whether he's spoken to the team, what do the players think, what is the fan reaction, will he or won't he be in the field. It's going to be an amazing distraction! They can talk about retiring the numbers from everybody but Steve Balboni and Brien Taylor as a diversion, and it's still not going to work. And the best part is that there's no way the team didn't know what it was getting. Maybe not with the first contract, but certainly with the ridiculous extension they gave him. We can happily take our nice quiet spring, where the only question is whether Dillon Gee is in the rotation or bullpen, and let this nightmare play out across the state. all of this. except that i absolutely want him to do well, very damned well, to magnify the existential MFY dread to the utmost extent.

Lefty Specialist Feb 18 2015 07:34 AM Re: ARod says he's sorry

And that's the real fun of this, and of A-Rod in general. He's an enormous distraction. He's such a fart in a crowded room. I hope he plays just well enough for the Yankees to not buy out his contract. I want three more years of this. I want Willie Mays to say he hit 660 home runs on milkshakes and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, when the time comes. I want A-Rod to keep saying self-obsessed stuff and appear in the headlines. Because, yes, this drives MFY fans crazy. So give me more.

Edgy MD Feb 18 2015 07:42 AM Re: ARod says he's sorry

For indeed, what is life without farts in crowded rooms?