Boras hints A-Rod probably will opt out

The Boston Herald ^ | 10 October 2007 | AP

[brownsfan]

“A-Rod hitting in front of, or behind, Mad Vlad would be dynamic.”

As a Cleveland fan, I was really happy the Yankees had A-Rod. :)

[dfwgator]

As a Tigers fan, I was really happy the Yankees had A-Rod last year.

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

as a sox fan, id like to see him in a royals jersey

[Clemenza]

Pete Rozelle and Wellington Mara were smart to make the NFL an OPEC-style cartel back in the 1940s.

There are two good things that Selig did for MLB: Divisional playoffs and the luxury tax. Since the tax was instituted three years ago, the Steinbrenner's of the world are limited as to how they can spend their money.

Besides, spending millions and millions did nothing for the Yankees in the 1980s and since 1999, their very expensive team has been 4-12 in the playoffs.

[Badeye]

(chuckle)

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Unfortunately for the Red Sox, there's a very good chance Mike Lowell will be the next Yankee third baseman if Rodriguez opts out of his contract.

I hope not. I'd like the Sox to make Lowell a very attractive offer to stay here. He's a Gold Glove-caliber third baseman with a good deal of pop---an excellent fifth hitter.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Besides, spending millions and millions did nothing for the Yankees in the 1980s and since 1999, their very expensive team has been 4-12 in the playoffs.

Those wins cost the Big Stein something like $1.2 billion!

[Alberta's Child]

That's exactly the kind of player the Yankees have not had since the days of Scott Brosius and Charlie Hayes -- which also happened to be some of their most successful teams in recent years, too.

The one thing the Yankees would need to do with A-Rod out of the lineup is find some serious power from the right side of the plate. For all of A-Rod's flaws, they never would have made the playoffs without him this year.

[Alberta's Child]

. . . since 1999, their very expensive team has been 4-12 in the playoffs.

Oddly enough, the Yankees probably don't consider that to be much of a problem at all.

The Yankees aren't built to win in the playoffs, despite all of the disappointment you hear from the team these days. They've built themselves a team that will get 4 million fans through the gate (into some very expensive seats, I might add), which is very different from a team that wins championships.

It's also worth noting that this high-payroll team was able to help the Yankees get a new stadium at a pretty big expense for the taxpayers of New York.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

The one thing the Yankees would need to do with A-Rod out of the lineup is find some serious power from the right side of the plate.

Maybe the Sox will put Ramirez on waivers again this year!

[Clemenza]

I'm willing to bet that if the stadium was put to a vote by the resident of New York CITY, it would have gone down in flames.

King George should have left that ghetto in the Bronx and built the new stadium in New Jersey, where 70% of Yankee fans seem to live anyway.

[Alberta's Child]

Pete Rozelle and Wellington Mara were smart to make the NFL an OPEC-style cartel back in the 1940s.

That kind of business model worked for a very long time, but I think it's ultimately going to kill the NFL down the road.

Today, this OPEC-style cartel has caused a serious decline in the quality of play in the National Football League, and has pushed the NFL alarmingly close to that thin line that separates a competitive sport from a staged event.

[Alberta's Child]

I think the Yankees draw a lot of their fans from Westchester, Connecticut, and even Long Island.

The team had no leverage to get a stadium built in New Jersey anyway . . . the only place it could have been built would have been the Meadowlands, which is one of the worst places in the region for holding sporting events on weekday nights. And the voters in New Jersey had already voted down (by a wide margin) a proposed plan to build a stadium for the Yankees back in the late 1980s.

[Badeye]

‘Pete Rozelle and Wellington Mara were smart to make the NFL an OPEC-style cartel back in the 1940s. ‘

Yep.

I stopped taking baseball seriously when they foisted the DH on us.

[snarks_when_bored]

A-Rod...Mr. August.

[CT-Freeper]

I stopped taking baseball seriously when they foisted the DH on us.

That's why you've gotta pick a National League team to root for and just forget that the AL even exists.

[dmz]

as an orioles fan, it would be just fine to have him, as there would be no post season pressure at all ...

not really, I’d prefer him to go elsewhere, I’d rather get a bunch of overachieving youngsters in the style of Nick Markakis.

[CT-Freeper]

Since the tax was instituted three years ago, the Steinbrenner's of the world are limited as to how they can spend their money.

As a baseball fan, I'd say this is generally good. As a proponent of capitalism, I think the luxury tax is horrible and stupid. Still, if you want to be an MLB franchisee (the teams), I guess you have to play by the rules of the franchiser (MLB).

[llevrok]

he’s clubhouse poison.

As a Seattle fan, I agree.

[tiger-one]

I am a Sox fan also... A-ROD should go west, his “I am the greatest” attitude is what help sink the Yanks