As a lifelong Yankees fan, I would love to see A-Roid hit the bricks and get gone. He’s been nothing but a headache for the Yankees since his arrival!
But he’s so great in the playoffs. /s
Ditto. His arrival on the scene ushered in the end of a Yankee era of class - Williams, O’Neill, Martinez, Broscius, Posada, Jeter, Pettite, Rivera. The emphasis then was on home-grown talent with a few steady-performer signings (sans ego) thrown in to create teams that were a joy to watch.
The signing of ARod was a display of gaudiness that upset the clubhouse apple cart, re-visited the big-money image of “the best team money can buy” that fans resent, and suggested a level of desperation in the face of a certain franchise to the North that was beginning to amass a potent team of their own.