Steve Politi ignores the entire weekend ... no, he ignores the entire season ... in an embarrassing display of nostalgia that supposedly passes for sports journalism:
"And still, there are always moments when the Yankees have a runner on base with two outs in a tie game, desperately needing a clutch hit to bring in the run.
Moments when you ask yourself this: If you are the Yankees, whom would you rather have at-bat?
The washed-up Bernie?
The incredible shrinking Giambi?
Or even the in-his-prime A-Rod?
If you answered Jason Giambi, a representative from Congress is waiting for you in the back room with a sample cup. If you answered Alex Rodriguez, well, thank you for reading, Mrs. Rodriguez.
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Or Torre could even watch the highlights from this game yesterday, the latest example of Giambi looking small and A-Rod coming up small, and another moment in which Williams -- even with bat speed that might not register on a wind vane -- delivers. "
Alex Rodriguez showed up this weekend, and was the only Yankee batter who showed up.
Alex Rodriguez did not come up small, he just had a bad at-bat in the eighth innning. It was one of his few unsuccessful at-bats of the series so, naturally, Steve Politi chooses to focus on it.
Alex Rodriguez had 5 hits in 9 at-bats and was also walked 5 times. That's a batting average of "damn good" and an on-base percentage of "really damn good."
For the season, Alex Rodriguez is batting .310 and he leads the league in homeruns. Alex Rodriguez also leads the league in runs batted in (like his clutch rbi single off Pedro yesterday). Alex Rodriguez also leads the league in runs scored. So, he's good.
Bernie Williams is hitting .236 for the season and his days of consistenly hitting .300 are long gone. A big hit here and there doesn't change that.
Who do I want batting with the game on the line? Between ARod and Bernie?
The answer is, "ARod, any day of the week."
If you answered Bernie, well, thank you for writing, Mrs. Williams.
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