"If they don't make it, here is the progression for A-Rod, such as it is, since the Yankees made the big trade for him:
2004: Lose in the ALCS to the Red Sox, blowing a 3-0 lead in the process, the most epic calamity in the history of the organization.
2005: Lose in the first round of the playoffs to the Angels.
2006: Lose in the first round of the playoffs to the Tigers.
2007: Out of playoffs.
Nobody is saying that it is all on A-Rod, because it's not, because we know how the Yankees have pitched in October for a long time. There is always a lot of high-priced talent in the room, though the price tag is never his price tag. But it is also fair to say if he had been MVP Alex in, say, Game 6 against the Red Sox in '04, if he had been MVP Alex against the Angels or the Tigers, he might have his World Series ring already."
Lupica won't mention the record of the Texas Rangers. Please remember that Lupica claimed at the time that the Rangers were better off without ARod than the Yankees were with ARod.
I also like when people ask, "What if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?" Well, if they don't, it damned sure ain't ARod's fault.
If they do make the playoffs?
ARod should take October off and collect double the playoff money.
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That weasel Lupica needs to just stop. With every syllable he exposes his ignorance further.
Ernie Banks, Charles Barkley, Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, Karl Malone, etc. must all really suck in Lupica's mind. Hell, Sanders probably only made the playoffs like once or twice, let alone win a title.
In Lupica's mind I guess, A-Rod is good, but he's no Scott Brosious.
Lupica basically admits that ARod deserves the MVP this season. (Two months to go, I think it's still too early to say.) But let's just say that Lupica admits that ARod is the MVP so far this season.
It's like that tootsie roll commercial: How many licks does it take?
Now we know. It takes 100 runs batted in in 98 games. It takes 14 homeruns in the first 18 games to get the so-called Yankee fans off his back. It takes a once-in-a-lifetime performance. That's all.
We all know the 2007 team isn't as good as the 1998 team or freakin' Babe Ruth's teams. "Babe Ruth's teams won titles." Duh.
Babe Ruth's teams didn't have Kei Igawa. If Kei Igawa played in those days, Jimmie Foxx would have hit 1,000 homeruns.
Oh, and by the way, Don Mattingly has zero rings. If that's your criteria for True Yankee ...
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