Humorless and ignorant, Lupica usually attacks non-existent arguments from the opposition. This time, he attacks the weird, possibly fictional pro-ARod protesters. A real-life manifestation of straw men.
Arguing with these people would be a waste of intellectual energy, except Lupica has no intellect in the first place:
"Up until now, you probably thought he was just another rich, self-absorbed athlete trying to hold on to his money and what is left of his prime. But looking at the demonstrators on Park Ave., it turns out you were wrong, we all were. Alex Rodriguez is a victim, and practically a political prisoner. No one saw the obvious similarities between him and Nelson Mandela until now."
No one is really comparing ARod to Nelson Mandela, but you're going after a very easy target. I actually think these protestors were hired or were satirical.
"He is a symbol of oppression, at least according to protesters who appear to have piled out of a Volkswagen like clowns every morning for photo ops before Rodriguez goes upstairs for these hearings on his 211-game suspension."
You're shooting fish in a barrel.
"You really do start to wonder how we did miss the obvious comparisons to Mandela. Or Cesar Chavez. Or, better yet, Che Guevara."
You, Sir, are an ignorant turd.
I really think Lupica googled "freedom fighter" and picked the first three names that appeared.
Not to get all political up in here, but you're linking Nelson Mandela to Che Guevera and you somehow think this comparison is appropriate. If you want to join the adult conversation, read a book or something.
"No justice, no peace for the guy, to go along with a batting average that ended up in the .240 range, and two swings that anybody remembered after Rodriguez rejoined the Yankees."
Right.
When he bats .300, it doesn't matter. When he slumps, it matters.
I'm also quite intrigued by the "two swings" theory. My guess is (1) the Revenge HR in Fenway off Dempster, and (2) the record-breaking grand slam.
I can think of many other memorable ARod swings in 2013, so I'm not sure what Lupica is talking about.
Are "memorable swings" even a thing? Does the lack of
memorable swings speak to a player's ineptitude? Or does it speak to an
elderly sportswriter's soft brain?
MVP Candidate Mike Trout: name two specific swings since the All Star Break.
Alfonso Soriano: name two specific swings since the Yankees picked him up.
The entire Mets team: I challenge Mike Lupica to name two specific swings from the entire Mets team that occurred in the final seven weeks of the 2013 season.
"He thinks he can lawyer his way out of this, or flack his way out of this, or crisis-manage his way out of this. He is defended by these demonstrators and really is treated like some sort of victim as the meter continues to run on these lawyers and flacks and crisis managers. You start to think that in the end, what he will end up paying these people could have kept the government running this week."
Wow! Effortless transition to current events.
"Alex Rodriguez, bless his heart, has played a lot of parts in his life, and now he plays a new one, at least in his own mind, and the minds of these people on the street who seem to think they’re in some weird reality series:
Freedom fighter.
Maybe he really is Che Guevara in pinstripes. Don’t call him A-Rod, anymore. Go with Che-Rod."
"Che-Rod."
Good one.
I'm sure it's going to catch on like Fox News' "government slimdown" is catching on.
Before you conflate Nelson Mandela and a baseball player to a Marxist guerrilla mass murderer, you should probably check wikipedia.
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