A-Rod regrets not being a Met
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Alex Rodriguez was quoted in today’s NY Daily News saying he regrets not signing with the Mets.
If he had, how would it have impacted the career of Jose Reyes?
“I don’t know,” Reyes said. “Good question.”
I asked Reyes if there was anything he liked about playing second base and he said no.
You have to wonder if they signed Rodriguez how different would the Mets be?
Would they have gone after Carlos Beltran? Would they have spent on Johan Santana? Would they have eventually moved him to third, and what would have become of David Wright?
I definitely can’t imagine he would have won a World Series with the Mets.
Personally, I think the Mets don’t regret the decision.
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on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 at 9:17 am by John Delcos.
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A-Rod's mouth certainly explains his popularity among his peers, doesn't it? Who will write the explanation of he didn't really mean it? Him, Boras, Yankee PR guy?
In the 7 years since the Mets didn't sign Rodriguez, they have made the playoffs exactly once. I can see why the Wilpons are slapping themselves on the back about that.
What John asks is impossible to: what would the past be like if they signed Rodriguez. How many tickets would they have sold.The fact they signed Rey ordonez to a four year contract after 1999 shows the "go for 85 wins" mentality this franchise had for too many years.
A Rod has his foibles that make you scratch your head but he can play at a very high level apparently legally. The idea is to acquire players like that.
Things work out for the best. He is a great player. One the Yankees can absorb, not the Mets. This soap opera is one the Mets couldn't have dealt with because they didn't have 4 titles to buffer them.
Who knows what would have happened? Not me, but I am glad to have Reyes and Wright and working on building this team w/out A-Rod. The cost in money and drama was just too high.
this is a whole bunch of nothing. Arod can say whatever he wants now, but the fact is, he didn't sign with the Mets, he could have if he really wanted to, but obviously he didn't, and went elsewhere, and got the biggest contract in sports history. All this is, is talk, people love talk, but it doesn't mean anything. Judge people by their actions. He didn't want to be a Met.
Saw the D-Backs just sent down a kid named BILLY BUCKNER… Oh, some memories can be very good! We can debate the what ifs if the original Billy Buckner fielded the ball, just as well as the A-Rod stuff…. Its kind of ironic though, the 86 team was just a super powerhouse, and the greatest memory of that team is of an opposition player missing a dribbler!
Alex is not acquainted with the truth – he speaks his own language where 'I' is the definitive word. He lives in the world of Alex.
I remember the days of the Alex Notebook and Boras pushing all the 'extras' Alex would need. That's where the 24-1 phrase came into effect.
I also remember that Steve Phillips was absolutely opposed to Alex coming to the Mets. It is the only good thing I remember about Steve Phillips and I am glad he prevailed.
Alex has never won a World Series anywhere and is almost universally just tolerated by his team mates. His wife is a psycho-therapist and I wonder what effect her profession has had on him….........
I just ignore him.
who's alex rodriguez? never heard of 'em.
Non, je ne regrette rien.
A-Rod's a great player, but he is one high maintenance guy. I can live without that.
I regretted missing out on ARod in 2001-2004. Reyes & Wright (and Alex's annual primadonna behavior) have caused me to not miss him ever since.
Can he play second? We'll take him!
That's crazy of him to say even if that's how he really feels. The Mets are arch-rivals of the team he plays for right now. Why would he court the ire of Yankee fans that way? I find it really weird.
I think ARod Would have been great for the Mets. However Boras is just a self-center tool who is really good at his job. I think it is strange that he feels that it was time to say his regrets after all these years. At least he is not stubborn enough to admit he might have made a mistake.
While he his very high-maintenance his bat speaks louder than his words but I am not so sure it speaks louder than Boras words.
Say what you want about him and his agent. But 10 years at 25 per is a lot of shekels. The ballplayers like the doctors and lawyers and the wall street crowd is just like gordon gecko.
Most people would do what he did and follow the money.
That is true, but he's also playing a game. Most people cannot say that about their jobs these days. So money should not be the only factor, which unfortunately it presents itself in his case.
Why should a ballpalayer be held to a different standard than one in a different lineof work? He took the $$. so what… It was his choice…. as for Boras agree with Dave… If you were a ballplayer who would you have instead?
I think everyone is looking at this the wrong way. Alex is simply stating that things were different when he was 24, as in, Boras called the shots and he listened.
Do no interpret these statements as "I wish I was a Met." I'm sure he is tickled to be a Yankee, and as someone above mentioned, he is probably better suited for the Bronx Zoo. I just took it as ARod letting us inside his head and showing how he's matured over the years and how his priorities have changed.
I don't think there is any question that what A-Rod wanted most in 2000 was to be a Met, but he let money get in the way.
This is what he told Harper:
And it's widely known he was a big Mets fan growing up. I'm glad he didn't sign with the Mets at the time because he was too immature and I don't think it would have worked. Steve Phillips was right about the 24 + 1. A-Rod has finally grown up and shown enough independence to tell Boras to shove it, but it took him all of 32 years to do it. Many teenagers are more independent and mature than what A-Rod has demonstrated throughout his career.
Also, with A-Rod, we might not have had Reyes and probably no Santana either, and I'd rather have those 2 players.
You were trying out a new SNL skit right JK??? AROD has shown he's matured because right after he signed a new 10 year deal with the Yankees he goes to the press and pronounces his real dream was to be a Met??????? If that's your sign of maturity I'm glad you ain't on my team. I don't think SNL will buy it from you anyway, not even a good try. And please tell us, who is AROD's new agent?
Uh, no sloppy. A-Rod has finally matured because he finally told Boras to shove it. That was crystal clear in my post. I don't know how you could have missed it. And he told Boras to shove it before he signed the $275 million extension with the Yankees.
I have no idea why you have such a hard time comprehending my posts. Maybe you should either stop trying and ignore them or ask me to clarify things before you try to make a post about them. Because you continually misstate what I write. If I say a + b = C, you'd come back and say I wrote a + e = r.
Or is misreading things part of your comedy skit? If so, it isn't very funny.
I don't have a hard time comnprehending your posts. They are worthless, always incorrect, arrogant, especially arrogant. They demosntrate hourly how you have no knowledge of not only baseball but anything in thw world, you have no sense of humor, you have no ability to to end a discussion, you obviously think you are prefect… and you can't tell me who AROD made his new agent and you don't even weant to admit when you are wrong like your incorrect comment thatr Milledge waws not on the Mets at the start of last season…. But you go on forever when someone else makes a mistake like the DC dope. howe many times did you bring it up. I can'tr wait for his return. He got you pegged. what did he call you a non-metsie or an anti-metsie or something. Even keith has tired of your boring and and inaccurate lecturing…. And if you really want a trash talk fight you're
re in the wwrong place, because there's some pro's here, and you ain't one of them…. now turn this off real fast, your boss is gonna catch you…...
Wow, sloppy, you continually attack me for things I don't even say. Then you go on a little diatribe about my "worthless" posts yet you obviously keep reading them?
A psychiatrist would have a field day with you.