Comments on: A-Rod regrets not being a Met

By: JK

JK — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:23:15 +0000

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.

By: sloppy

sloppy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:39:55 +0000

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…...

By: JK

JK — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:57:50 +0000

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.

By: sloppy

sloppy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:42:48 +0000

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?

By: JK

JK — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:51:55 +0000

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:

... “I went for the contract when my true desire was to go play for the Mets,”
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.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:45:17 +0000

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.

By: sloppy

sloppy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:23:40 +0000

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?

By: runnin rebel

runnin rebel — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:35:08 +0000

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.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:43:48 +0000

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.

By: runnin rebel

runnin rebel — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:52:14 +0000

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.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:46:46 +0000

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.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:00:01 +0000

Can he play second? We’ll take him!

By: Donn

Donn — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:59:54 +0000

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.

By: RG

RG — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:36:23 +0000

Non, je ne regrette rien.

A-Rod’s a great player, but he is one high maintenance guy. I can live without that.

By: jay

jay — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:30:27 +0000

who’s alex rodriguez? never heard of ‘em.

By: Annie Savoy

Annie Savoy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:19:23 +0000

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.

By: sloppy

sloppy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:02:57 +0000

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!

By: metsfan

metsfan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:47:42 +0000

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.

By: clm

clm — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:39:49 +0000

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.

By: Dan Gurney

Dan Gurney — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:33:45 +0000

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.