Amazing that the Tigers were 80-0 this year after the 7th inning when being ahead...
Alex isn't a hundred percent he missed a large portion of the season and never really got back into full form. Russel Martin hurt us big time also, he was just overmatched. That happens to catchers late in the year on occasion I was hoping Joe would pinch hit for him because he was just acting like an automatic out when he was up there, weak swings and whatnot. Alex wasn't unclutch in 2009 postseason if you can remember back that far.
10 Seasons (16 Series) 68 299 249 42 69 16 0 13 41 8 3 37 63 .277 .386 .498 .884 124 5 9 1 3 4
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrial01.shtml
The postseason careers of most players are so small, it's nit a fair and representative sample of a players true talent. Also, the pitching in the postseason is much, much better than the reg season.
i pretty much agree but arod has only had one decent postseason
Alex has 249 lifetime AB's in the postseason (299 plate appearances) and has 69 hits for a .277 average. Alex's lifetime BA is .302.
I'm not stats guru, but i would have to imagine that every .300 hitter in MLB history had a stretch of 250 ABs where they only hit .277. I'm going on a hunch there.
when looked at that way, it's not bad
however, when each game/big moment is broken down and all he has is a few moments from 09, well, for a superstar, it doesnt look good
The dollars paid to A-Rod,and other superstars on the Yankees team limit manager Joe Girardi's flexiblity in who plays.He [JG]can't make any moves,to shake up the team,or mix up his lineup,and use his roster to its full potential.Having one good year doesn't justify the $30 million he's being paid every year.
There's a dysfunctional dynamic between high end teams like Boston and the NYY,and the fans who follow them.Payroll goes up,prices follow,along with expectations,and nothing less than a World Series title can satisfy,being good isn't good enough.I totally agree. Nothing good can come from overpaying athletes. Maybe the Yankees and Red Sox organizations will learn that someday.
The Yankee's front office is playing to their customers who support the multi-billion dollar operation which they've become.The NYY are catering to a high end baseball crowd,and that's their market.well, lets remember the yankees front office is fucking stupid
Do Cubs fans still show up?I won't say he doesn't deserve his dough as a) you're worth what someone will pay you and b) while talking about his clutch or lack thereof, championships really arent everything as he still 'performed' and 'entertained' 162 nights a year and helped make the team $$$ so thus, is entitled to his share
championships ARE important and all that but i am a lil tired of whenever yanks/sox dont win they say 'the season was a failure' when thats bogus cuz the fans were treated to 7months of athletic entertainment and got to experience the ups and downs of a teams fortunes
What kind of team are they getting for the money?Who's left to win the World Series this year,and where do they rank in terms of payroll?I think it is reasonable to equate salary to success. If an owner paid $200 million/year (Yankees), I would expect much more success than a team with a $40 million payroll (Rays).
Why? Salary is mostly based on past performance, it is money that you're being paid for what you have done. It's just a hope that if you have been good in the past you'll be good in the future. It doesn't always work out that way. Seems to me that players who are financially hungry might play harder than guys who just signed for megabucks. Look at Carl Crawford. Awesome player when he was making peanuts, now that he's signed the monster deal, hes got lesser incentive to be as good as he was.I think it is reasonable to equate salary to success. If an owner paid $200 million/year (Yankees), I would expect much more success than a team with a $40 million payroll (Rays).