A-Rod finalizes deal, slams Boras

by anaconda on Dec 13, 2007 1:08 PM EST in New York Yankees News

Pete Abraham has the audio. Running time is about 25 minutes.

I'm not calling A-Rod a liar, but I think throwing Scott Boras under the bus is a great PR move for him even if he isn't entirely sincere. Obviously, this is going to be his final major-league contract, so Boras has more than done his job as his agent and his services won't be needed the rest of A-Rod's career. After the opt-out debacle, A-Rod needs to do whatever he can to repair his image with Yankee fans and the rest of baseball.

Now that the Mitchell Report is about to be released (with A-Rod's name absent from it), he is going to be the Golden Boy of MLB once he gets within striking distance of the all-time homerun record *.

Overall, history will judge today as a very dark one in MLB and the New York Yankees, but a very good day for the future homerun king.

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Lots of names on the Mitchell report

And, quite a few of them that I have a hard time comprehending.

The Boone brothers? Pettite? The list goes on.

A few of them are, to quite my granddaughter, "like, duh!" McGwire, Sosa, the Cansecos, the Giambis, Palmieri, Bonds (of course), you can look at them and see the more than significant increase in body mass.

But, some of those are still puny! Having done my share of bodybuilding over the last 50 years, and having worked out with major 'roid users, and the visible signs are, 9 times out of 10, quite clear.

Oh well.

by GrandEd on Dec 13, 2007 1:46 PM EST reply actions

hey man

Floyd Landis was doping... if you can believe that everyone is suspect...

Eleven wins in October...

by Edwantsacracker on Dec 14, 2007 12:03 AM EST up reply actions

I actually listened to about half

of the conference call. He seems convincing, but I have a hard time believing that A-Rod was under the illusion that the Yankees weren't interested in his services. The story seems to be that Boras misled him into opting out.

Fishy? Just a bit.

I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. -- El Duque

by LateInningRelief on Dec 13, 2007 5:03 PM EST reply actions

I'll drink that Kool Aid

I don't want to hate anyone who is going to be a Yankee for the next ten years and has a good shot at bringing the HR record back to the Bronx.

"The secret of managing is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are undecided." -Casey Stengel

by bxgrl1 on Dec 13, 2007 5:47 PM EST up reply actions

Exactly

Will this even be remembered when he hits #800? I think not.

by docgonzo on Dec 13, 2007 5:49 PM EST up reply actions

Okay

You gave me the rationale. He never juiced*, so I love A-Rod!

*Or at least never juiced in the vicinty of the two (that's right, just 2) sources that Mitchell built his report on.

I always feel pressure. What I don't have is fear. -- El Duque

by LateInningRelief on Dec 13, 2007 9:12 PM EST up reply actions

Wow

It finally has sunk in that Arod is a Yankee for life. I always thought he would be inducted into the Hall of Fame quite ambiguously as a player who existed with no real team identity and just be Arod. But, those days are over.

Nuke the whales. Save Phil Hughes!

by marcbouch9 on Dec 13, 2007 6:39 PM EST reply actions