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Regression to the mean: it happens to all.

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Regression to the mean: it happens to all.

Arod, regular season career (8304AB): .305/.390/.576

Arod, postseason 2009 (27AB): .407/.469/1.000

Arod postseason career (174AB): .299/.388/.563

Arod has to stay hot a little while longer to bring the numbers into line.

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It IS good.....

to see Arod really making some great contact. Putting some of those critics out to pasture. WTG Arod…..
I was checking out Bleacher Report and there is a GREAT article (actually two) chronicling the escapades of little ole manny and his taking a shower right after being removed for defensive purposes…..A real “who cares” attitude, my take on the article…..

Rick
Goooooooooooo MSU BOBCATs
MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

by ramyankee on Oct 21, 2009 11:47 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sometimes, you just know things are going to happen --

And I knew Alex was going to have a solid postseason. Don’t ask me to explain that.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I also knew A-Rod

was going to have a great postseason because he is Alex freaking Rodriguez. I just knew it.

by tombradylikesdudes on Oct 21, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was kinda creepy how Joe Buck

Was splooging all over A-Rod and his confidence the second before he cranks a two run shot to left. He should sing Alex’s praises every time he is at bat. I bet when he hit it out McCarver’s sphincter collapsed like a quantum singularity.

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Those two get flat-out depressed when the Yanks are doing well. McCarver’s gonna need to make a mini investment in a case of Nyquil if he wants to get any sleep this October.

by Solomon96 on Oct 21, 2009 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A slugging % of 1 is OK I guess

by XLII on Oct 21, 2009 12:55 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah. I can’t help feeling that he could do better…

"Have faith in the Yankees, my son. Think of the great DiMaggio."

by jscape2000 on Oct 21, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A-ROD

WHO WOULD HAVE YHOUGHT?AFTER LAST YEAR .JUST THINK HE WAS ALMOST A RED SOX THAT IS WORSE THAN HANGING.ENJOY SOX FANS,ENJOY .GAME OVER FOR YOU AND YOUR FANS

BIG YANKEE FAN,FROM MASS. HAVE TO PUT UP WIYH ALL THESE HOLE SOX FANS

by JEETS on Oct 21, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

on ESPN radio

one ass-clown tried to say A-Rod’s recent post season success was because he had to admit to steroids thus HUMBLING him and further promoting “team chemistry”. lol sensationalist bullshit. Personally I think it’s because he’s boning kate hudson. I’d post up a +.950 ops too :-)

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Oct 21, 2009 3:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If I was boning Kate or Minka

I would be relaxed as shit at the plate too. "Hey, if I strike out right here… I will get some sympathy “love” at home tonight".

by HappyLuckyGoldenDragonNumber1! on Oct 21, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah

“and if i hit a hr, how should i put this, daytime love tommorow”

"I'm not superstitious, just a little stitious"- Michael Scott

by GTWYankee on Oct 21, 2009 6:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Play for the other team?

Not that there’s anything wrong with it….

..."I predict...the Giants are #1"...

...."That's not a prediction meatman, that's a FACT OF LIFE"!.

---Carl

by FreeBradshaw on Oct 22, 2009 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

There could be something to it

After all, if his reputation is now tarnished forever, especially in the eyes of the many haters – maybe now he’s just decided ‘screw it, I’ll never change their minds, so I’m just going to play baseball and have fun. And, bone Kate Hudson.’

by waw on Oct 21, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sooo….. Can anyone find Tex a Victoria Secret model? Maybe he’ll break out of the slump tomorrow!

by Vancouverguy on Oct 21, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

he was on a 16 play off game slump...

Before that he was a pretty good post season player….he was bound to snap out of it…god I’m glad he did…..

by NYYWinsRings26 on Oct 21, 2009 5:54 PM EDT via mobile reply actions   0 recs

Interesting note

ARod
Regular Season: .305/.390/.576/.965
Postseason: .299/.388/.563/.951

Mystery Player
Regular Season: .317/.388/.459/.847
Postseason: .310/.379/.481/.860

Mystery player is generally considered one of the best postseason players of all time, despite having an OPS almost .100 points less than ARod, who is generally considered a playoff choke artist (before this season anyway). Mystery player, in case you don’t recognize it, is Derek Jeter. Funny how our perceptions work.

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 22, 2009 1:55 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs


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