Open thread

There’s been 4 regular season games and 2 preseason games played in the new stadium and I’m already hearing comparisons to citizens park etc. I think this is premature and we should at least give the yanks 40 games in their new digs before we make any judgments. Also, the Indians absolutely killed our pitching averaging 10 runs/game so this certainly can’t continue….. Center field is actually a little deeper than the old stadium according to hitracker and right field is a little shorter so HR’s should even out.
anyone else have an opinion either way?.

Question: Brett Myers beats up his wife no comment from ESPN or the Commisioner about how bad or disgraceful to the game that is, Tony LaRussa gets DUI again no one has a problem with that, Steve Phillips gets sued for sexual harrassment while stil GM of the Mets, Roy Oswalt has no problems with Andy Pettite and Roger Clemens using steroids while they helped Houston get to the World Series. Alex takes off his shirt in Central Park like 3 million other people do, dates outside his marriage like 70% of the country does, is in the gossip columns like Jeter always is for who he is dating. So tell me again how A-Rod is such a disgrace to baseball. Never arrested doesn’t beat his wife cheated like a whole lot of other guys did, didn’t help us win a world series like a whole lot of other guys didn’t.

I agree with the previous poster (ae2cdk) regarding the attention given to A-Rod, the media simply maintains the focus on him because it sells. As you mentioned, A-Rod takes off his shirt in Central Park, there is a media storm. Yuri Sucart picks Alex up in Tampa, another media frenzy. Alex’s wife wears an “offensive” t-shirt to the Stadium and the media has something to say about that. Where was all of this media attention and outrage when Jim Leyritz was convicted of DUI manslaughter? How about Julio Lugo?

While we’re on the subject, where were all of these animal rights activists at when Randy Johnson killed a bird while on the mound?

there are 11-2 … and played the nationals 6 times already … what i wouldnt give to swap any team in our division for the nationals….

also … almost every team in the league has a 7-5 or 7-6 average right now … so how the makes the yanks falling apart at this point i will never know.

i thought this was anopen thread to discuss the Yankees and Baseball. i didn’t know that you were the arbiter of what is appropriate in this blog. BTW I was asking a question and last i heard ballplayers were not animals. My point in case you missed it in your skimming of my post is that I would like to know why Alex is constantly criticized for things that in comparison to what else is going on in Baseball and in sports are extremely miniscule. I don’t expect the Yankees to win every year, I appreciate when they do because i remember when they NEVER won. When Rudy May was their best pitcher and chicken stanley was their best shortstop. So whether they win or not i will support my team.