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Originally Posted by ARod2212

Is it really all that impossible for Rodriguez to carry this team? I mean the guy is one of the best players of this generation. Don't suffer from 'head up your ass' syndrome.

Good call. I agree.


Well looks as if he's pretty much breaking out of the slump. Bloop singles and RBI grounders in the Tiger series to multi-Home Run games in the Twins series. Lets just hope he keeps it up.


As for all this anti- A-Rod stuff, I dont get it. Sure, you can be annoyed with the fact that he hasn't been coming through and being the offensive weapon he is supposed to be. But clearly the guy has some issues. People claim that he's probably just a guy who can't handle the pressures of New York; a valid arguement. I, however, disagree. I thin k he can handle New York fine. What I think the problem is is that he can't handle the pressure he's put on himself. As we saw last year he can handle New York and be successful. We saw it over the season last year, and in little pieces both in 2004 and 2006. But the man has obviously just bombarded himself and put all of this weight on his own shoulders. He want's to make up for all the attention, positive or negative, that was given to him and the trade process between him going to Boston and New York. He want's to deliver. It was such a big issue that he was on a losing team and wanted to play for a winner that he tries to sprint in a marathon and can't hold up. I believe that as soon as the Yankees win a championship with him on the team that all of his struggles will disappear as he will have the peace of mind knowing that he played for a champion; regardless the role he plays in winning the championship, whether he carries the team on his back or sits back as somebody else carries the team. He will have shifted the weight from his shoulders to his ring finger.

[Mr Crunchy]

Originally Posted by ARod2212

Is it really all that impossible for Rodriguez to carry this team? I mean the guy is one of the best players of this generation. Don't suffer from 'head up your ass' syndrome.

whats arods biggest hit in your opinion??

[empirestrikesback26]

Game 2 against the Twins.

[Mr Crunchy]

extra inning game??
the one where sierra tied it?
that was an outstanding series i think but its foggy

you'll have to excuse the memory lapse
i forgot most of 04 except for about a week in late october

do you think hes gonna bring it this year??
his power has seemed to be turned on recently

[yankees228]

Originally Posted by Mr Crunchy

extra inning game??
the one where sierra tied it?
that was an outstanding series i think but its foggy

you'll have to excuse the memory lapse
i forgot most of 04 except for about a week in late october

do you think hes gonna bring it this year??
his power has seemed to be turned on recently

Sierra tied it in game four. ARod tied game 2 in the 12th inning with an RBI double.

[Mr Crunchy]

all i remember about arods post season that year was his monster game 3 in the alcs and his houdini act that followed

eventually he will come around in the clutch
if youre a believer in odds and %s then this is the year
didnt he ground into a 6-4-3 dp to end the season in 05?