2013 Baseball Thread: ARod vs the MLB

Fuck the closer position most overrated stat padded bullshit excuse of a roster spot.

Ehh…

Closers are definitely overpaid. The Rays have kind of shown that lots of solid relievers can be converted into good closers without especially great pains.

That said, the difference can be pretty profound between a great closer and a non-great closer.

Congrats to Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank “Big Hurt” Thomas getting into Cooperstown.

Oh this will get messy…for Alex.

So is Arod out of the league yet?

Bring Bonds Back

One year suspension basically. Down from 211 games. If he continues to fight after that he’s gonna lose, tbh.

As it was said, 1 year suspension. I imagine the Yankees wanted him straight removed so they wouldn’t have to pay him.

Clayton Kershaw and the LA Dodgers agree to a seven-year, $215 million deal with an opt-out after five years.

Pitching is the new money…

Good job Selig on waiting until you retired to get done what should’ve been done years ago.

Tanaka, so obvious. Still getting his jersey tho

lol Yankees mad as fuck, so much for that 180 million payroll by 2014. Pockets so swole.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mlb-players-association-would-expel-a-rod-if-it-could-171857810.html

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-players-wanted-rod-221333350--mlb.html

lol A-Rod pissing everyone off.

ARod’s reps snitched on a few players during that BioGenesis scandal…he might as well retire or chill in the minor leagues.

Derek Jeter to retire after the 2104 Baseball season.

As much as I hate the Yankees…I sort of respect Jeter.

Not as many people respect him as they do Mo. He thinks he’s gonna get the Mo treatment in every park, I’m not so sure that’s gonna happen for Jeter.

Mo was an elite pitcher until the very end. Derek Jeter is MLB’s highest paid mascot.