tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268209071166031818.post3823273147737346435..comments2023-03-27T15:57:48.040-07:00Comments on Tiger's Eye: The Blood and Guts of Derek Jeter: What A-Rod Doesn't UnderstandDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07745916149220918248noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268209071166031818.post-33143578263524423872007-07-19T20:24:00.000-07:002007-07-19T20:24:00.000-07:00I'm really excited that you're doing this Dan. Yo...I'm really excited that you're doing this Dan. You're going to be great at it. I'm glad you opened up with Baseball, for it is my favorite sport.<BR/><BR/>As far as your blog, I'm somewhat with Drew. If you're argue who's better or whatever, you're going to give yourself a headache because they each have a different role in the batting lineup.<BR/><BR/>As you've implied in your blog A-rod is a regular season monster while Jeter has clutch. You can't compare each of them. It would be like comparing Roberto Alamar and Adrian Beltre. Apples and Oranges that makes up the fruit basket that is the Yankees. OMG, totally LOVE metaphors! <3<BR/><BR/>Personally if I had a choice of who I would want on my team (given I had an infinite amount of money) I would definitely pick Rodriguez. A-rod is just too rare of a type of player to pass up.<BR/><BR/>Who loves the game more? That's insignificant and immeasurable. Whether or not a player has class in front of the camera isn't a determinant of love for the game. Allen Iverson and Tim Duncan both love basketball don't they? And yes Jeter made an amazing play into the stands, but that ball was not intended for the third baseman. Since Godzilla wasn't where he needed to be (as usual) Jeter did a shortstop's job of covering the shallow outfield. For all we know Jeter could've called everyone off.<BR/><BR/>All of this to say, A-rod loves baseball. His personality is hot. He makes a ton of money and he knows it. He's good and he knows it. It's sad how athletes use they're salary as a player rating, but all of this doesn't represent their love for the game, just as the criticism of this comment doesn't represent my love for you. OMG, totally LOVE similies! <3Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784743474199056889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268209071166031818.post-27158853736850574402007-07-19T16:05:00.000-07:002007-07-19T16:05:00.000-07:00first off congrats on the blog. i am going to ver...first off congrats on the blog. i am going to very much enjoy it. now to my disputes.<BR/><BR/>I think you're opinion, in this case, is crap. to say jeter loves baseball and a-rod doesn't is straight up garbage. i'll start first with the whole contract thing. you're right, seattle, with whom he played very well both in the regular season and in the playoffs, could not afford to keep him. in fact, A-Rod was all but set to go to Atlanta for what was said to be a 18-20 million dollar a year deal to last seven or eight years. Then Tom Hicks blew him away with that mega deal. Now its easy to look at it now, when hindsight is 20-20 and say A-Rod did it all for the money and doesn't love the game or else he would have taken Atlanta's offer or a cut rate deal to play in Seattle. But at the time, Hicks had a grand plan for bringing the Rangers to the top and A-Rod was the centerpiece of this restoration. Can you blame A-Rod for believing him when you have 252 million dollars standing in your face? that's a hell of a lot of guaranteed money to turn down and i doubt anyone would have done it. As for Jeter, other teams wouldn't have paid much more, if any more, than the 189 million the Yankees gave him. It seems like you are trying to say that Jeter took a cut rate deal to stay with the Yankees and A-Rod was a mercenary for going for the cash. If there was only one team besides the Rangers going to pay A-Rod 20 million, why would anyone pay Jeter that? Jeter got the best deal he could with the team he came up with, which happened to be a contender every year. Of course he wouldn't want to leave. <BR/><BR/>as for the beaning incident and a-rod escalating it, lots of players do that. its not like a-rod is the only one that says stuff when he gets beaned, especially in an already volatile situation that that game was in. to even suggest that a-rod doing that lost the yankees the game is foolish. even if it is somewhat sad, not many players these days just walk to first base after getting beaned without saying anything. <BR/><BR/>as for the lou gehrig thing, here's a good response<BR/><BR/>http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070708&content_id=2076556&vkey=news_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy<BR/><BR/>i think this kind of disproves your comment that he doesn't even differ and talk about his team.<BR/><BR/>a-rod isn't connected with the Yankees like Jeter is and perhaps that explains the difference in reaction. in fact, A-Rod was a Mets fan growing up and his favorite player was Dale Murphy. just because A-Rod doesn't pay homage to the Yankee legends like Jeter does does not mean he doesn't love the game. <BR/><BR/>A-Rod wants to win. He doesn't give a crap about records if it doesn't include winning. If all he cared about was money and records he would have stayed in Texas, won 3 more Gold Gloves (and Jeter would have none), and probably kept losing. Instead he wanted to get traded to a winning team, and switched positions to do so. I don't see how you can say A-Rod is selfish and not a team player when he did that. <BR/><BR/>In conclusion, I think its nonsensical, and somewhat irresponsible, to say A-Rod doesn't love playing baseball. Baseball has been A-Rod's life ever since he was 9, right after his father abandoned him and his family. To fill that empty hole in his life, A-Rod turned to baseball, and he's been in love with the sport ever since. As i said earlier, Dale Murphy was his favorite player and took the number 3 in his honor. A-Rod was amazing in any sport he played growing up (was a great high school quarterback), but once again baseball was his true love. he didn't sit down one day with his mom and say, "you know what, even though i could probably go pro in any sport i play, i think i'll choose baseball because there is no salary cap, and one day i'll have a 252 million dollar contract." in his first contract negotiations with seattle after he was drafted, he bypassed his agent, Scott Boras, in order to get a deal done. He even has a dog named Ripper, a tribute to Cal Ripken, Jr. I have no problem with you or anyone else saying they like jeter more than a-rod, or would rather have jeter on their team than a-rod, that stuff is all opinion. To say that a guy, who for the better part of his whole life played baseball and turned to it for solace, doesn't love the sport is foolish.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18251143465316653641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268209071166031818.post-33876683743316968172007-07-19T12:04:00.000-07:002007-07-19T12:04:00.000-07:00Good post, you know i'm not much of a baseball fan...Good post, you know i'm not much of a baseball fan, but I couldn't agree more with this article.<BR/><BR/>PS: I hope Mark is speaking historically :).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281821359220293884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268209071166031818.post-92230810805678709202007-07-19T06:34:00.000-07:002007-07-19T06:34:00.000-07:00Well done starting a blog, hope you keep it up. Ma...Well done starting a blog, hope you keep it up. Maybe you can start writing about how badass the Sooners are compared to LSUAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337209817849987533noreply@blogger.com