Thursday, July 26, 2007

A-Rod Is About To Hit #500

Do we care? We've seen A-Rod at what amounts to his worst. And clearly now we're seeing A-Rod at his best. (Is that 100+ RBI I see in July?) What now? If A-Rod opts out, do we re-sign him and shoulder the entire burden of his salary? (Right now we pay about $16 mil; in a new contract, A-Rod will get $30 mil for 6 or so years and the team that signs him will have to pay it all.) Do we say goodbye? Or are we secretly hoping he'll just stand pat and we can keep his bat in the lineup and just deal with the drama for what amounts to a bargain price? My vote is to say goodbye: A-Rod will be much happier elsewhere...and so will we.

4 comments:

priv8pete said...

I'm going on record saying that it should be "RBI" not "RBIs" in all future posts.

Michael in New York said...

Consider it done.

Michael in New York said...

And you're the style guide.

priv8pete said...

And while we're on it, any ball that lands in fair territory and bounces into the stands shall be referred to as an "Automatic Double" since it is a league rule and not specific to each park.

Also, A-Rod may have already hit number 500 if he goes deep tonight against Baltimore in the completion of that suspended game.