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A'sfaninUK
Donnie’s right, Girardi pulled a straight up trash move on this. One game means literally nothing & the Yankees are rebuilding. Really lost a lot of respect for Girardi for his petty-ness regarding this situation, especially after he played the horrific Jeter all year at SS at the top of the order last year.
Swen
I absolutely agree with you regarding Jeter. But you can’t get mad for Girardi for treating a piece of trash like it should be treated. How does everyone forget that Alex lied to the world plus sued the MLB and MLBPA? A-Rod = trash act!
stl_cards16 2
“Lied to the world”
Oh get over it. You get lied to every day. A-Rod doesn’t owe you anything.
One Fan
Who gets lied to everyday and why do we have to get over A-Roid being a lying piece of crap
bradthebluefish
Totally agree. Girardi is a great coach, but the way he handled A-Rod (and Posada) was truly classless. And then he gets all defensive about it all? About how this is different than the Jeter’s final year? Whatever.
I hope A-Rod comes back this year or next year and really sticks it to the Yankees. He deserves better than what the Yankees gave him.
MB923
A-Rod deserves better? How so? Guy has made nearly Half A Billion dollars in his career. His production has dropped. He’s in his 40s and can’t play the field. And even in his own quotes above he said what more can he ask for after a night like Friday night.
24TheKid
I guess I can’t find the part where Donnie trashes Girardi, and how is a .256/.304/.313 horrific? The first 2 hitters in a lineup arnt supposed to be the power hitters of the lineup, maybe if Jeter batted clean up you would have a good point but he diddnt. And while I’m at it Jeter diddnt play at all last year.
BoldyMinnesota
that is kind of horrific, and I think he was talking about his defense anyways
billysbballz
Wow, old news and your boring! Yanks didn’t owe Arod anything after all the drama and I’m happy for Arod the way his career ended after the suspension, couldn’t have asked for better. So move on and get over it, like I said you are boring!
hooligan
FO was behind the Jeter move. They profited heavily off of having him in the lineup. Jerseys sold, tickets to see him, etc. A-Rod wasn’t profitable, so he gets the treatment that normal players get when they aren’t good anymore.
BronxBombers14
A couple of things…
1) I’m not disagreeing that this whole thing was handled without class, but I’m not sure all the blame can be put on girardi. I’d bet upper management had a lot to do with the way things played out.
2)You can’t compare the way Jeter and A-Rod’s last days were handled. Sure, A-rod was an all- time great MLB player, but he spent portions of his career with Seattle and Texas. Jeter spent his entire care in NY, and was the face of the Yankees during their dynasty. He earned the right to play out his last season at SS.
MB923
Agree about Jeter earning the right to play at SS. But he should not have batted 2nd nearly every game.
MB923
And if people want to say Jeter was bad at SS, that’s fine. But he had a wRC+ 30 points higher than Brendan Ryan and Stephen Drew Combined (Jeter 76, Drew 33, Ryan 13).
johnsilver
Don’t forget these future HOF players taking up roster spots on AS teams also when the numbers don’t deserve it and not just Jeter either. Can add Bench and Yaz especially ’83 their going out year when an entire ceremony was dedicated at the mid summer classic for those 2.
yeahhhjeets
I don’t exactly agree with you but you can’t look at this situation with Arod in the same light. That whole legal fiasco was interesting to say the least.
daviebatz
Glad Arod got to expose the yanks organization and prove why they’re hated by other fans. Regardless of all his flaws and there were many none of you guys can possibly have a logical argument that he is not one of the best in MLB history. Don’t tell me it was the just the juice that gave him the talent he displayed over the course of his career because he put up great numbers before and after. Don’t buy girardi’s fake tears he’s a douche.
NoAZPhilsPhan 2
Just curious, how do you know his “before and after? Like Tom Hicks said when A-Rod “came clean” in 2009 “I feel personally betrayed. I feel deceived by Alex, He assured me that he had far too much respect for his own body to ever do that to himself. … I certainly don’t believe that if he’s now admitting that he started using when he came to the Texas Rangers, why should I believe that it didn’t start before he came to the Texas Rangers?” his 3 years he admitted to were 3 of his best. in 2007, another good year, he managed to get a TUE for testosterone and the Dr. that approved it and the IPA of the program were both canned the next year when he tried to get another without having a legit testosterone deficiency. He failed to mention that in 2009. How do you know his before and after?
gomerhodge71
Dombrowski signs Papelbon and he could end up sitting having coffee with Ben Cherington on a daily basis. Papelbon is washed up and is a cancer. They thought Sandoval was a bad influence? Try bringing back The Pap.
MafiaBass
It could work… But likely wouldn’t. I’d rather call up a no-name kid from Pawtucket.
anthonyb2191
You can’t compare a-rod and jeter. Jeter was still able to perform and not strike out 10 times in a row and he could still play the field. I don’t think girardi handled it wrong at all he was trying to win and having someone clog up the lineup who couldn’t run to save his life wasn’t gonna win many games for the team. Plus girardi did put him in for a play it’s not like he didn’t do anything