Comments on: #7 A-Rod is Coming…Wait, No He’s Not… http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/12/7-a-rod-is-coming-wait-no-hes-not Watching The New England Sports Media Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mandb97 http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/12/7-a-rod-is-coming-wait-no-hes-not#comment-16354 mandb97 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:34:03 +0000 http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=7344#comment-16354 One of the bigger phalicies is that the 2004 Red Sox Yankees brawl served as a catalyst to turning the season around. In fact, it was just the opposite. The Red Sox went on a skid in which they were playing under .500 ball. It was the trade of Garciaparra that eventually turned the team around as well as pitching. One of the bigger phalicies is that the 2004 Red Sox Yankees brawl served as a catalyst to turning the season around. In fact, it was just the opposite. The Red Sox went on a skid in which they were playing under .500 ball. It was the trade of Garciaparra that eventually turned the team around as well as pitching.

]]> By: Tony http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/2009/12/7-a-rod-is-coming-wait-no-hes-not#comment-16332 Tony Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:48:13 +0000 http://www.bostonsportsmedia.com/?p=7344#comment-16332 I've often wondered how A-Rod would have done here. He finally got the October monkey off his back this year, but would he have had that monkey at all playing in Boston? Those CONSTANT cries of "he's no Jeter; he hasn't won anything" from NY fans and media alike had to grate on him 24/7. In Boston, he would have been coming into a situation where the team hadn't won anything in almost 90 years--totally different situations. In the end, it did workout for the Sox, so I'm not complaining. If anything, this incident is a cautionary tale of what happens when any one entity (in this case the MLBPA) is given far too much power in any industry. A-Rod WANTED to come to Boston, was willing to take a modest pay cut to make it happen, and his union basically told him to stick it where the sun don't shine and steered him to New York. Nice...now that's an organization that really "cares" about its membership's happiness! I’ve often wondered how A-Rod would have done here. He finally got the October monkey off his back this year, but would he have had that monkey at all playing in Boston? Those CONSTANT cries of “he’s no Jeter; he hasn’t won anything” from NY fans and media alike had to grate on him 24/7. In Boston, he would have been coming into a situation where the team hadn’t won anything in almost 90 years–totally different situations.

In the end, it did workout for the Sox, so I’m not complaining.

If anything, this incident is a cautionary tale of what happens when any one entity (in this case the MLBPA) is given far too much power in any industry. A-Rod WANTED to come to Boston, was willing to take a modest pay cut to make it happen, and his union basically told him to stick it where the sun don’t shine and steered him to New York.

Nice…now that’s an organization that really “cares” about its membership’s happiness!

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