Yankee Fans how do feel about Alex Rodriguez opting out?

Question

Well i dint want him to opt out but i guess that is what he needed to do , i feel he was not happy in a yankees uniform and i also hear because he was not sure if Posada,Rivera and Pettitte were not coming back to the Yankees or is it that hes being a greedy bastard who justs wants money

So how do you feel

Answer 1

It is ALL about the money with A-Rod. Yeah, his agent said that the situation with Posada, Rivera, Pettitte and the manager is why A-Rod opted out, but that was just an excuse. A-Rod is not a winner, he proved that with the Yankees. I like to mention Scott Brosius. Was he a star? No, but he was a winner. He was someone the Yankees could rely on in the postseason, and had some huge hits. A-Rod never came through in a big spot.

It may sound like a bitter Yankee fan, but I'm glad he's gone. The Yankees will not get anything close to the 54 HRs and 156 RBIs A-Rod had last year, but they will find someone who will do a decent job. I remember Mike Lowell came up to the Yankees in '98 before being traded, and every time the Yankees play Boston, I wish the Yankees had Lowell instead of A-Rod, he's everything A-Rod isn't, real, classy, and a winner. The Yankees will be fine without A-Rod, remember every time A-Rod leaves a team the team gets better.

The guy who says "the Yankees' demise will be swift and complete" needs to get a grip and take his meds. There will be no demise. Yankee fans remember that the Yankees were close in '95, then let Showalter go, along with their starting catcher, Mike Stanley. Jack McDowell left as a free agent, and Mattingly retired. BUT, young players like Pettitte, Rivera, Jeter, and Posada came up, and Bernie Williams became a star (like Robinson Cano). The Yankees have young guys coming up in Hughes, Joba, and Kennedy, and more on the way. It's not all gloom and doom for the Yankees, and these Yankee haters aren't going to get the satisfaction of a "Yankee demise". Also, the Yankees never won a World Series with A-Rod anyway. He had at-bats where just MAKING CONTACT could have scored a run, just a sacrifice fly. A-Rod could always be counted on to whiff in the postseason, THAT'S why Yankee fans booed him.

Answer 2

I don't have a problem with him leaving. Look at his track record. No matter how good he is, his teams don't win. I think there is a connection to be found somewhere.

You could be right about the others however. At the moment there is nothing very attractive about being a Yankee. I still can't believe how they threw Torre under the bus. I'm a Yankee fan but at the present I feel pretty empty about the future.

With A-Rod it's always about the money. Guys like him will never win a ring. The money is more important to him than the ring. I personally think A-Rod couldn't handle the pressure of New York. He's not committed to winning, he is committed to money!

Answer 3

You said it. I am a fan of the guy, but he is greedy. I feel sorry for him that he ever had to make a decision like leaving the Yankees, and quite possibly, New York, but while people were seeing A-Rod in a Yankee uniform in 08, I was looking at 1 really good hitter and 2 really good pitchers for 30 million bucks in Yankees uniform in 08. Santana, Mike Lo, anyone?

Here is a good article about his greed, compared with that of Kobe Bryant, the best basketball player on this planet.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/071029&sportCat=nba

I agree with Jeffrey S above. A-Rod is like Marbury. When he leaves a team, the team gets better.

Don't worry, Our Yankees will do fine without him.

Answer 4

I am one sad Yankee fan lately, it has been nothing but bad news for the past few weeks. I am trying to see a bright spot but so far there hasn't been any, it is almost like rats leaving a sinking ship. I guess you can say Steinbrenner deserves it, but the Yankee fans don't. There has been some speculation that the Red Sox won again because since they will be tearing down the House that Ruth Built, the curse of Babe Ruth is broken (along with millions of Yankee fans hearts) =<

Answer 5

I could care less. We could use that money for pitching. Blame Boras for getting in A-Rod's head. If it wasn't for Boras, A-Rod would have wanted to stay. I am not really a die-hard A-Rod fan, but he wants to leave, don't let the door hit you on the way out. I was a Yankee fan long before A-Rod, and I will always be a fan of the Yankees, no matter who is playing third.

Answer 6

Why shouldn't he opt out? The Yankee fans and media treated him like crap, always treating him like an outsider. They embrace their darling Jeter who can do no wrong, even though it is a fact that A-Rod had a better on base percentage in his post season games with the Yanks than did Jeter. Jeter batted .176 this year in the playoffs and nothing was said. It was all A-Rod's fault. Now let them bat Jeter cleanup and see what happens. Nobody except Babe Ruth averaged better than A-Rod's 44 homers and 128 RBIs per year. So, how do you propose to make up that offense, geniuses???? Without A-Rod, the Yankees would not have even been close to making the playoffs. After being a Yankee fan for over 50 years, I now say screw them. They disrespected Joe Torre, Don Zimmer, and Don Mattingly, and the team and fans don't deserve A-Rod. And Hal Steinbrenner is the most arrogant, crude, classless jackass imaginable. The Yankees demise will now be swift and complete.

Answer 7

I'm singing the song from The Poseidon Adventure

"
There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on looking for the light

Oh, can't you see the morning after?
It's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together
And find a place that's safe and warm?

It's not too late, we should be giving
Only with love can we climb
It's not too late, not while we're living
Let's put our hands out in time

There's got to be a morning after
We're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow
And we'll escape the darkness
We won't be searching anymore

There's got to be a morning after
(There's got to be a morning after)
There's got to be a morning after
"

Answer 8

What a sad day for Yankee fans. A-rod pulls out and the Sox win the Series on the same day.

Answer 9

Kobe...I mean, Alex, will just take his poison to another clubhouse. He is an outstanding regular-season player, but a choker in the playoffs....and a player is not defined in a three-game series in May at Kansas City. His ego will never be happy anywhere and the fortitude of a real clutch player is something A-Rod will never have.

Answer 10

I didn't want him to opt out either but the fans in New York always made him feel so bad . . . maybe this is his revenge to all that booing he had to endure for all those years.