Tis a troublesome Unruh-ian line between New York and Philadelphia that one must dance…
Enter Rodriguez, whose demeanor, body language — and, yes, his excellence — are all highly flammable. The right-hander is as flamboyant as he is talented, which is why he made so few friends last year while leading the majors with 62 saves.
There’s a story that Yankee insiders have been telling since the All-Star Game last July. As the Stadium clubhouse was being prepared for the influx of American Leaguers, Mariano Rivera pulled aside Yankees clubhouse manager Rob Cucuzza and made an emphatic request.
Keep K-Rod’s locker on the other side of the room.
The indictment couldn’t have been any more damning; the Yankee closer is as self-contained as a Hemingway hero, non-judgmental like a minister. Yet the idea of sharing air-space with K-Rod was more than he was willing to accept.
...Given that deep reservoir of professional respect, why does K-Rod squander it with his in-your-face theatrics? The self-congratulation isn’t just immature, it’s utterly tone-deaf in the New York-Philadelphia Tong Wars.
He just might ignite a brawl — that’s how tense relations are between the two clubs.
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Posted: March 21, 2009 at 05:19 PM |
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1. The District Attorney Posted: March 21, 2009 at 05:49 PM (#3109972)Good. Who cares? If they didn't dislike us (90% of which is probably just a psychological ploy to motivate themselves anyway), would they then proceed to roll over and lose for us as a courtesy? This is stupid.
So he's saying Rivera can't get it up?
K-Rod has everything that Mariano ever had, and more - including, now, the all-time saves record. He also has an exuberance that Rivera, for all his success, has never been able to express. So it's not a surprise that at last year's All-Star Game, Rivera let his insecurity show by asking the clubhouse man to keep Frankie as far as possible from him. Kings never take kindly to those who would take away their throne.
I do agree with one idea implied in the article: Based on what I read here, at least, Phillies/Mets seems to be the most heated rivalry in the game right now.
It seems weird for the Red Sox and Yankees to direct vitriol at each other now that a third man has walked into the bar and beaned them both with a blackjack.
When I saw the title, I thought the author was warning Francisco not to try pulling anything against the Japanese or Korean teams.
Good thing those grapes were already sour, or he might have wanted to eat them.
As a Ranger fan the K-Rod #### never really bothered me, but I will be more than happy to blow the whole thing out of proportion now that he is a Met.
The point that the writer intended to make is that K-Rod is a douche. And his method of claiming that was that K-Rod was judged by Mo, despite that Mo is, generally speaking, a pretty non-judgmental guy, for a human being.
I have no opinion on whether he's correct in any of that - whether K-Rod's a douche, whether K-Rod judged Mo, or whether Mo is, generally speaking, pretty non-judgmental - but that's clearly what the writer intended.
Not only that, they're misogynist, miscegenist, and preposterous.
(I'll leave it up to the reader to decide whether I'm channeling Jessie Jackson or Jackie Chiles...)
Jessy Schram
Logan Echolls' jailbait girlfriend?
That's a pretty lousy comparison. O'neil never celebrated the way K-Rod did, he just threw a fit when things didn't go his way. Other than the fact that your comparison makes no sense, we have no idea how Rivera felt about O'Neil so why even make the comment?
Good thing those grapes were already sour, or he might have wanted to eat them.
How is that relevant Mo's behavior?
I have no opinion on whether he's correct in any of that - whether K-Rod's a douche, whether K-Rod judged Mo, or whether Mo is, generally speaking, pretty non-judgmental - but that's clearly what the writer intended.
Right, and by doing so, he's made the coolest pitcher in baseball a target for everyone in this thread. It's so freaking irritating when writers do that with players I like.
The histrionics of the Mets wore thin in 07-08 and caused their downfall. In 1986, it caused their success. Maybe it's not the histrionics?
Tay Joba wanka.
Jeez, Russlan, could you find a better way to express that thought?
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