A Tarnished Record

[kmac32]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

ARod just hit a grand slam homer in the Yankees-Giants game. He now has the record for career grand slams at 24. Who knows how many have been hit while he was juicing. He should not have been allowed to play now; the appeal process for suspensions is ridiculous. It is a joke that this clown takes Lou Gehrig's name out of an entry in the record books. This rant comes from a life long Yankee fan.

Agreed.

[ThoseBackPages]

God Bless America!

[yanksfan09]

I'm a Yankee fan too. A-Rod is a clown. I was for giving him a second chance after his first admission. I thought he was just a product of his era but since he did this a second time and is a habitual user, I feel no more sympathy for him.

Fans just have to realize for themselves who the true record holders are. They're not Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, A-Rod, etc.... They're Gehrig (GS), Ruth (154 game season & top legitimate HR/AB), Maris (162), Aaron, etc....

[HRBAKER]

I thought he was just a product of his era but since he did this a second time and is a habitual user...................


............and liar.

[kkkkandp]

A buddy of mine (who is a die-hard Red Sox fan) and I were discussing this today while we were playing golf. We easily agreed that the Yankees (and baseball in general) would be better off if A-Hole loses his appeal and the Yankees can void his contract and get him out of the profession.

Is there a more hated man in the game today? Does anyone believe or like this phony?

[HRBAKER]

Does anyone believe or like this phony?

His lawyers like him.

[D.P.Johnson]

Lou Gehrig had unimpeachable integrity. He was a true American hero.

[deucetwins]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

Is there a more hated man in the game today?

Bud Selig

[cyseymour]

Of course they discovered Mickey Mantle's corked bat recently, so there's another cheater right there... little doubt in my mind that The Mick would have been on the juice if it had been available to him.

The Neikro brothers were also colossal cheats - those guys tried every trick in the book, and got caught, too. Phil still managed to make the Hall. I also think Rickey Henderson juiced towards the end of his career and still snuck in.

It is all a very grey line. A-Rod is a bozo, no doubt. But even without the juice, he would have been an amazing player as a 6'4" shortstop who could hit. Maybe not as much power, but a longer career. Stats would look more like Jeter's.

[Harliduck]

Being from Seattle of course I hate his guts...but the fact he broke a record right now when he has absolutely ZERO right to be playing just sickens me. It would be extremely hard to be his team mate right now. I just can't imagine.

[Rich Klein]

He has the record, MLB is not going to reverse the record but what we feel is fine.

And as generations go by, we're all buried and the only thing left are the numbers; Bonds will still have 762 HR's, A-Rod will still have 24 grannies, Roger Clemens will still have all the Cy Young awards and they all will (just as Pete Rose did) admit the truth some day

Rich