Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
January 29, 2009
Hacking A-Rod

New York Baseball Hack Dan Graziano offers his take on A-Rod:

A-Rod is actually an interesting guy to talk to about baseball. He loves the game and works so hard at it that he has a great deal to offer in terms of analysis -- of his own game and other people's. I have had many one-on-one conversations with him about baseball, and they're almost always educational. We've discussed technical aspects of playing third base and of basestealing. We've talked about the perception of him as a poor "clutch" player, what he thinks of that and how he copes with it. When you ask him a good question about the game, he can help educate you about the game. The hardest part is finding him. Or getting him to take those stupid headphones off and talk to you.

Are we really surprised to hear, from Torre, that A-Rod "needs people to make a fuss over him?" This couldn't be more obvious to anybody who watches the guy. Every movement is measured, every ounce of attention absorbed. When all the Madonna stuff was going down last year in late June and early July, I talked to a person in the Yankees' clubhouse and asked how he was handling it. The answer: "Are you kidding? He loves this stuff. He loves being a big enough star to be on the cover of US Weekly. This isn't going to bother him one bit."

The sense I get is that A-Rod is trying to put on a front. If the real A-Rod needs attention all the time, isn't he better off not being himself?


Posted by David Pinto at 12:59 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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But, who cares? I mean, if the attention doesn't affect his performance, and he enjoys it, then who cares?

Posted by: Rumit at January 29, 2009 05:52 PM

Everyone cares.

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Posted by: ejseoyuzcic at January 30, 2009 05:48 PM

During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess, Abraham Lincoln said, "Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel of it to each of my other generals!"

So I say, let's find out what ARod's psychological hangups are and teach the rest of the team to share them!

Posted by: David at January 30, 2009 08:57 PM
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