I dislike when people say uneducated things
I was watching Sportscenter when they brought on Rick Sutcliffe to discuss A-Rod’s struggles last night. He went on to make a comment about how the Yonkers haven’t made the playoffs since A-Rod’s arrival. Brian Kenny explained to Sut that Rodriguez has had some of the best numbers in the league since his arrival, to which Sutcliffe told him that there is alot more to baseball then statistics, called leadership. There’s another award for MLB, the “Rick Sutcliffe Most of a Leader Award”. Anyway, I’d like to point out that no matter what Alex Rodriguez does to encourage his teammates they’re gonna put up the same numbers as they would with him talkin’ trash to ‘em. Also, I thought being leader of the Yankees was the sole responsibility of media darling Derek Jeter.
UPDATE: Alex Rodriguez hit an RBI double with two outs in the first inning of tonight’s game.
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I think this is very good in general. However, I would say that morale and leadership do have an effect on the play of individuals, just that it’s immesurable (or nigh so), and for Sutcliffe to propose that the Yankees have been only good enough to win 85-100 games each year with A-Rod playing 3B because A-Rod “only gets hits in blow outs” or “is a poor clubhouse figure” is a little presumptuous on Sut’s part.