A Rod to announce retirement?

[ten ocho recon scout]

6 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

The crazy thing is I can totally see him taking his talents to Miami...

I can see him retiring this quick and heading to rio with the russian olympic team.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Get the oil paints ready

[Pujols4MVP]

A-Rod's numbers in his 2nd contract with the Yankees: .269/.360/.486/.846  23.6WAR

A-Rods's career numbers with the Yankees: .284/.378/.523/.901  54.4WAR

[Angelsjunky]

28 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

Don't the Yanks have to pay him some kind of bonus for hitting 700 or are his bonuses set up for passing people on the HR list? Can't remember.

Not 700. They would have to pay him $6M for reaching 714, 755, 762, and 763. He wouldn't reach 714 this year, but would next. All of the other milestones are out of reach, unless you started juicing again.

[Pujols4MVP]

11 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Not 700. They would have to pay him $6M for reaching 714, 755, 762, and 763. He wouldn't reach 714 this year, but would next. All of the other milestones are out of reach, unless you started juicing again.

or if he goes the Julio Franco route of playing as Pinch Hitter/Utility guy for the next 10+ years & retires at 50+

[Dick B Back]

37 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Not 700. They would have to pay him $6M for reaching 714, 755, 762, and 763. He wouldn't reach 714 this year, but would next. All of the other milestones are out of reach, unless you started juicing again.

Thanks!

[Make Angels Great Again]

Is A-rod the last active player left of the steroid era?

[Angelsjunky]

Depends what you deem the "steroid era." According to that article, they were officially banned in 1991 but it wasn't until 2003 that the league began to test regularly for PEDs, so you could say that 1991-2003 was the "steroids era" - even though they were used before and after (and quite widely in the 80s).

Offense was historically inflated from around 1993 to 2009, so we could also look at that period.

[IEAngelsfan]

4 hours ago, Stradling said:

Those post game comments would be even more unbearable.  

Who'd be listening to his comments when we would all be fixated on his purple lips.

[Dick B Back]

1 hour ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Is A-rod the last active player left of the steroid era?

Fatolo! And he hit a HR this year so you know somethings up.

[ELEVEN]

11 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

The crazy thing is I can totally see him taking his talents to Miami...

I thought he was getting his talents in Miami?

[ten ocho recon scout]

2 hours ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Is A-rod the last active player left of the steroid era?

Papi?

[NJHalo]

3 hours ago, Make Angels Great Again said:

Is A-rod the last active player left of the steroid era?

Giancarlo Stanton

[fan_since79]

My favorite memory of A-Rod is the last time I saw him in person in a game.

Oakland vs the Yankees at the Coliseum, in 2009 as I recall. He came up in the 4th inning with the bases loaded and one out, and grounded out to the pitcher for an inning-ending double play, home to first. Yankees ended up losing a close game. 

 

 

[m0nkey]

 

[Inside Pitch]

13 hours ago, ELEVEN said:

I thought he was getting his talents in Miami?

 Dude, you win at internet....  

The people on this board constantly deliver.

[Make Angels Great Again]

14 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Papi?

He's probably the only other one, almost forgot about him.

 

I'm talking players that put up the ridiculous power numbers in the early-mid 2000s when home runs were flying out everywhere. Manny Ramirez, A-rod, Bonds, etc.

 

End of an era.

[Troll Daddy]

On August 7, 2016 at 7:22 AM, CALZONE said:

He will be following Tex out the door. I'm pretty sure a buyout was negotiated. The Yankees are going through a rebuild with youth movement so A-Rod had to go. 

He's going to retire soon but stay with the club as an advisor.

A rebuild isn't in their DNA

[meat]

Special adviser is a joke.  I'd keep my young players as far away from this me-first cheat as possible.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

On August 7, 2016 at 9:13 AM, Stradling said:

I don't really mean to be callous but have you seen the comments from Cashman a couple years ago?  The relationship between him and the team has been shit for years, and it's all his doing.  If you want to see how his teammates feels about him watch the highlight of his 3,000th hit, it's pretty telling. 

Hal Steinbrenner today, in a long interview with MK, said he envisions Arod with the team as an advisor long after deal is over. He also said monument park is a possibility.  Don't think the hate is there.  Also tickets shot through the roof after he a announced his last game. 

 

[Chuck]

Does anyone care?

[Tank]

On August 7, 2016 at 0:17 PM, ten ocho recon scout said:

Get the oil paints ready

the oil paints are no longer necessary:

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 8/7/2016 at 6:51 PM, NJHalo said:

Giancarlo Stanton

The funny thing is....mathis, technically

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I hope that none of you own stock in a syringe company.

I'm still waiting for A-Roid to clear his good name. Wonder what happened to that exercise in futility.

[Puget Sound Angel]

This is what I don't get. Big Pappi and A-Rod are both Juicers, yet Alex is the outcast and Ortiz was given a royal sendoff in Anaheim. What gives?