Comments on: Top 20 3rd Basemen for 2008

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:13:26 +0000

@Steve: Tiger also has a cool ass name. *****TAKE FOLLOWUPS TO THE NEWEST POST.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:05:28 +0000

@Grey: Even Tiger got the Swedish model.

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:52:07 +0000

@Steve: Yeah, Madonna and his ex-wife was manly. Maybe if he dated Scarlett Johansson or someone.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:48:31 +0000

@Grey: And that’s A-Rod’s problem isn’t it? He just doesn’t seem like a ‘good guy’.
Even Tiger looks like a guy who gets drunk with his buddies.
A-Rod sneaks around with Madonna. And doesn’t hit in the postseason. Not a good combination.
BTW, I know I’ve got plenty to learn about Roto in particular. And that is why I’ll be right here right through the winter/summer!

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:25:57 +0000

@Steve: Boggs did win one. Mattingly is actually loved more than most ex-Yanks and he never sniffed a championship. I think it was his well-groomed mustache.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:23:48 +0000

@Grey: Am not! Elsewhere, what’s the general feeling towards guys like Boggs and Mattingly compared to A-Rod?

If I’m not mistaken, both great players whose teams didn’t win the big ones. Are people more kindly disposed towards them?

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:13:36 +0000

@Steve: You are, man. And now I'm seeing major symptoms of denial.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:05:16 +0000

@Grey: That’s the problem with checking in irregularly) via Gameday (or whatever the hell it is on mlb.com). You don’t exactly get the flavour of the game.

I’m really not as relievers-obsessed as it looks

By: Grey

Grey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:04:49 +0000

@Steve: Yeah, I agree. I just find it interesting that someone’s greatest is dependent on his team winning, when most of us don’t even like his team. Forget the fact that Arod really can’t win every game on his own, but he has struggled when the stakes were at its highest.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:00:37 +0000

Also - from one who is a long-time observer of US sports (without being immersed in it), it seems to me that what marks Tiger (not exactly overflowing with charisma IMHO, but what an athlete) and Jordan out from the rest is their ability to be at their absolute best when the stakes were at their absolute highest - in the big playoff games or in major tournaments.

By contrast, A-Rod has never done it when it has REALLY counted. Sure, he’s a hit a few regular-season walkoffs, but as we all know has never really stood up at the business end of the season.

That said, it’s obviously easier to be a dominant individual in a sport like golf - duh, Steve, it’s an individual sport. And a point guard is more able to be the dominant individual in a game of basketball.

You could argue that, in baseball, only the pitcher really has that opportunity. A-Rod is a lot more dependent on his team-mates, in other words.