Peter Gammons is a Lock for the Hall of Objectivity
Apparently:
A-Rod and Tex didn't get along back in 2003 -- look out Yankees, 5-6 years ago these guys weren't best buds!
A-Rod and Jeter don't communicate well -- that probably explains all the horrible seasons they've had starting in 2003. Just look at their respective WARs:
Cap'n Jetes: 4.5, 4.1, 6.3, 2.9, 3.5
Cap'n Purple Lips: 6.4, 8.9, 4.8, 8.7, 6.1
Clearly, Jeter's slide into above-average hood has to do with this non-relationship with A-Rod, not at all with his slide into his mid-30s. A-Rod is clearly also soon to have a devastating fall into only the top 10 players in the game, rather than top 3. Big mistake, Ca$hmoney.
Also note that A-Rod turned the Sox down himself, which was pretty bad, given how much he obviously hated Tex and wanted out of that relationship.
Finally, in another display of giving us all the relevant facts not at all mixed with sour grapes (or a touch of misogyny), Gammons notes that this is all Mrs. Teixeira's fault: "...his wife doesn't like Boston -- apparently she doesn't like the stores on Newbury Street or something -- and in the end that's the way it goes," Gammons said.
Those crazy baseball wives and their shopping needs!
Pulitzer now
about 3 years ago
Matt Klaassen
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Gammons really doesn't like Arod
he wanted him dead, DEAD, when the opting out of his contract fake-controversy came out
I fell kinda bad
Like I hope I’ve said before, I actually sort of like Gammons, when he isn’t talking about the Sox, but man, is he a shill.
To be fair, and I hope everyone knows that I think A-Rod’s one of the greats, definitely one of the top 20 playres of all time, #2 SS, I’d take him on my team in a second (assuming money isn’t an issue) and so on… it does seem that, on a personal level, no one like’s A-Rod.
Still, these comments are just gratuitous, if you ask me.
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by Matt Klaassen on Jan 8, 2009 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
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by Matt Klaassen on Jan 9, 2009 12:27 AM EST up reply actions
To be fair
Gammons never said it was going to prevent the Yankees from winning.
He just said there was a rift. And there was, because I remember how Tex and Blalock were bashing A-Rod.
All this “its going to affect the team!!! ahh!!” coming from fans/bloggers/newspaper people. Basically everyone is putting words in his mouth.
Its a fact they had beef, just let it be, it’s nothing more and nothing less, let the statement stand for what it means.
by Royal from Queens on Jan 8, 2009 7:52 PM EST reply actions
Everyone forgets
that A-Rod did not turn the Sox down. In fact, A-Rod was going to take a pay cut to GO to Boston.
Then the union stepped in and said OH UH-UH NO YOU ARE NOT.
Sarcasm™. It's the new gravy.
he's such a greedy bastard...
him and the devil himself were willing to give up some money to go to a winning team
TPJ...you're dead to me
by billybeingbilly on Jan 9, 2009 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
Was hoping i'd never have to see the word "gammons" on here
What an arrogant prick. Shut up about the sox already.
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