I’ve always been an unabashed A-Rod fan, and I for one LOVE A-Rod’s glance into the dugout after a no-doubter.

Even if his teammates are in fact not looking back at him — and truthfully, how will we ever now if this is the case? I can’t recall the YES camera ever cutting to a reaction shot of the dugout after an A-Bomb — there’s something kind of understatedly cool about it, as if A-Rod’s saying “That’s what’s up.”

Joba is a tool. LOL

Grandy is frustrating these days. He looks so uncomfortable in the batter’s box, as if he’s new at this. His body language is so unsettled, and unsettling to watch.

As for A-Rod, after his post-season performances in 2009 led us to the World Series, I decided that in spite of the fact the he is imminently easy to psychologize (what a nut), he would have a fan in me. He’s annoying but oh so talented. All is forgiven.

It never occurred to me that they weren’t looking at him, but I always found it a little sad how he looked over there anyway. Either way, great insight there.

Speaking of poor performance though – what about Granderson? It’s embarrassing.

Part of the thing with Teix is that he gets lost in the shuffle. You’ve got your Mo & Derek, Jorge and Andy and your A-Rod (biggest contract in sports history!!!!!!) and now CC and A.J., and Cano becoming a star and your Phil Hughes and The Joba Rules. Kind of hard to fit yet another guy into all that mix.

Oh, and New Stadium!

Insecurity is only bad when you hide behind it; crawl into the fetal position.

I like Arod. He’s really grown on me.

Who says good baseball players need to be self-contained.

As for A-Rod, I still think he has hip problems which make it difficult for him to go get the ones that do move out and down. He hit a mistake, yes, for the GS.

I missed one of his GS a few years ago. I went to a May game on a Saturday while my wife took her Alzheimer beset Mom for a manicure. I left in the 7th because it was too cold, a fact I discovered when I couldn’t get my fly up after a trip to the bathroom. In the car on the Deegan, I heard the call on the radio. Felt a little cheated, but I did beat the rush.

I for one wanted to bid him good riddance when he opted for release, and no team wanted to pay him. He was a despicable head case, who cared only about himself and could not carry the team when his skills were needed at the right time. It seemed that his hits and HRs only came at low reward moments. The money that would have been freed up could have rebuilt the team for 10 years of success. I also believed that even with his numbers, Arod was not driving fans to the game Tough man to root for…certainly not a fan favorite. And, do you see many Arod endorsements? The experts must believe that too.

But that being said, he has kept his mouth shut (mostly) lately, and had an all world performance in the post season last year. He is a driven competitor, who is focused, and wants to win. I guess we can love him, because he’s OUR slightly damaged (both mentally and physically) warrior.

And with his sex-capades over the years…he might be the first 6-Tool Player!

He was more of a hot dog in the press than on the field.

I’m hot cause I’m fly
You ain’t cause you’re not
This is why
This is why I’m hot [2x]

(sorry, I couldn’t resist after the first response to yesterday’s recap)