Comments on: The Flayed Man

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Sun, 03 May 2015 23:13:08 +0000

I can’t say I absolutely care about how much Alex gets paid; he’s not going to be hungry if he waits a year or two in the courts for his $6 million. But I am very angry that the team I root for is going to take it in very private places over contract language they themselves negotiated and agreed to and try to loop us and everyone in eye or earshot into their phony moral outrage. In a way it makes us look bad for being fans of this team.

So I wonder if the arbitrator does rule against them, will they continue with standing on their moral freaking high horse and sell the team? That would also be the right thing to do, following their logic; divorce yourselves of any involvement with something you truly believe is wrong. Of course, that’s when they’ll begin the discussion on gray areas and turning the other cheek. We can start calling the front office and ownership Fifty Shades of Gray; having more in common with that garbage than actual pinstripes.

By: knuckles

knuckles — Sun, 03 May 2015 21:12:15 +0000

I’m with Jon D on this one.
This is a pretty shitty way of approaching the situation, and the only good possible outcome is if it pisses Alex off enough to pass Ruth, Aaron, and Bonds, he carries the Yanks to consecutive WS titles, and the fans ask for (nay, demand) he be paid his future bonuses.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sun, 03 May 2015 19:12:58 +0000

[6] thanks, kb! when i actually have the time, i can express myself better : ) i do quite a bit of ‘real’ writing in regards to my music projects. there’s a goodly amount at my website…

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Sun, 03 May 2015 14:31:58 +0000

[3,6] Great stuff too, Guys.

By: kenboyer made me cry

kenboyer made me cry — Sun, 03 May 2015 12:00:48 +0000

There are so many fine writers who touch this board (Thelarmis…you really stepped it up a notch!) that to respond properly to this would take me an hour to outline and rewrite.
Yes, the Yankees are smug, old fashioned almost in a silk stocking NYC kind of way in the way they look down their nose at us fans…look at the moat that surrounds the “legends seats”, the lack of marketing to the ethnic minorities that surround their physical plant and who man their roster, the idol love to a convicted felon patriarch, and more.
Arod is a liar, and a little shall we say untrustworthy and thin of character. His contract was given when everyone believed, and I’ll give Yankee management the benefit here, that he was a natural phenom that was among the all time greats of the game. Did we ever think Jeter used enhancers?
There’s 10,000 more words to elaborate on this. I love this game, the Yankee greats over the years, and my hometown. That’s enough to keep interest. I don’t care if Arod gets paid and if pressed to give an opinion, I hope he doesn’t.

By: Mr OK Jazz Tokyo

Mr OK Jazz Tokyo — Sun, 03 May 2015 11:42:00 +0000

Great piece, well done Jon. I long ago compartmentalized my pure love of the game away from my pure disgust with ownership and the Commish’s office.

By: Ara Just Fair

Ara Just Fair — Sun, 03 May 2015 05:17:45 +0000

I loved baseball long before I knew who Alex was and I’ll love it as long as I will live It’s an ugly, greedy business. Fuck all the bullshit.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Sun, 03 May 2015 04:42:23 +0000

[1] not sure which i love more – your sentiments or using the word “prurient.”

either way, the last sentence of [0] was definitely a “whoa!” moment.

i wasn’t sure how i was gonna react to this season. it was definitely gonna be weird without Captain Jetes. i have sooo many other things going on, it would be wonderful to spend less time on baseball. alex and the front office drama certainly weren’t drawing me in.

but something funny happened as opening day approached and the season began… i’m still completely enamored with the sport. i love the game sooo much and thoroughly enjoy studying it. i find myself reading all kinds of articles, watching highlight news shows, and games just as much as ever. and i’m completely tuned in to my pinstriped heroes.

i’ve been thoroughly disappointed in a-rod’s shenanigans and figured i’d feel no love toward him. but he’s not a bad guy. he’s not like manny who beat his wife and threw down an old man. and he’s certainly not like fat liar who whines his way through half the game (no glove). i’m impressed with his perseverance and happy for his accomplishments. he has his boli, biogenesis, and jose reyes’ canadian doctor (beltran’s too), but his #s are eye-popping.

his swing looks beautiful and it’s not like his hat size has increased to cartoon character levels. i was genuinely super psyched when he hit that laser beam over the monstah. i called it too! so glad he swung at 3-0. hitters should do that.

as far as this bonus crap? ah, who gives a shit. this is monopoly money. divvy it up to charities and call it a day. but, as far as i’m concerned, i ADORE the pinstripes.

GO YANKS!!!

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Sun, 03 May 2015 04:23:59 +0000

Absurd PR move to officially announce that they aren’t paying now. What purpose could that possibly achieve?

They could have buried the issue until after the post season, just as they always do with free agent contract negotiations.

By: RIYank

RIYank — Sun, 03 May 2015 01:55:51 +0000

Whoa.

I really don’t care about any of that stuff, honestly. I mean, I guess I’ll read about it with a kind of prurient curiosity, but it makes no difference to me whatsoever which way it turns out.

A-Rod has been worth .7 wins more than a replacement-level DH so far, according to Fangraphs, so I guess there are maybe one or two other players contributing to the pulse.

Anyway, I liked April, and I plan to enjoy May. When A-Rod hits a home run I’m going to be psyched. Screw the rest of it.