06/12: To: All Yankee Stadium Ticketholders
Posted by: Jason
I implore you to rationally analyze why some of you are booing Alex Rodriguez:
Other weblogs linked from YB.com have done a fantastic job discrediting the assertion that Alex is "not clutch." Let's look at some past and future alternatives to the Yankees' current 3B:
Eric Duncan: In the most positive scenario, the first year ED will be ready for MLB is 2008. In the interim, there is a substantial probability that Alex will hit about 70 HR, more or less.
Aaron Boone: We all love that hoop-crazy guy for that swing, but .277/.338/.388 in 2006...
Drew Henson: 10/18, 78 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT career.
I'm not ignorant to the demands of playing in New York. Alex accepted a higher level of scrutiny along with the pinstripes. Please don't become enured to the fact that we have an extremely rare talent at third and that he is delivering as a Yankee: .303/.398/.562 in his first two seasons. He will put up numbers like that as far as the eye can see. Do not kill the golden goose for want of someone else's ephemeral idea of "clutch."
Here's my nomination for a definition of clutch: someone who is consistently among the league's finest in creating runs, VORP and wins above replacement and should be for the foreseeable future.
Other weblogs linked from YB.com have done a fantastic job discrediting the assertion that Alex is "not clutch." Let's look at some past and future alternatives to the Yankees' current 3B:
Eric Duncan: In the most positive scenario, the first year ED will be ready for MLB is 2008. In the interim, there is a substantial probability that Alex will hit about 70 HR, more or less.
Aaron Boone: We all love that hoop-crazy guy for that swing, but .277/.338/.388 in 2006...
Drew Henson: 10/18, 78 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT career.
I'm not ignorant to the demands of playing in New York. Alex accepted a higher level of scrutiny along with the pinstripes. Please don't become enured to the fact that we have an extremely rare talent at third and that he is delivering as a Yankee: .303/.398/.562 in his first two seasons. He will put up numbers like that as far as the eye can see. Do not kill the golden goose for want of someone else's ephemeral idea of "clutch."
Here's my nomination for a definition of clutch: someone who is consistently among the league's finest in creating runs, VORP and wins above replacement and should be for the foreseeable future.
