Comments on: If It Is Alex Rodriguez’s Fault That The Yankees Haven’t Won With Him, What About Ted Williams?

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:14:35 +0000

If we eliminate all the players that are in the Hall of Fame that weren’t on a championship team, there would be not Cubs in the Hall!

By: KC Big Ones

KC Big Ones — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

what gives????? is better teams and thats it ~!
you guys can’t win em’ all ~I’m a Royals fan ~give me a break~!

By: ego_mani

ego_mani — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

AROD will be in the Hall of Fame just like Ted Williams and the others you mentioned. What’s your point? Who’s been corrupting your mind? Do you know anything about baseball?

By: Sun Down

Sun Down — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

I can’t blame Arod for making all that cash. But he’s going to have to suffer the consequences when they don’t win titles…which is ridicule in NY. He’s laughing all the way to the bank.

By: brettj66

brettj66 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

One big difference right off the bat is that players during William’s time didn’t have contracts that made the difference between having players or not.
This is not the case with the Yankees of course, but was certainly a contributing factor with Arod’s stay in Texas.
The other aspect was this, all Williams cared about was baseball, all Arod cares about is the money.

By: pedrooch

pedrooch — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

It’s true A Rod never shows up to play in post season, but it’s not A Rod’s fault the Yankees have not gotten out of the first round of the playoffs. The Yankees have horrible pitching, and until they get better pitching, they are not winning anything.
The reason Phil Rizzutto is a HOFer is because of his fielding ability. As a short stop he was the best of his era, and has one of the highest fielding ranges of any short stop of all time. As a short stop, Rizzutto had a lifetime fielding range of 4.78 compared to a league fielding range average of 4.62, for the years he played, compare that to A Rod, whom everyone keeps saying is the greatest ball player of all time, A Rod has a feilding range average, as a short stop only not 3rd baseman, of 4.42 with a league average of 4.15. So not only did short stops have a greater range when Rizzuto played, Rizzuto was the best of the best.
The reason it took so long for Rizzuto to get into the HOF was because he only batted .273.

By: bdough15

bdough15 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

I am sure that you will hear several different nonsense answers like “HE MAKES TOO MUCH MONEY” or “He has to be the leader” or any of the other crap that people spew about Alex. The long and short of it is that people become revisionists after someone finishes their career. They hate Alex right now for one reason, he makes the most money on the team withthe highest payroll. The difference is that he has not retired yet. Ted Williams was a JERK to reporters his entire career, pretty much a jerk to most people that ran into him but when he retired and was away a few years everyone got this sense of nostalgia for how great he was, so now he is on a pedastel. Same goes for Hank Aaron, he was not even considered in the top 5 OF when he was playing, he sets the record, retires and a few years later people are talking of him being one the top 3 greatest players of all-time. When A-Rod retires and everyone looks back 5 years later, there will be all kinds of fans that were “with him all the way!”

By: Bucky

Bucky — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

Of course those guys are all just bums not worthy to carry the jocks of “winners” like Scott Brosius or Chuck Knoblauch.
I am stunned to see intelligent answers to an intelligent question. Sigh…it is only a matter of time, however, before someone argues that Jeter is better “because he’s a winner.”

By: Lori_blu

Lori_blu — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

I don’t know Alex Rodriguez
but if he was the coach or the manager
and was fired because Yankees didn’t win
The coach and or manager is often fired
because of the teams losing streak.
Not winning the world series
As for Ted Williams he passed away
2002
I left a website about Ted Williams for you to read.

By: TGBoston

TGBoston — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:13 +0000

The fact that he’s getting double what most top players earn makes him an easy target. He’s obviously going to improve whatever team he goes with but he can’t win them by himself. Pitching will do most of that.