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A-Rod Leaves Credibility In The Rearview Mirror

February 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, New York Yankees

Ground rules of the press conference: no follow-up questions. Translation: A-Rod may deflect your questions with whatever variant of “that’s not relevant”, “I’m not here to talk about the past”, “I don’t remember”, or I haven’t really thought about that.” The last of those was his reply to question #1, namely: “Had you not been [...]

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Gestural slips, unilateral contempt and microfear

February 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, New York Yankees

Why they’re looking at Alex Rodriguez talking with Katie Couric and not the Gammons interview, I don’t know. Nonetheless, the NYT talks with a psychologist who is an expert on lying. Interesting piece. But, the thing is, we already know he’s lying. So, why not take a look at the Gammons interview for us, NYT? [...]

Thinking about records

February 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Barry Bonds, Henry Aaron, Home run record, MLB

I love Henry Aaron. I was in my early teens when he broke the home run record. The image of him rounding the bases with those two kids congratulating him is indelible. But that’s not all. He did it all without the help of drugs. The guy just hit the ball over the fences. That’s [...]

Thanks, Alex.

February 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · A-Roid, Alex Rodriguez, MLB, New York Post, New York Yankees, Uncategorized

Give the New York Post credit: they’ve taken their pot shots at Boston players and teams over the years, but they are just as capable of channeling their invective against a New York player. And in this case, he richly, epically deserves this treatment. Their headline writers are geniuses, incidentally. They have come up with [...]

Year of the Sox

Discussing and dissecting the Boston Red Sox