A-Rod Finally Leads Rangers To World Series

messiah
messiah Posts: 1,790
edited October 2010 in The Clubhouse
ARLINGTON, TX—Ten years after signing a record $252 million contract to play baseball in Texas, third baseman Alex Rodriguez finally delivered for the Rangers by leading the franchise to its first-ever World Series. "A-Rod came up big for us this entire series, all the way up until the last out," Rangers manager Ron Washington told reporters during a postgame press conference, saying that the Rangers would have had no chance of beating the New York Yankees without Rodriguez's remarkable performance at the plate. "It was a long time coming, but you have to give the guy credit. He was the Rangers' MVP, no question." Washington added that seeing Rodriguez take Texas to the World Series was one thing, but A-Rod almost single-handedly beating the Yankees was "extra sweet."
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messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited October 2010
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited October 2010
    As a Mariner fan, I pray to the baseball gods every spring that A-Roid will fail miserably.

    He hated benig in Seattle almost as bad as Seattle hated him being there.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited October 2010
    Rivrrat wrote: »
    As a Mariner fan, I pray to the baseball gods every spring that A-Roid will fail miserably.

    He hated benig in Seattle almost as bad as Seattle hated him being there.

    And Seattle has Ichiro. I just love watching Ichiro play ball. Much more entertaining than Nim-rod.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2010
    I don't particularly care for A-Rod, but Washington's quote is bush league if you ask me...maybe he should be focussed on beating the Giants instead of rubbing it in A-Rod's face. BS like that is what will make me NOT root for a team...
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  • hockeyboy
    hockeyboy Posts: 1,428
    edited October 2010
    I just sold my game 3 World Series tickets for $1250 a seat! That paid for my whole playoff strip and we are still going to game 4 & 5.
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited October 2010
    AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »
    I don't particularly care for A-Rod, but Washington's quote is bush league if you ask me...maybe he should be focussed on beating the Giants instead of rubbing it in A-Rod's face. BS like that is what will make me NOT root for a team...

    Dude, chill...it was a joke, I saw it on the Onion today. Thought the irony was obvious :D
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited October 2010
    hockeyboy wrote: »
    I just sold my game 3 World Series tickets for $1250 a seat! That paid for my whole playoff strip and we are still going to game 4 & 5.

    That's awesome! Congrats man!
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • miner
    miner Posts: 1,305
    edited October 2010
    The Rangers deserve to be there. Hope Tom Hicks is thinking about selling the Stars so they can get to another Stanley Cup. One time many years ago anything he touched turned to gold - different story now. I am very happy for Nolan Ryan and the new management/owners.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,726
    edited October 2010
    messiah wrote: »
    Dude, chill...it was a joke, I saw it on the Onion today. Thought the irony was obvious :D
    How would it be 'obvious'? You tagged the thread with the 'News' label, copied and pasted what appeared to be a news article, and didn't put a smiley or give any indication that it was a joke or irony.

    Given all that and the fact that there is truth behind the statement (as in it's technically correct) and Washington's history of maybe not having the best judgement all the time, how exactly was the humor 'obvious'?
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,727
    edited October 2010
    Dude, that's like the 3rd time (that I've noticed) that you've thrown a story from The Onion up here as news. If you enjoy reading the onion, great. I think its funny too, but keep it to yourself! If anybody else wants to read the onion, great for them too. But don't go posting their stories as news.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited October 2010
    Washington's just mad baseball made the switch from nose candy to steroids as the sport's "drug of choice"...
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