Gee thats strange...Joe Morgan a hall of fame player/espn announcer stated tonight during sundays Sox/Yanks game that he sees no problem with it at all...He stated that stuff like that happend all the time in his days...And that basically it was no problem...He also stated he talked to Torre about it and that Torre was misquoted...But that he thought that if it was any other player, it wouldn't have mattered but that A-rod is a lightning rod...
Johnny Damen laughed about it and said we need to do it more ect...I'm a straight out Sox fan and don't like A-rod at all but he did nothing wrong this time...Yelling Hey when someone is about to caught a ball(give me a break)big deal...Its already been astablished that "Hey" is what he said and its Torontos players who are lying about the whole thing....The tape don't lie...
Peter Gammons has been asking infielders all around the league about this and its the majority that are saying "when you yell you got it, then you got it" and you never back off...The 3rd baseman fcked up and blow the game Period...
I heard Morgan last night as well, in fact I had to turn the sound off because he's so annoying and to be honest hasn't had any credibility for years. I'm not saying that because of what he said about A-Rod I'm saying that because it's what most people thought long before this pop fly debacle.
This boils down to what I said in my earlier post, are you saying A-Rod is a victim now? He's being persecuted by his own Manager? By everyone else in the league that has disagreed with the play? There's two camps on this issue and you're saying the camp that disagrees with him is lying. Sorry, I don't buy that.
What he did isn't the end of the world but in my book and in MANY MANY players and Managers minds it was cheap. The third baseman clearly backed off after what A-Rod said. As you say, the video don't lie. Again, as I said earlier he's known for cheap shots. Most talented player in the world and one of the biggest bitches as well. A terrible combination.
Again, not the end of the world but a cheap shot none the less.
I'm a Yankee fan, and I think it's cheap, but the only reason this is a story is because it's ARod, and that the 3B sucked enough to let it work.
What bugs me, though, is how the story gets morphed. When John Dennis on WEEI asked ex As manager Ken Macha how he felt about the play he asked "how do you feel about ARod yelling "Mine-Mine-Mine"? Tony Massoroti phrased it as "Mine-Mine-Mine" as well. It was clearly not "Mine" if you watch the video, let alone "Mine" repeated three times. "Mine-mine-mine" is light years different from one "HA".
Any of you Boston guys know the story on Gerry Callahan? Did he quit? Fired? Has there been a statement?
Ultimately I think you're right. If anyone other than A-Rod did this it wouldn't be nearly as big a story but I believe the reason for that is because he's had a history of cheap shots.
I don't know if he said "Ha" but he clearly didn't say "Mine, Mine Mine" or "I got it". The third baseman was a rookie and got caught off guard, he clearly backed off because he thought his shortstop called for it. The replay clearly shows that.
I don't like it when Manny or to a lesser degree Ortiz watches the ball after they hit a homerun and I'm not a fan of Youks dramatics after he's hit by a pitch or fouls a ball of his shin either. And I never liked Pedro's headhunter mentality and his disgusting physical confrontation with Zimmer. I'm not criticizing A-Rod because he's A-Rod. Some of us believe the game should be played a particular way and when it's not we're vocal about it.
As to your question about Callahan, I think it's a contract issue. From what I've heard he's being wooed by another station and he and Dennis aren't on the same page as far as staying together as a team. I don't think they particularly like each other outside of the studio. This is just snippets of what I've heard or read. As far as I know there's been no statement of mention of it by WEEI.
