[quote name='AdropOFvenom' post='90212' date='Apr 21 2007, 09:09 AM'][quote name='Nebkreb' post='90207' date='Apr 21 2007, 06:56 AM']oh get off it. yankee fans are mean, we expect nothing but the best. we know that he was playing great, but our expectations were high (perhaps unfairly high). Wecant appreciate his success now? I never booed him grounding out in the first inning. I will boo anyone who strikes out with the bases loaded and 2 outs, be it ARod, Jeter, Hank Aaron, etc.[/quote].290/35/121 are numbers worthy of MVP Consideration for any other player and he got Booed out of the Building for that. It wasn't just clutch situations, it was after every single time he got out and before many at-bats even began. Alex Rodriguez hit .302 with Runners in Scoring Position and .474 with Bases Loaded last year and even had a walkoff against the Braves. Even on his off year, he was one of the Top 10 players in Baseball last year. Yes, your expectations of him are unfairly high. And Jeter has never been Booed in Yankee Stadium so don't give me that Bullshit, because you know as well as I do that you are full of crap right there. Because you sure as hell didn't Boo him one of the 29 (16 with 2 Out) times he struck out with RISP last season.[/quote]A-Rod hit 3 game winning RBI's in a row last year, ESPN said nothing, in the 4th game he struck out in the 9th and Sportscenter spent half the show on how he's not clutch.[quote name='AdropOFvenom' post='90204' date='Apr 21 2007, 06:28 AM'][quote name='TCOF' post='90187' date='Apr 20 2007, 07:43 PM']I'm willing to bet people at school will make a big deal out of Mo getting shelled.It's the same concept as to why Wakefield gets wrecked against the Yankees. They've seen the pitchers so much they know what to do.[/quote]Like How Those Oakland Hitters have seen Mariano oh so much?
The Most Troubling thing with Mariano is that he had no movement on his Cutter, it looked flat. He's basically made his entire career off of that one pitch. If he can't throw it like how he used to, then he's done and you midas well take him out to the pasture and shoot him. Granted, it's still early and the weather seems to be messing with most pitchers who are playing on the east coast at this point, so we'll see if he's really lost something on it or not.[/quote]Now you see why Cashman refused the extension and told Rivera to prove it this year and he'll get his contract.We need to trade for a guy like Fuentes who is on the block if Rivera continues to struggle, someone to be a sweet setup guy and take over next year.Rivera is the Godfather, and the greatest closer of all time. But to continue to depend on him if he's not getting it done would be like us continuing to go with David Robinson, but not pickingup Tim Duncan.
