Arod crawling back to the Yankees? NYDAILYNEWS

[Smizzy]

I'd make his ass take a pay cut now.

[Thai Jet]

So lets me get this straight here......

1. Arod opted out from the Yankees contract 3 weeks ago.

2. Expected to cash in on the FA market w/a 300 million dollar contract

3. Saw that no team was going to give him said 300 million dollar contract

4. Is now crawling back to the Yankees because he sees there is no market for him at all.

F this POS phony BS artist. Shut the door on this dooshe bag, please.

As much as I totally agree with what you are saying it really makes sense for ARod to remain in pinstrips. It ALWAYS comes down to the money. Why do you think that prick Borass said that he really hoped that the Yanks would bid on ARod? Just to drive up that price. As much as I HATE seeing him back in the Bronx , face it the Yanks and ARod need each other.

[anskyruben]

The Yankees don't need Arod. They won championships without him , while he was in the league. It chaps my rear end to know this clown will be back in pinstripes.

[Thai Jet]

The Yankees don't need Arod. They won championships without him , while he was in the league. It chaps my rear end to know this clown will be back in pinstripes.

It's STILL a lot of production (regular season only) for the Yanks to have to replace.

[shawn306]

Interesting article in today Daily News.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2007/11/15/2007-11-15_hank_steinbrenners_stance_caught_arod_bo-1.html

Hank Steinbrenner's stance caught A-Rod, Boras off guard

As it turns out, the one development that Alex Rodriguez didn't see coming, the one that caused him to finally stand up to Scott Boras and go looking to make things right with the Yankees, was the emergence of Hank Steinbrenner as the new Boss.

Oh, there were other contributing factors over the last couple of weeks that drove Rodriguez to this point, according to two people who talked with him during that time: the nationwide criticism he received for the timing of his opt-out; the absence of offers Boras had promised would be pouring in and, finally, the Yankees' pursuit of Mike Lowell.

All of it apparently made A-Rod feel as if the walls were closing in on him.

"He read all the criticism online from home," one person who spoke to Rodriguez said. "And when he was out of the country, he was calling people every day to find out what was being said about him. I think it got to the point where he truly was in a state of depression."

More than anything, it apparently was the very public and seemingly ironclad dismissal by Hank Steinbrenner after the opt-out that made A-Rod begin to re-think his willingness to let Boras once again dictate the direction his career would take.

"That's why he called me, to ask if Hank was serious about closing the door on him," a second person said yesterday. "From what I gathered, Boras had been telling him not to worry about what Brian Cashman was saying about the opt-out, partly because they knew they had George on their side.

"But then Alex saw the shift in power, with the Steinbrenner sons taking over, and here was Hank saying 'Goodbye, we don't want you if you don't want to be a Yankee.' Those words really messed with his mind because he really did want to be a Yankee."

Yes, there are indications that Boras had convinced Rodriguez that all of the talk about an opt-out ultimatum from Cashman was merely negotiating rhetoric, regularly reminding him George Steinbrenner was on his side.

After all, hadn't George taken Rodriguez's side on the infamous "Ha" play on that pop-up in Toronto, rebuking Joe Torre for saying A-Rod had been in the wrong?

And hadn't George, in that interview he gave to The Record during the division series, said he had every intention of making sure Rodriguez remained a Yankee?

"I don't think there's any doubt that Boras used George's fondness for Alex as a way of convincing him there was no danger in opting out," one person said. "They both had to know George was slipping, but maybe Boras was able to convince Alex that as long as he was alive, George would have the final say."

The Torre saga, playing out as it did after the season, should have told A-Rod that times had changed, but perhaps by then he was too far down Boras' opt-out road to hit the brakes. Their relationship, after all, goes back some 15 years, to when Rodriguez was 17 and perhaps looking for someone like Boras to guide him in the absence of the father who abandoned him.

According to people who have observed the relationship over the years, Rodriguez has always been grateful for the role Boras played in his life, from setting him up with personal trainers and mental coaches to making him wealthy beyond his dreams with that famous $252million contract. However, they say it evolved into something of a love-hate relationship, with A-Rod growing to resent Boras' control at times, quarreling with him on certain matters but always giving in to him.

That began to change, however, with the opt-out announcement during Game4 of the World Series that seemed to infuriate every fan, media voice and baseball executive in the free world. A-Rod had taken his share of criticism before, but nothing like this.

People who should know say that while Rodriguez had given Boras the go-ahead to opt out, he had no idea the agent would leak the news in a way that would upstage the World Series.

"He was blind-sided by the timing," was the way one person put it. "He was (ticked) and he got more (ticked) as time went on and he saw the hit his reputation was taking. The demand for his (merchandising products) dried up almost immediately.

"He was so angry at Boras that at one point he told friends he was thinking of suing him. Then there was a series of steps that led him to take control of the situation. The Lowell talks (with the Yankees) pushed him over the edge. He didn't want any part of going to Boston. So he made his move without Boras.

"I think their relationship will survive - there's too much history there. But I don't think it will ever be the same."

For once, then, it seems Boras pays for being a bully. Apparently he didn't count on Hank Steinbrenner showing up out of nowhere as a tough guy who couldn't be bluffed in the manner of his old man.

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I'll be honest I wanted him out and in a sense I still do but bottom line is A-Rod needs the Yankees and the Yankees need A-Rod like or not.

He is the best player in the game and when all is said and done will probably end up being a top 5 all time.

As much as I think the Yanks screwed up on Torre if the Yanks bring Posada, A-Rod and hopefully Mo back then I think the Yanks will be right in the thick of things again next season.

[faba]

Bringing A-Rod back will guarantee the Yanks not winning again as evidenced by his career.

[Scott Dierking]

Interesting article in today Daily News.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2007/11/15/2007-11-15_hank_steinbrenners_stance_caught_arod_bo-1.html

"He read all the criticism online from home," one person who spoke to Rodriguez said. "And when he was out of the country, he was calling people every day to find out what was being said about him. I think it got to the point where he truly was in a state of depression."

More than anything, it apparently was the very public and seemingly ironclad dismissal by Hank Steinbrenner after the opt-out that made A-Rod begin to re-think his willingness to let Boras once again dictate the direction his career would take.

ARod now upstages Terrel Owens as the biggest drama queen in all of sport.

If you are goinmg to make big boy decisions, act like a big boy and don't be surprised by the repurcussions.

After reading this, there really may be something to the choking in playoff pressure situations. His mentality seems to shake given hardship.

This ownership and this player and this agent all deserve each other.

[shawn306]

ARod now upstages Terrel Owens as the biggest drama queen in all of sport.

If you are goinmg to make big boy decisions, act like a big boy and don't be surprised by the repurcussions.

After reading this, there really may be something to the choking in playoff pressure situations. His mentality seems to shake given hardship.

This ownership and this player and this agent all deserve each other.

I agree 110%.

A-Rod has always been concerned about what people say or write about him.

A-Rod looks like one of those guys who you have to kind of coddle and tell him "hey we still love you" even when things are going bad.

Some guys need to be coddled, some guys need a boot in the @ss to get max production. It is one of the reasons I liked Torre so much. He knew his clubhouse and he knew which guys he could push and which he had to kind of sit back and keep encouraging.

It is probably A-Rod's biggest flaw. If he just went out there and took a Johhny Damon devil may care attitude he would probably go down as the greatest player who ever lived.

If this deal gets done it is going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

[Scott Dierking]

I agree 110%.

A-Rod has always been concerned about what people say or write about him.

A-Rod looks like one of those guys who you have to kind of coddle and tell him "hey we still love you" even when things are going bad.

Some guys need to be coddled, some guys need a boot in the @ss to get max production. It is one of the reasons I liked Torre so much. He knew his clubhouse and he knew which guys he could push and which he had to kind of sit back and keep encouraging.

It is probably A-Rod's biggest flaw. If he just went out there and took a Johhny Damon devil may care attitude he would probably go down as the greatest player who ever lived.

If this deal gets done it is going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

Spot on about your assessmant about management. It goes in any walk of life.

Normally, you just hope that it isn't your biggest player that needs the coddling all teh time.

End of the day, teh deal makes sense to teh Yanks and for the player. I guess that is what this was all about.

Just the manner that they got here.....

[JetsMan57]

Who cares if Boras is scripting this. Bottomline is AROD is coming back for less than the Yankees were going to offer him as an extension, Boras has a huge egg on his face no matter how he spins it, and a huge hole that we had to fill is no longer a concern.

Yankees win.

[Scott Dierking]

Who cares if Boras is scripting this. Bottomline is AROD is coming back for less than the Yankees were going to offer him as an extension, Boras has a huge egg on his face no matter how he spins it, and a huge hole that we had to fill is no longer a concern.

Yankees win.

How do you figure that this is less than the extension they were going to offer?

Remember, any extension offer gets discounted by the 21 million or so that the Rangers were going to chip in.

Big winners in this soap opera-Texas Rangers.

[GimmeShelter]

I agree 110%.

A-Rod has always been concerned about what people say or write about him.

A-Rod looks like one of those guys who you have to kind of coddle and tell him "hey we still love you" even when things are going bad.

Some guys need to be coddled, some guys need a boot in the @ss to get max production. It is one of the reasons I liked Torre so much. He knew his clubhouse and he knew which guys he could push and which he had to kind of sit back and keep encouraging.

It is probably A-Rod's biggest flaw. If he just went out there and took a Johhny Damon devil may care attitude he would probably go down as the greatest player who ever lived.

If this deal gets done it is going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

Purely speculation on all counts. Sure ARod or more accurately "3rd parties" claim ARod feels bad about how the opt out was handled but we have no idea how much is true and how much is ARod AND Boras doing what they always intended to do, getting as close to 300 mill from a team no matter what road it took to obtain the cash.

We also hear that with incentives the contract surpasses 300 mill if any of this is to be believed.

[JetsMan57]

How do you figure that this is less than the extension they were going to offer?

Remember, any extension offer gets discounted by the 21 million or so that the Rangers were going to chip in.

Big winners in this soap opera-Texas Rangers.

you're right I didnt factor in the 21 million from the Rangers.

Still, Boras looks like an ass-hat.

[GimmeShelter]

Who cares if Boras is scripting this. Bottomline is AROD is coming back for less than the Yankees were going to offer him as an extension, Boras has a huge egg on his face no matter how he spins it, and a huge hole that we had to fill is no longer a concern.

Yankees win.

How do you come to that conclusion?

[Maxman]

If the Yankees have to add 21 million to the contract in order to discount the contract by 21 million, they will do that.

They are going to claim they didn't lose money by having him opt out.

[Scott Dierking]

If the Yankees have to add 21 million to the contract in order to discount the contract by 21 million, they will do that.

They are going to claim they didn't lose money by having him opt out.

If that is the case, why not just offer him 300 mill over 10 years during teh season, and save all the drama?

Both sides blinked here.

[Bob]

He didn't want any part of going to Boston. So he made his move without Boras.

Welcome back, Alex. Ignore the tools. You're a Yankee.

[Barton]

Man, I am seriously gonna hate rooting for this toolbag.

[Bob]

Man, I am seriously gonna hate rooting for this toolbag.

Then go the **** away. It's win-win for everybody.

[Barton]

Then go the **** away. It's win-win for everybody.

Bob, for the last time, I will not have sex with you! Get over it, grandpa.

btw, I thought we were gonna finish in 3rd place. Right, bob? Tools root for tools. Congrats.

[Maxman]

If that is the case, why not just offer him 300 mill over 10 years during teh season, and save all the drama?

Both sides blinked here.

Clearly both sides blinked. The Yankees said they were done when he opted out. Now they will use the Boras wasn't involved angle to save face.

It is like the looked at the lineup without him and just realized they had no righty power.

[Scott Dierking]

Clearly both sides blinked. The Yankees said they were done when he opted out. Now they will use the Boras wasn't involved angle to save face.

It is like the looked at the lineup without him and just realized they had no righty power.

In the end, it is a good contract for A-Rod, it is a good contract for the Yankees, as long as Arod does not break down.

In six years, and if A-Rod is still producing, this contract may actually look smart, after the market has an ability to catch up to it.

[Bob]

Bob, for the last time, I will not have sex with you! Get over it, grandpa.

btw, I thought we were gonna finish in 3rd place. Right, bob? Tools root for tools. Congrats.

Damn. I was hoping you'd bring me flowers in a suitcase.

BTW - third place without Arod and Mariano. Second and no playoff spot with them, as long as clueless Joe Girardi is the manager.

[JonEJet]

Joe Girardi is the only thing I diagree with you about here Bob

Change is good, and obviously Girardi is respected

[Barton]

Damn. I was hoping you'd bring me flowers in a suitcase.

BTW - third place without Arod and Mariano. Second and no playoff spot with them, as long as clueless Joe Girardi is the manager.

Yeah, you said both Mariano and Posada were leaving too.

Stay out of the prediction business.

And remove the stick from your a**. I dont know why you keep being a d##k to me when I am just talking baseball here, but keep it up and I'll do it to you nonstop mr.porno stache man.

And you've never even seen Girardi manage a game.

[Bob]

Yeah, you said both Mariano and Posada were leaving too.

Stay out of the prediction business.

And remove the stick from your a**. I dont know why you keep being a d##k to me when I am just talking baseball here, but keep it up and I'll do it to you nonstop mr.porno stache man.

And you've never even seen Girardi manage a game.

He managed the Marlins, dumbass. I saw. God, I wish you would grow a brain or go away.

[PeterNorth09]

Who's Arod?

[Bugg]

I've read the 3rd party was the guy who owned Modell's, who apparently looked into the abyss of destroying or selling at fire sale prices some 15,000 A-rod jerseys, and decided he had to do something.

[JetsMan57]

How do you come to that conclusion?

Boras was promising AROD a $350 million contract that is probably on mars. He thought the Yanks were bluffing when they said they would let ARO go. Yankees stood their ground, AROD pushed Boras aside and made himself a Yankee again.

Boras has a huge egg on his face.

[GimmeShelter]

Boras was promising AROD a $350 million contract that is probably on mars. He thought the Yanks were bluffing when they said they would let ARO go. Yankees stood their ground, AROD pushed Boras aside and made himself a Yankee again.

Boras has a huge egg on his face.

He will get ARod close to 300 mill and frankly we have no idea if he indeed orchestrated bringing the Yanks back in to pay that contract after the Yanks said they were done with ARod. What everyone forgets is that the day of WS game 3 twas the Yanks who announced if ARod opted out they would not entertain signing him. The Yanks were played here, the local media just won't write that.

[Barton]

He managed the Marlins, dumbass. I saw. God, I wish you would grow a brain or go away.

So you were watching marlins games? Riiight, sure you were.

Bob, you are a joke. Go manscape.

[124]

This is the worst news of the offseason thus far.

[toon88]

This is the worst news of the offseason thus far.

i beg to differ, the mets signing yorvit torrealba is much worse!

[124]

i beg to differ, the mets signing yorvit torrealba is much worse!

The who?

[Lil Bit Special]

i beg to differ, the mets signing yorvit torrealba is much worse!

dude!!! He is going to be an all-star!! Sure he's sucked so far in his career, but he's going to hit .300 and hit 25 hrs and throw out 50 base stealers.... You just wait and see!