A-Rod and the quest for 500 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

troit · 08-02-2007, 07:34 AM

How about the Yankees tying a club record by hitting 8 homers on Tuesday and then in yesterdays game hitting another 5 homers but none but the league leader A-Rod.

Also Rodriguez went 0-for-4 last night and doesn't have a hit in 21 at-bats, matching the longest hitless streak of his big-league career. I feel like the hex is on... comments?

Mister Coaster · 08-02-2007, 07:46 AM

Players slump, it happens. I'm no fan of A-rod or the Yanks, but seeing as the Yanks are winning despite A-rod's slump, that's the more important issue. Team goes before a player's individual stats.

Same thing with my Angels, Vlad Guerrero hasn't hit a homer since before the All-Star break (well, he won the HR derby, but they don't really count, do they?) But the Halos have managed to hang onto first place in the AL West. Meanwhile Matthews Jr, Anderson and Cabrerra have been slugging them out.

Ilow · 08-02-2007, 10:08 AM

Looks like he's pressing a bit and changed his swing to have a little more uppercut to hit homers to get to 500. The reason he has been so dangerous for his career is that he normally has a nice level swing through the zone and hits what essentially are line drives with backspin that easily carry out, without him overswinging.

QuasiMondo · 08-02-2007, 10:39 AM

Yankees announcer Michael Kay said it best, "Milestones have become millstones."

troit · 08-03-2007, 10:39 PM

I went to the game tonight against KC. Its amazing how many posers pop out of the woodwork. A guy sitting in the front row was the only person in our section standing up everytime A-Rod came to bat - even though he was asked multiple times by multiple people to please sit down. His response - "He was witnessing history". That's fine and "swell" but how about the little boy sitting behind him that now can't do the same.

BTW - he left after the seventh inning and missed A-Rod's last at bat in the ninth. Fuckin' tool!

08-02-2007, 07:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	A-Rod and the quest for 500 How about the Yankees tying a club record by hitting 8 homers on Tuesday and then in yesterdays game hitting another 5 homers but none but the league leader A-Rod. Also Rodriguez went 0-for-4 last night and doesn't have a hit in 21 at-bats, matching the longest hitless streak of his big-league career. I feel like the hex is on... comments? __________________ I've yet to dephile myself... Last edited by troit; 08-02-2007 at 07:39 AM..

08-02-2007, 07:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mister Coaster Big & Brassy Location: The "Canyon"	Players slump, it happens. I'm no fan of A-rod or the Yanks, but seeing as the Yanks are winning despite A-rod's slump, that's the more important issue. Team goes before a player's individual stats. Same thing with my Angels, Vlad Guerrero hasn't hit a homer since before the All-Star break (well, he won the HR derby, but they don't really count, do they?) But the Halos have managed to hang onto first place in the AL West. Meanwhile Matthews Jr, Anderson and Cabrerra have been slugging them out. __________________ If you have any poo... fling it NOW!

08-02-2007, 10:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ilow Junkie Location: Pats country	Looks like he's pressing a bit and changed his swing to have a little more uppercut to hit homers to get to 500. The reason he has been so dangerous for his career is that he normally has a nice level swing through the zone and hits what essentially are line drives with backspin that easily carry out, without him overswinging. __________________ "Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about" --Sam Harris

08-02-2007, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
QuasiMondo Wise-ass Latino Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA	Yankees announcer Michael Kay said it best, "Milestones have become millstones." __________________ Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer. -From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

08-03-2007, 10:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
troit Transfer Agent Location: NYC	I went to the game tonight against KC. Its amazing how many posers pop out of the woodwork. A guy sitting in the front row was the only person in our section standing up everytime A-Rod came to bat - even though he was asked multiple times by multiple people to please sit down. His response - "He was witnessing history". That's fine and "swell" but how about the little boy sitting behind him that now can't do the same. BTW - he left after the seventh inning and missed A-Rod's last at bat in the ninth. Fuckin' tool! __________________ I've yet to dephile myself...