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Demotion coming for A-Rod?
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08:24 AM ET 10.09 | Alex Rodriguez would love nothing more than to come through in the clutch, of course, but many Yankees fans don't even want him there. The last at-bat of [Monday night's] game was proof enough. Robinson Cano is by far the Yankees' best hitter these days, and if he were hitting in the No. 3 spot, he would have come up against Jim Johnson when one swing still could have changed everything. Instead he watched from the on-deck circle Monday night as [Rodriguez] struck out swinging to end the game, his fifth strikeout in this series. Enough, already. For a lot of reasons it's time Joe Girardi makes the obvious move and puts Cano into that third spot, while moving the seemingly diminished A-Rod down in the lineup.
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Cheer up Yankee fans, only 5 more years of this left.
jnorman41
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Contractually anyways. I'm not so sure he'll be playing for that long.
THE BISHOP!
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My thoughts, exactly.
Kenny_Powers
New York , NY
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Arod has batted 3rd all year and they aren't going to move him now. The Yankees have 4 players batting under 200 so there is a lot of blame to go around.
Mongo Alex
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It is gratifying to watch his continuing struggles.
clemtheslowson
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He should have been moved out of that 3 spot a long time ago. He is no 3 hitter, but Girardi is stubborn to a fault. Honestly, I would play chavez at third any time there was a right hander on the mound and DH Ibanez. But Girardi refuses to change. You have to pay the guy, but you don't have to play him.
50yearfan
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That game was a snooze fest last night....that game could cure insomnia.....
Sgt. Schultz
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Arod: "I'll be back next year and I'll dominate!"
clemtheslowson
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It does help to have Arod so inept at playoff time to take the pressure off of the all time playoff bust: Swisher. What is it now?1-33 with RISP? Has to be a record, just has to be.
50yearfan
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Going back and forth between Monday Night Football and the Baseball playoffs....the baseball was like watching a faucet drip.....drip.......drip.......drip........
Sgt. Schultz
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I laugh until I cry bro. It's absolute lunacy to have given A-Rod a 10 year contract at the age that he was. I think he's still an ok player to have in the lineup but he's by no means a 25-30 million dollar a year cleanup hitter. He's earning about 3 or 4 million a year when he plays a whole year.
Yogi-Zen
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In a sense, Arod has succeeded. He has stated that he has to try to "???not to try to do too much,??????
And he hasn't.
50yearfan
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Chinese water torture? How many drops did you last Sarge?
Yogi-Zen
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Looks like another example, if we needed one, of a 'roid burnout.
SportsFun
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I agree Sarge.
clemtheslowson
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Well played.
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