Yankees regret A-Rod call

Posted: Thursday May 08, 2008 06:11AM ET

Privately, the Yankees admit they incorrectly handled Alex Rodriguez's initial quad strain. He suffered the injury on April 20 in Baltimore and soon after left the team to be with his wife in Miami for the birth of their second child. Because the club was on the road in Cleveland and because Rodriguez has an iron man history, the Yanks allowed Rodriguez to talk his way back into the lineup without an MRI exam on April 25. Club officials have told The Post they regret that decision.

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that sucks that he is the a multi million dollar man and you would think they would take precautions. That says a lot about that organization

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Yeah, that pretty much proves that the Yankees are Satan's evil messengers. Great insight.

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I think I speak for all Yankee fans in officially switching my loyalty to the Hiroshima Carp.

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Go ahead, unroll that tarp!
We're here to cheer for the noble Carp!

Yeah, I could get used to this.

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I read the entire article, of course lefty's are killing them. But it's not just the lefty's who are killing the yankees, it's the manager making bad decisions on the field and the GM making other mistakes off the field. They had better start managing in the right direction. Two heads are better than one, but Cashman no longer has Torre's experience to fall back on. So they saved a few million by not bring Torre back, We certainly didn't see see Giambi giving back any money for his performance so far, (under 200 BA) But of course the union would not allow that, merrit pay. Bad decisions all around...

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Yeah, that pretty much proves that the Yankees are Satan's evil messengers. Great insight.

Yankee64

Great reply to an ignorant hating comment..........GO CARP

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this is the end.....my only friend...the end.

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Yankeefan64 is the classic bandwagon fan. Wow, what a surprise....also a Dallas Cowboys fan! Let me guess....you like Notre Dame football as well. Comments from bandwagon fans are meaningless and fall on deaf ears. Real fans root for all of the teams from where you are from......get lost.

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Who gives a ****

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Yankeefan64 is the classic bandwagon fan. Wow, what a surprise....also a Dallas Cowboys fan! Let me guess....you like Notre Dame football as well. Comments from bandwagon fans are meaningless and fall on deaf ears. Real fans root for all of the teams from where you are from......get lost.

Alfred | 05/08/08, 09:14 AM

Someone needs to look up "sarcasm" in the dictionary...Yankeefan64 is no bandwagon fan, he's just funny. You play the Alfred character to a tee, slow to understand your surroundings.

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very good points Tony

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Yankke64 ain't no bandwagoner!!!

A-Rod being on the DL has really hurt the Yankess and I for one feel terrible that it is affecting them in such a negative way:)))

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*Yankee

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Thank you, my friends. Alfred has been exposed as the idiot he works so hard to be.

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And becca, your sympathy and $9 would get me a half double decaf soy latte with foamed milk at my local Starbucks. Thanks much!

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you are very welcome LOL!

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Yankee64- no worries we are all fluent in sarcasm unlike Alfred. Yankees def rushed Arod back out there but they were already without Posada and the rest of the line up wasn't hitting all that well aside from Matsui and Melky so they took a gamble to try to get his bat in there and it backfired. Lucky for them it is early in the season and not later. Then again maybe it wouldn't be so bad if Arod got injured around late September early October lol.

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bcolt, you're right...a late season injury is MUCH better.

Imagine where we'd be right now if A-Rod had an April '08 anything like his April '09. Man. Let's hope he comes back with a vengeance. As we learned last night, even a great pitching performance is a waste if you can't score.

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Yankee, is A-Rod gonna do good next April?:)

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It is not just the A-Rod injury, though the Yanks do miss his bat in the lineup, as they miss Posada's as well. Beyond that Cano needs to come around, Girardi needs to improve, i have faith in him too, and there are the young pitchers, that is a whole other discussion, but that includes Joba who they are experimenting with in his pitch selection and approach. They are just a bit behind where they need to be, not much, but that is an optimistic outlook, i think it is accurate, but I am a fan.

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