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[Artemis]

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Alex Rodriguez Retiring From Baseball
Final game is Friday, to become a special advisor

Whether you love him or loathe him, one thing is for sure: Alex Rodriguez is no longer the New York Yankees problem any longer.

It feels like almost a century ago when Rodriguez was traded from the Texas Rangers to the Bronx Bombers for Alfonso Soriano, and to Yankees fans it felt like an eternity between A-Rod becoming a cornerstone of the franchise and the deliver of a World Series win.

When the team finally hoisted the Commissioner's Trophy in 2009, the same year they opened the new Yankee Stadium, it felt like everything was starting over fresh. The team was back on top, and Rodriguez, one of the most talented players of his generation, was finally a winner. This all coming just two years after his infamous opt out controversy, when Rodriguez and his agent, Scott Boras, announced during Game Four of the World Series that the all-star would not re-sign with the Yankees.
In any other situation Rodriguez, who currently sits four home runs away from 700, has been AL MVP three times, and won nearly every award, would be a sure bet for the Hall of Fame, but his suspension during the 2014 season for violating the league's Performance Enhancing Drugs policy makes that future cloudy.
His final game will be this Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays. He will serve as a special advisor and instructor for the team through December 31st, 2017.

[clickie]

Enough already with these 10 yr long mega contracts givin to baseball players at the peak of their career.

[intertwoven]

Yeah, MLB players got a hell of a union.. guaranteed contracts, no salary caps. Guys in their prime can squeeze teams with big free agent deals then coast them out.

[farrellgirl99]

bye arod! dont let the door hit you on the way out

there are still 5 (!) years left on albert pujols' contract

[Angry Canine]

A-Rod "retired" like Nixon retired.
A-Rod retired to save the embarrassment that a player job hunt would demonstrate that truly no one wants him.

[Artemis]

This is baseball related but not official MLB talk.

Massive Blue Jays Corn Maze

Michael Stringer
September 01, 2016 03:15 pm
A family farm has created a huge Blue Jays display within their corn field.

The Hunter Brothers Farm in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick made the corn maze across their six-acre field– complete with Jose Bautista’s epic bat flip, “OK BLUE JAYS,” and a nod to the Jays’ 40th season.

The family has been making corn mazes for 16 years, including themes of The Beatles, The Habs, and even Harry Potter.

[Artemis]

Another 'L' for the Jays...
Tonight's game against Boston was brutal...13-3.

[farrellgirl99]

Another 'L' for the Jays...
Tonight's game against Boston was brutal...13-3.

As bad as that Yankees sweep? Though I can never root for boston, so hope the jays take the next two

Yanks are only one game back of the second WC now. They've been really fun to watch now that we got rid of AROD and have young guys playing every day who care about winning. I still doubt we will make the playoffs, but atleast watching them is exciting now, as opposed to before the all star break when it was just a slog.

[Artemis]

Another 'L' for the Jays...
Tonight's game against Boston was brutal...13-3.

As bad as that Yankees sweep?

Yes, I would say on par or worse.

Your guys have been playing really well lately. I'm going to try to catch one of the 4 Yankee games here from /923- 9/26. At the moment looks like only the Monday game has tickets available. the other games are single seats only. I will keep checking for some releases.

[Artemis]

Even though the Jays lost today, great game!

This twitter tweet sums things up perfectly:

" This AL East race is completely meshuganeh"

[farrellgirl99]

Yup the AL East is crazy this year. Every team has its own issues so no one has been able to run away with it. Should be an exciting rest of the way.

That jay/yankees series at the end will be fun!

[MYXYLPLYX]

Your Yanks can do the Giants a big favor here and beat the Dodgers like a rented mule...

[farrellgirl99]

Your Yanks can do the Giants a big favor here and beat the Dodgers like a rented mule...

sorry we were too shitty to help yall out!

[SR]

I really want to see Puig and BUMgarner get to it.

[SR]

Seriously considering going to SF for Scully's final booth call. He is god.

[kv]

LA has been stupid, lottery like lucky with announcers...Vin, Chick and Bob Miller? GTFO way too lucky...the kids today are screwed... they'll never have it as good as the older generations

I sorta thought about going to a game too...but it's not like you hear him at the game or he Harry Carey's in the stretch...the broadcasts will do for me

[SR]

True.

It appears KTLA is broadcasting the last games.

The penultimate night at Dodger Stadium is an appreciation night. I might go to that with a transistor radio.

[kv]

That makes more sense to me

[Artemis]

Whew, Blue Jays really needed that win tonight. I was a little stressed out watching..

So, now Jays are tied with Baltimore for wild card spot.

Gotta do it again tomorrow!

[Artemis]

1-1 at the bottom of the 7th. The finish is going to be stressful again.

A friend of mine who is a really big fan posted this 'santito shrine' he and his wife made.

[creep]

[intertwoven]

my playoff rooting hierarchy:
Cubs > Red Sox > Mets > Dodgers > Jays > Rangers > Nats > Indians > Giants > Orioles

[Artemis]

If it happens that the Jays play Texas on Thursday, I hope we don't have a repeat of this!

[Romeo]

It's on like Donkey Kong Creep!

[MYXYLPLYX]

"...the Mets have never beaten Bumgarner. He is 5-0 with a 1.80 E.R.A. in six starts against them in his career."

If the Mets win, it would be quite the accomplishment, beating a pitcher they've never defeated, who also happens to be arguably the best post season pitcher of all time, in a win or go home game on the road where he (and the Giants as a team) have never lost...


Good luck!