A-Hole
Cheer up, Rockies fans, it could be worse. You could be rooting for the Yankees.
Bronx Bombers got a double detonation of disaster last night: While the Red Sox were sweeping the World Series, the best player in baseball hung up his pinstripes.
“A-ROD A-GONER,” screamed today’s N.Y. Daily News. “A-BOMB,” shouted the Post.
Scott Boras, agent for Alex Rodriguez, may have outsmarted himself on this one. Not only was the announcement an advertisement of A-Rod’s selfishness, the backlash against the timing was so sharp today that it might trim a few million dollars off the player’s next contract.
A little old-fashioned collusion by the owners, and Boras could wind up begging somebody to pay A-Rod $25 million a year.
Yankee fans can take heart, too. For the past 14 seasons, since A-Rod broke into the league, someone has won the World Series without him on their team.
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So awful to read in today’s Daily about the hunting mishap and death of News&Guide press foreman Dan Fauver. I worked with Dan for several years at the paper, and he was a class act and truly nice guy.
Suddenly the Red Sox, A-Rod and baseball didn’t seem worth talking about anymore.
My thoughts go out to Dan’s family and friends and former colleagues at the News&Guide.
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