Comments on: Why do teams get better when A-Rod leaves? http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/why-do-teams-get-better-when-a-rod-leaves/ ...from a ranting rambler Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Steven Gardner http://www.jeffjsnider.com/archives/why-do-teams-get-better-when-a-rod-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-342 Steven Gardner Mon, 19 Sep 2005 16:30:49 +0000 /?p=2#comment-342 There wasn't a choice for "A-Rod is jinxed." This is old, but give me the choice this year and I'll vote 1 or 5. I don't buy the "too much focus" argument, but I do believe that one player (statistically) can only do so much. I also think "fluke" is a way of explaining away something we just haven't figured out yet. One player can make a bigger difference in the locker room, such as Kirk Gibson did in 1988. But I don't think A-Rod is that kind of guy. A-Rod is an awesome player who has showed class on and off the field. I still think the Red Sox jinx has switched from them to land completely on A-Rod. There wasn’t a choice for “A-Rod is jinxed.”

This is old, but give me the choice this year and I’ll vote 1 or 5. I don’t buy the “too much focus” argument, but I do believe that one player (statistically) can only do so much. I also think “fluke” is a way of explaining away something we just haven’t figured out yet. One player can make a bigger difference in the locker room, such as Kirk Gibson did in 1988. But I don’t think A-Rod is that kind of guy. A-Rod is an awesome player who has showed class on and off the field. I still think the Red Sox jinx has switched from them to land completely on A-Rod.

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