Someone Take A Stand

I use to like Alex Rodriguez. I thought he was one of the greatest baseball players to ever play the game. And more importantly, he seemed like a pretty decent guy. I never once blamed him for his $252 million dollar contract he signed with the Texas Rangers. Hey, if someone is going to offer me that money, I would have been more than happy to play for it.

The contract put baseball back in so many ways. With 32 teams and about half those teams unable to compete with the other half just because of the money they can generate. But Rangers' Owner Tom Hicks bought was Arod and his agent were selling and everyone was happy.

After the Rangers realized they couldn't compete because all of their money was tied up in one player, they traded Arod to the New York Yankees. The Rangers paid a good portion of the contract as he played for the Yankees. Arod made the playoffs each of his 4 years in New York, but failed to do make an impact. The Yankees-Arod marriage was a bust from the beginning and the saving grace was Arod had an out clause after the 7th year of the contract.

I had no doubt he was going to opt out. I thought him opting out during game 4 of the World Series was a complete scum thing to do. He had to steal the headlines from the Eventual World Series Champs, the Red Sox.

Well, there is something Baseball can do and I would applaud baseball and its owners if they did it. Don't pay this guy $27 Million a year. Infact, now is the time for baseball owners to show a little muscle and strong arm Arod, his agent and the system. How great would it be if Arod is only offered $10 million, a third of what his agent thinks he should get?