Alex Rodriguez

  1. Alex Rodriguez and 4 Other American League Players Who Need to Have a Big Week

    Interleague play was all fun and good, but things are going back to normal in Major League Baseball on Monday. For the next couple weeks, it's back to American League vs. American League and National League vs...

    Zachary D. Rymer Written by Zachary D. Rymer about 1 day ago 396 reads 1 comments

  2. New York Yankees: Brian Cashman and Joe Girardi Need to Do Something

    The New York Yankees have hit some pretty big bumps since the start of the 2012 season, and even though I hate to admit it, I'm concerned about the rest of the season...

    Bill Ford Written by Bill Ford about 1 day ago 1,706 reads 8 comments

  3. New York Yankees: Alex Rodriguez No Longer Capable of Hitting Cleanup

    It's not a secret that the New York Yankees have struggled to score in the clutch—or at all, really—so far this season...

    Kenny DeJohn Written by Kenny DeJohn about 2 days ago 1,006 reads 17 comments

  4. Baseball Etiquette: 5 Rules for Being a Gentleman on the Field

    Baseball is not a contact sport, that is, unless you want it to be. However, to keep it classy out there on the field, it's necessary to make as little violent physical contact as possible...

    Lucy Burdge Written by Lucy Burdge about 2 days ago 220 reads 0 comments

  5. Fantasy Baseball 2012: Rest-of-Season Projections for Home Run Leaders

    AccuScore , a company that specializes in thorough game simulations, has made a few on-the-fly revisions to its seasonal projections...

    Jay Clemons Written by Jay Clemons about 4 days ago 1,747 reads 10 comments

  6. Guillermo Mota and the 15 Worst Steroid Excuses in Baseball History

    San Francisco Giants pitcher Guillermo Mota is staring at a long lay-off from work after Major League Baseball handed him a 100-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy...

    Mark Miller Written by Mark Miller about 6 days ago 6,850 reads 21 comments

  7. 5 Early Yankees Disappointments Who Are About to Break out

    2012 has been an up-and-down season for the New York Yankees thus far. Some players have been surprisingly hot, while some have been uncharacteristically cold...

    Chris Sbalcio Written by Chris Sbalcio about 7 days ago 2,187 reads 3 comments

  8. Was A-Rod's Contract Worse Than Mark Teixeira's?

    Imagine. It is 2003. You are a 28-year-old MVP shortstop. You are coming off a season in which your ball club has finished in last place in your division for the third time in as many years...

    James Morisette Written by James Morisette about 11 days ago 358 reads 2 comments

  9. Baseball's All-Overrated Team

    Regardless of how you come to the conclusion that a player is overrated, the fact is that a lot of guys are paid a lot and do a little. Often times, a player is perceived to be a great player or an ace pitcher, and that's just not the case...

    Pete Schauer Written by Pete Schauer about 15 days ago 2,895 reads 44 comments

  10. Mariano Rivera and 12 of the Greatest Yankees

    The New York Yankees have always been an elite team loaded with charm and excitement. Every generation of Yankees fans has had their share of star players who have thrilled them with phenomenal plays that boggled their minds...

    Bill Ford Written by Bill Ford about 15 days ago 333 reads 4 comments

  11. Bryce Harper: How Slugger's Hot Start Compares to Former Elite Prospects

    The human hype machine that is Bryce Harper has lived up to his lofty expectations so far. Through seven games, the Washington Nationals ' 19-year-old slugger has blasted go-ahead ...

    Austin Green Written by Austin Green about 16 days ago 17,965 reads 77 comments

  12. MLB: Who Has the Worse Contract for the New York Yankees, Teixeira or A-Rod?

    The New York Yankees find themselves in the enviable position of having so much money that they never truly find themselves in a bad deal. Not if you define a bad deal as one that limits the team from going out and spending more money...

    Michael Fitzpatrick Written by Michael Fitzpatrick about 20 days ago 292 reads 0 comments

  13. AL East Race May Leave Division Black and Blue

    It is still early in the 2012 big league season, but current indications point to a pennant race in the AL East that may end up being one for the ages...

    James Morisette Written by James Morisette about 20 days ago 535 reads 1 comments

  14. Alex Rodriguez Demonstrated Professionalism with the New York Yankees

    Near the end of the 2002 season, Mel Antonen and Cesar Brioso of USA Today evaluated Alex Rodriguez 's second season with the Texas Rangers ...

    Harold Friend Written by Harold Friend about 22 days ago 279 reads 0 comments

  15. A-Rod's "Clutch" Home Runs Compared to Mickey Mantle's and Yogi Berra's

    Alex Rodriguez has been give the reputation as a player that rarely produces when it counts, which is ridiculous. Until his 1956 Triple Crown season, the same was said of Mickey Mantle...

    Harold Friend Written by Harold Friend about 23 days ago 680 reads 10 comments

  16. Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, and the 6 Vets the Yankees Will Need to Win in 2012

    At 11-8 they’re not quite on top of the AL East with the first month of the season drawing to a close, but the Yankees are still getting it done...

    Eric Brach Written by Eric Brach about 24 days ago 335 reads 4 comments

  17. NFL Draft: It's Not About Winning the Press Conference; but Winning Games

    The quandary every sports team faces is creating the formula that will ultimately build a championship team...

    Jed Hughes Written by Jed Hughes about 26 days ago 94 reads 0 comments