The Fall of A-Fraud: Rodriguez Used Steroids With the Yankees

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This just validates everything they've said about him.  These past two months have brought out so many negative things about the former MVP. 

He's done so many things wrong, he makes Allen Iverson look like a role model.  Here are the four top things I think A-Rod's done wrong:

1.  A-Rod has made the Brian Cashman the most regretful man in the world.  More so than Bernie Madoff.  More so than Barry Bonds.  More so than Darth Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi.

           -Note: I watched Return of the Jedi again last night and I think it's pretty obvious that Vader regrets joining the Dark Side at the end when Luke is getting fried by Palpatine.  I mean, I know you can't see any regret on his face, but just the way the camera zooms in and the way he tilts his head.  You know, you saw it too.  I don't know what's more sad: the fact that I notice regret on a man wearing a full mask and no signs of facial expressions or the fact that I watched Return of the Jedi for the 14th time...

Cashman has to regret making A-Rod the highest-paid player.  Did he not see how teams got better when A-Rod left?  Cashman should've let A-Rod walk last summer.  The Mariners got better. 

The Rangers are maybe a year away from contending and have the best farm system in the league.  Had Cashman let A-Rod walk and go to the Dodgers, he could've seen A-Rod ruin the lives of Manny and Joe Torre.  Imagine that.

2.  A-Rod has ruined the Yankees for this season.  The Yankees have enough media surrounding them this season (as they do every season).  This just makes their lives so much more difficult.  They're sick and tired of talking about Rodriguez. 

Here's another thing to think about.  A-Rod ruined his friendship with one of, if not the, most respected players in baseball: Derek Jeter.  Jeter is to baseball what Tim Duncan is to the NBA and Brady/Manning are to football. 

People hate them (unless they're fans of the team), GM's regret every day that they didn't jump on this guy when they had the chance, yet they are full of class and are some of the nicest people in the game today. 

When you ruin a friendship like that, you know there's something wrong.  He's just a crappy teammate, maybe even a crappy person.  Hell, he makes Manny Ramirez look like a saint.

3.  Yankees fans know that Theo Epstein is the happiest man alive today, all because of their wonderful third baseman.  As stated earlier, had A-Rod actually been traded to the BoSox, things would be so much different. 

The Sox wouldn't have won two titles.  Gotten close, sure.  Just like the Yankees did.  Isn't it ironic that the year the Yankees signed A-Rod, the Sox completed the biggest comeback in sports history?  I think not. 

Theo is jumping for joy right now.  Every time a new report comes out, the Sox have a parade.  By the way, how many more "A-Roid" and "A-Fraud" shirts do you think will be made now?  15,000?  20,000?

4.  A-Rod only tips the minimum at Hooters.  I swear, when I read this, I gasped.  I was almost as shocked as I was at the end of The Departed.  I mean, seriously? 

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