Why do you hope he gets to 700? It's already an artificially inflated number anyway.

I don't hold any grudge against A-Rod, and he was one of the most talented players I've seen in my baseball fandom. He's this close to 700 why not see if he can do it in the next month and a half? 

Just not on the Twins. 

He doesn't have anything left. Sano, Polanco, Vargas, and Plouffe are all better players right now. Probably even Park.

Yuck. Jose Canseco? Well, that's an entirely different matter.

Yuck. Jose Canseco? Well, that's an entirely different matter.

At least he uses his head.

 

I wish Mr. Rodriguez the best success in his life after baseball. He was one of the greatest players who played this game. He did use PEDs, this soils his accomplishments and he will pay for that accordingly in the HOF ballot.

 

Everyone makes mistakes, a SUPER GREAT percentage of us do not make 25-30M a year, but that was his fortune, not our misfortune, I don't feel cheated. I could care less.

 

Good luck Alex, maybe being out of the spotlight will help you to become a better person. I cannot imagine 23 years of scrutiny. Live well and find yourself, become the person you want to be extracted from the lens of celebrity.

Unicorns are pretty rare to begin with. Finding one that would go along with that could be reeeeally tough.

This was a reference to his kate hudson reported paintings above his bed... as a centaur. Nevermind.

 

http://deadspin.com/5394232/a-rod-news-from-the-you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-department

Edited August 13, 201610 yr by h2oface

 

This was a reference to his kate hudson reported paintings above his bed... as a centaur. Nevermind.

http://deadspin.com/5394232/a-rod-news-from-the-you-cant-make-this-stuff-up-department

My fault for not keeping up with the exploits of Mr. Rodriguez. Just when you think there's nothing more he could possibly do to convince you that being a wealthy professional athlete could actually be a bad thing...

I thought it was a joke.. Yeah we have enough problems without him..

Slow news day

No. Maybe after September 1st when it won't boot someone else of the roster. But even then, no.

Obviously not. I don't understand how this is a thing or why anyone would consider it.

Rodriguez would rather die than play for the Twins.  He seemed to truly buy into the David v. Goliath story recycled over and over on ESPN back when the Twins were good.  It was his sole goal in life to beat the snot out of the Twins and prove all of that wrong.  Even this year he slugged .818 against Minnesota.

 

It's also difficult to imagine him being a good mentor for the young players, unless the message is "Hey, don't be like me."  The Twins probably don't need him in the room for that message to be clear.

"It would be fun to watch a chase for 700 wins."

 

Wins? Did the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor too?
 

I wont' pile on  because I appreciate all the content Seth brings to the site but yeah, not really a hypothetical any Twins fan had considered until now lol.

A known PED user and liar would be a good mentor for the "kids?"  No thanks.