Comments on: The A-Rod Sweepstakes, part I http://sportsblahg.com/2007/10/the-a-rod-sweepstakes-part-i/ We Take Sports Seriously. But Not Ourselves. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:09:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ben K. http://sportsblahg.com/2007/10/the-a-rod-sweepstakes-part-i/#comment-89 Ben K. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:28:14 +0000 http://sportsblahg.com/2007/10/the-a-rod-sweepstakes-part-i/#comment-89 4. The Giants will have to improve by 20 games next season in a competitive division to win next year. That ain't happenin', A-Rod or not. 4. The Giants will have to improve by 20 games next season in a competitive division to win next year. That ain’t happenin’, A-Rod or not.

]]> By: Troy McClure SF http://sportsblahg.com/2007/10/the-a-rod-sweepstakes-part-i/#comment-83 Troy McClure SF Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:33:21 +0000 http://sportsblahg.com/2007/10/the-a-rod-sweepstakes-part-i/#comment-83 2- It also helps free up more room to bring in <i>multiple</i> good players. 4- Our rotation has been good for a few years now, and Bonds has needed a savvy vet behind him since Kent left. If we blow all our money on A-Rod, #7 really will come true because he'll have Kevin Frandsen hitting behind him. 5- Everyone in every baseball city (as well as fourteen Expos fans in Montreal that haven't noticed they left yet) thinks Rodriguez should come to their team. Just because a beat writer thought about it doesn't mean it'll happen. That said, I'll be the first one cheering if it does happen. I just don't think it particularly likely, and I don't think it would necessarily be the deus ex machina the Giants need to go all the way. 2- It also helps free up more room to bring in multiple good players.

4- Our rotation has been good for a few years now, and Bonds has needed a savvy vet behind him since Kent left. If we blow all our money on A-Rod, #7 really will come true because he’ll have Kevin Frandsen hitting behind him.

5- Everyone in every baseball city (as well as fourteen Expos fans in Montreal that haven’t noticed they left yet) thinks Rodriguez should come to their team. Just because a beat writer thought about it doesn’t mean it’ll happen.

That said, I’ll be the first one cheering if it does happen. I just don’t think it particularly likely, and I don’t think it would necessarily be the deus ex machina the Giants need to go all the way.

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