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Even at 100 RBI, A-Rod Yet To Earn Stripes
Published 7/24/2007 by James at YanksBlog.com
... . I can honestly remember a time when Lupica was a decent writer and I looked forward to reading his work. I didn't always agree with it but at least it had a point and a certain validity to it. These days, it's as if he's going through the motions trying to find the most controversial angle on something and then blathering on about it. I would analyze his article but honestly, it's not even worth it - it's just silly. Update: Ken Tremendous of FJM absolutely eviscerates Lupica for this story ...and he doesn't even like the Yankees (which speaks volumes about how out of touch this article is)!

Mike Lupica is a Jackass: Chapter Eight
Published 7/24/2007 by Mr. Faded Glory at High and Tight.
... Thus, I direct your attention to Mr. Tremendous' take. No need to double up, when we pretty much have the same things to say.

FJM: Even at 100 RBI, A-Rod Yet to Earn Stripes
Published 7/25/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
FJM: Even at 100 RBI, A-Rod Yet to Earn Stripes Dunkirk sends along this takedown of a Mike Lupica article Rodriguez should win a third MVP award this season whether the Yankees make the playoffs or not. And when that happens, when he is voted the most valuable in his league again, it is game on. It is game on because the Yankees will then have to decide just how valuable Alex Rodriguez is to them. Oh is this the problem? You think they don t know how valuable he is to them? I can take care of this quickly. You should look at that WARP3 stat. That will tell you. Alternately, you could go here and look at his WARP1 stat, which is not projected out for the whole season like WARP3, and see that he has already been worth a pretty ####### important 7.5 wins to the Yankees. Which means: 2007 Yankees, with ARod: 52-46 2007 Yankees, with no ARod, and some scrub playing third, like 2000 Scott Brosius: 47-51 2007 Yankees ...

A couple of amusing FJM items today
Published 7/25/2007 by Adam J. Morris at Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
... including Morgan's non-answer to a question about whether he thinks Mark Teixeira will be traded (including Morgan saying Teixeira's not having a great season)... And then there's Ken Tremendous in full meltdown mode over a Mike Lupica column justifying the Yanks letting ARod walk this offseason because they haven't won anything with him... Be warned, there are several f-bombs in there, if that sort of thing offends you... You are not logged in. In order to post a comment, you must be logged in. If you don't have a member account yet, by all means go ...

George Brett: A-Rod 'Best I've Ever Seen'
Published 7/26/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... . Take 10 minutes and read FJM's scathing take on that nonsense; it's worth your time. ...