Good for A-Rod

April 9th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

UPDATE: Since the above video is “no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media,” here’s a couple of replacements. The first is a video game reenactment (sweet); the second is a crowd video (decidedly “meh”). Nonetheless, there they are.

I didn’t mention this is Case of the Mondays’ brief baseball run-through because I think it deserves its own post. In fact, I know it does.

I have been a closet (OK, maybe that’s not the right word) A-Rod fan for a while now (and not just because he’s on my fantasy team). To me, the guy gets far more shit than he deserves, while the guy he switched positions for at shortstop gets all the love because he’s “clutch.” Huh?

Anyway, the most common A-Rod detractors seem to either misunderstand A-Rod’s contributions or enjoy seeing the rich guy fail - or maybe both - so it sort of warms my heart to see the guy do what he did Saturday. Look at him sprinting around the bases like a little kid! Awww. Warms me to the core, indeed.

And yeah, on second viewing … that thing was absolutely crushed. And yes, my Mom wrote the above paragraphs. If you’ll excuse me, I have to go bench press now.