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Moose comes to A-Rod's defense
Topic Started: Jul 22 2006, 05:27 PM (59 Views)
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TORONTO -- Many people have been wondering why Derek Jeter hasn't come to Alex Rodriguez's defense as the fans at Yankee Stadium continue to direct their anger and disappointment in this year's team at the reigning American League MVP.

Mike Mussina doesn't think that Jeter has the responsibility to defend A-Rod, but the Yankees' pitcher does think that the fans have been far too harsh on Rodriguez this season.

"It's hard to be looked upon to help carry a team and at the same time, be the lone target of ridicule when we don't do well," Mussina said. "That's what he is. He's expected to go 3-for-4, yet he'll be booed when he makes the one out. If he misses one ball or makes one mistake and we end up losing the game, it becomes his fault that we lost the game.

"Leave this guy alone for a while, let us see if we can get him to play," Mussina said. "The way he's being treated right now, it's not going to make it any better. It's making it worse -- and we can't win without him."

Mussina compared A-Rod's situation in New York to a parent admonishing their young child for spilling milk or breaking a glass.

"It's not going to help; imagine if every time your child made a mistake, you buried them and made them feel smaller than they already felt," Mussina said. "Instead of encouraging, it's negative reinforcement, and that doesn't produce improved results. And that's all he's getting."


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I knew what he said the other day wasn't a knock. He meant that A-Rod is great and they need him to win. It's the truth. Good for Moose backing him.
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Jul 22 2006, 05:28 PM
I knew what he said the other day wasn't a knock. He meant that A-Rod is great and they need him to win. It's the truth. Good for Moose backing him.

Yeah, the media made what he said before much more than it really was. Moose is right though. A-Rod is obviously fragile emotionally and what's going on isn't really helping. That being said, A-Rod frustrates the hell out of me.
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Love to see Moose steppin' up for him like that!
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Of course, he frustrates me too. My point was never to stop ripping on him on your free time. It's the booing that needs to stop because he's not responding well to it.

This part of the article might as well have been said by me. It's basically the exact thing I said in the stop booing A-Rod thread:

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"Leave this guy alone for a while, let us see if we can get him to play," Mussina said. "The way he's being treated right now, it's not going to make it any better. It's making it worse -- and we can't win without him."
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:clap: For once, Moose says something that I appreciate. Not that it'll matter - Pool Boy still struck out 4x - but he's right and he's finally backing a teammate.
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