Talk:Alex Rodriguez
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Is this the first time in MLB that a reigning MVP has been traded? I can't think of any others. Kingturtle 22:24, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I believe it is. DigiBullet 10:58, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
Cool, I like figuring these things out before the media does. I like to feel superior over their lame statisticians and historians :) Kingturtle 11:15, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Actually this article (http://www.komotv.com/stories/29811.htm) mentions it. :) To think, just over three weeks after he was named team captain of the Rangers... The Yankees are going to be insane this year. Their payroll is up to $190 million now. It was okay with me when they were a few mil over the second highest team, but now they're nearly double the second highest. This gives me more reason to root for them to not win the World Series for a fourth year in a row. :) Minesweeper 11:25, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)
I dig the article but I feel it needs some tweaking. I don't think the Yankees should come up until the end as that's the part of A-Rod's life that's still being written. It could also mention his wife, upcoming child, and the fact that he only missed one game in three years with the Rangers but had to miss four games with the Yankees because of the Boston brawl. Just thinking out loud here. --Feitclub 00:53, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)
Did A-Rod really perform well in his first year with the Yankees? Although he put up good numbers by most player's standards, he did not perform at the same level as he had in the past. Based on the expectations of him, 2004 may be viewed as a disappointment. --HotRat 04:11, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
OK, a question on the spelling... I've seen many Rodriguezes spelled with an accented i, as in Rodríguez. According to my rusty High School Spanish skills, this is a redundant accent, as the default accented syllable in Spanish is the second-to-last. Is this a correct spelling or not? AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 04:34, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
- In the absence of a having his birth certificate to hand I would say yes, I have never seen it spelled any other way in any publications. The Yankees spell it "Rodriguez" in all of their publications. Zerbey 00:08, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Teams better without him
I think its interesting for the casual reader to note how much better the teams win/loss record was after he left the Mariners and the Rangers. If no one sees fit to highlight this information, I will do it myself. ---Jackel 22:52, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)