Here’s an interesting note on Alex Rodriguez:
Nobody’s really mentioned this, but Alex Rodriguez made history when the Yankees won the World Series. It was the first time in 23 years that the highest-paid player in baseball won a World Series ring.
The 1986 Mets released George Foster in August when he had the game’s fattest salary — $2.8 million. But the second-highest salary belonged to their catcher, Gary Carter.
The Yankees also bucked tradition a bit by winning with an old shortstop.
Posted by David Pinto at 11:06 am | Players, World Series | Permalink | 3 Comments
Comments
Leave a Reply
November 8th, 2009 @ 2:31 pm
[...] tip to Pinto for the [...]
November 9th, 2009 @ 11:27 am
This is more a function of A-Rod having never won a ring than anything.
November 12th, 2009 @ 8:23 pm
I think the “Noone has won with a SS as old a Jeter” story is silly. Correct because there have been very few 35 year old SS as good as Jeter, and because there have been very few if any teams that surrounded their 35 yo shortstop with CC Sabathia, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Mariano Rivera, Johnny Damon, etc.
I know you aren’t implying that it’s some wonderous thing. Just needed to drop my two cents.