Red Sox Win World Series ...A-Rod Opts Out Of Contract

-Alex Rodriguez and his agent Scott Boras still managed to grab the spotlight from the Sox during last night's final game of the World Series with the announcement. I thought it was pretty lame of A-Rod to a)not show up for the Hank Aaron award prior to the game starting (which he had some family excuse) then b)to have the announcement released during the game.




The Yankees were prepared to make some sort of extension, but the whole deal was based on that 21 million coming from the Rangers on the previous contract. In trying to show up the club, Boras even said afterwards that he would still consider negotiating with the Yankees. A-Rod is the best player in the game, but the Yankees will be better off without him in the long run.

-Looks like Girardi will be the new manager. Girardi has had prior experience and success (2006 NL Manager of the Year while with the the Marlins). Mattingly also was the choice of George Steinbrenner, and Cashman favored Girardi. Now since the sons of Steinbrenner seem to be in full control, it seems to be a changing of mentality as Cashman might have been given more power to decide what's good for the Yankees and the future.

-Boston was definatly the best team of the year, no doubt, from Spring Training til the end. They had it all working all year, from pitching to hitting... from first-years Pedroia and Ellsbury to veterans Ramirez, Lowell, Varitek and Ortiz. An excellent bullpen combined with argueably the games best pitcher really was the stronghold for the Sox. They managed to hold on to the AL East all year, even with late surges from the Yanks. But more impressively, they swept the hottest team ever in baseball history in the biggest stage in the game. I hope they all contract AIDS.