What if Arod went to the Red Sox?

[TheKilo]

ARod was superhuman in the postseason when he was Seattle, did he just lose the ability to hit in the postseason overnight?

 

(Hint - the answer is no)

[yankees228]

ARod was superhuman in the postseason when he was Seattle, did he just lose the ability to hit in the postseason overnight?

 

(Hint - the answer is no)

 

I honestly think that what people tend to forget is that a short series goes against everything that is normal about Major League Baseball. In a sport where sample size is so key, the postseason does not give things a chance to even out.

 

But all that aside, and I promise this is the last time I'll mention it, A-Rod really hasn't been that bad in the postseason (what Kilo said plus 2004).

[AndrewKrylon]

I feel like A-Rod officially reversed the Bambino curse in the other direction. Yankees have underachieved every year since they signed him, and the Red Sox have totally reversed their fortunes since the signing.

[Cocos Disciples]

Really, because I feel like curses are ********. So that's an idea.

[AndrewKrylon]

Easy to say after the fact...

[Cocos Disciples]

Easy to say during the fact as well. Do you really believe that the Red Sox failed to win a title because of a curse?

[BoSox21]

Easy to say after the fact...

 

Do you really believe a goat is the reason the Cubs havent won?

[redsoxrules]

Easy to say during the fact as well. Do you really believe that the Red Sox failed to win a title because of a curse?

 

 

I beleive in the curse

[CrespoBlows]

Easy to say after the fact...

 

No, it's a supernatural belief. Easy to say before, during, and after the fact. Only an idiot would disagree.

[AndrewKrylon]

I don't think it's neccesarily a "CURSE" per say... but I definitely think the weight of expectations has a lot to do with a team not succeeding, and once A-Rod went to the Yanks, they were supposed to be a LOCK for world series contention. As for the Sox curse, I think the weight of years of postseason failures started to build up into a lingering problem. Now that the Sox won a couple, there's not that lingering problem, while the Yanks still have become victims of their own expectations...that's what I meant, if that makes any sense.

[BoSox21]

and most supernatural beliefs aren't started by a writer looking to sell books

[CrespoBlows]

and most supernatural beliefs aren't started by a writer looking to sell books

 

Yeah, that sounds like most supernatural beliefs.