Short Honeymoon
I kind of figured A-Rod got the monkey off his back when he hit his two-run game winner on Wednesday, that fans would give him some peace. No such luck. After going nada for 4 last night, fans were right back to booing him. You think people would cut him some slack, especially since he actually does produce when it matters. Check out the stats:
Since Matsui fractured his left wrist May 11 - and keep in mind, Sheffield hasn't played since May 29 with a wrist injury - A-Rod is batting .294 with eight homers and 29 RBIs and hitting .327 (16-for-49) with runners in scoring position.
Pretty healthy production if you ask me. But when you're raking in $25 million per year and fans have a bug in their head, the perception is going to last and last until he leads the Yanks to a World Series win and has some memorable clutch moments along the way.