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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Somebody hand Curry a clue

It's almost a shame to provide any word-of-mouth on Jack Curry's ridiculous piece, posted on the New York Times website Tuesday night, but what's the point of a blog if it's not to respond, occasionally, to other writers?

The timing of this hit piece on Alex Rodriguez is curious. The column landed on the Times website less than an hour after the final out of New York's 3-2 Opening Night victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. It's easy to picture Curry, who must have been waiting for A-Rod to go 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, wringing his hands as Rodriguez put together a 2-for-4 evening with an RBI double and a run scored. Sorry, Jack, that things didn't work out your way.

In brief, Curry's thesis is that A-Rod has some making up to do after the disastrous timing of his now-infamous contract opt-out during Game Four of last October's World Series. Curry refuses to lay the blame for the timing on A-Rod's former agent, Scott Boras. Rather, Curry only mentions in passing that A-Rod "angrily broke from Boras," without ever laying out the reason for the split, the omission suggesting -- at least to this reader -- that A-Rod was somehow complicit in the timing.

A-Rod has never been a favorite of mine, but the absolute last thing I was thinking about when he came to the plate in the first inning Tuesday night was, 'Gee, what a bummer that opt-out was!" Whatever happened in October should stay in October.

And Curry should stick to the present. In the final year of America's greatest sports arena, in Curry's hometown, he can't come up with anything else to write about? Curry should contact this website. I'll give him a list.

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