"As hard as this may sound, it could be a blessing in disguise for him, because it might give him an opportunity to get away from all this craziness and give him an opportunity to heal. Kind of dissipate the whole distraction," Williams said Friday after a workout in the batting cage at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
"I think probably it might be good for the (Yankees), too," Williams continued. "It's gonna leave a big hole in their lineup, but they have enough firepower in that lineup. Obviously (Rodriguez) is gonna be missed. But they have a lot of firepower to compensate for his loss. Hopefully they'll be able to do well."
If he does have the surgery Yankees fans would hope Bernie is right, and that getting away for a while would do some good. At least we know it would get him healthy. But on the other hand, playing baseball might be the best thing for A-Rod. Many players have said that throughout problems in their life the only place they feel right is in between those white lines on the baseball field."He'll have an opportunity to heal his body," Williams said of Rodriguez's hiatus from the media glare. "I think, probably, mentally and spiritually, he'll get himself in the right frame of mind to come back and play the game. I think it's just too much craziness right now."
Williams added that there was idle chatter in the Team Puerto Rico clubhouse about Rodriguez's never-ending soap opera.
"We make little comments here and there," said Williams. "We feel for him in a way, saying, 'Man, what else is going to happen to him?' It's a hard situation for him. That's probably what's going to make him even a better player now. He's going to be able to overcome this adversity and come back stronger than ever."
Also, I find it hard to believe that the Puerto Rico clubhouse is very sympathetic towards Alex. In fact I find it hard to believe that any clubhouse around baseball, including the Yankees, is very sympathetic towards Alex.
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Are you serious? Why wouldn't players be sympathetic? It's not his fault he got hurt.
Also, yes he did steroids, but so did many others, at least 103 in 2003, and who knows how many prior to that. Most players should be sympathetic, since they either did PEDs too, or did nothing to try to stop it by encouraging testing.
This media-created story that the Yankees are better off without him is sickening, and I think worse of Bernie for buying into it.
It was his fault he did steroids. And I also don't think the rest of the league has much of a heart for the $300 million dollar man.
Anonymous, do you actually think A-Rod is liked by the majority of players? Apparently he isn't even well liked on his own team.
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