Giants
 

Yes.

In a better line-up, with a better home ballpark for hitters, and at an age where it would be expected that he'd put up better numbers, but yeah, ARod has had better number the last four years than Cabrera. But Cabrera will almost undoubtedly have better numbers 10 years from now, at the end of their prospective contracts.

Giants
 

Not if A-Rod keeps talking to the right people:

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007...s_arod_275.jpg

Quite possibly the best advice column response ever
 

Uh, memo baby? Too much time at the office?

To the woman with the "Longhorn Grandma" bumpersticke
 

There's this invention called the horn. Press it, only to release it when she moves.

I once broke my horn doing this to a car full of nuns and had to take the horn apart while driving.

Giants
 

Let me get this straight. You think Cabrera will put up better offensive numbers than ARod, who is currently on track to hit over 60 home runs this season? I assume he'll have a significant drop off four years from now, but I don't see him hitting less than 35-40 home runs for the foreseeable future. Cabrera has yet to hit 35. His RBI #s are impressive, but when will ARod not be on a team where he can drive in his typical 125 RBI? Arod's a career .300 hitter and Cabrera has him beat there, but that may even out the longer he's in the league.

I love Cabrera and he'd be my next pick after ARod at third (based on their numbers), but, barring injury, I don't think his numbers will be better than ARod's over the next 10 years.

TM

Giants
 

Isn't this redundant?

Quite possibly the best advice column response ever
 

OK, this is just creepy. I did a version of this when setting the table as a youngster. In fact, when reading rp's post, I thought, "I don't remember posting today.."

Whoa.

Giants
 

First, I'm assuming, possibly incorrectly, that Miggy leaves the Marlins. So, he'd leave a park which is hurts his power numbers a bunch (his 3 full seasons he's hit 30% more homers on the road; Arod was closer to even split in Seattle) and probably be in the the middle of a better line-up giving him more RBI opportunity.

Second, compare his numbers to ARod's when Arod was 21, 22, 23, 24. Miggy's not that far behind, tho he is a bit behind. ARod's really big years started when he was 25--next year for Miggy--and after he left Seattle.

Third, you really believe that, barring injury to either, ARod will be a more productive hitter at 40 than Cabrera will be at 32? You think that ARod will drop off only slightly and that Cabrera will not get better? I don't.

I'm not saying that Cabrera will end up with better numbers over his entire career than ARod--I seriously doubt that--but I am saying that I think the 24 yo Cabrera will have a better next 10 years than the 32 yo ARod. With the notable exception of Bonds, hitters don't get better after they're 32. They do get better, especially w/r/t power stats, after they are 24--Arod is just one example.

For RT . . .
 

Art cars -

http://underground.yahoo.com/feature...1055/pl:27028/

The school bus sort of scares me, but perhaps because I had some scary school bus drivers who likely would have seen that design as an invitation to try out the alternate set of wheels.

Giants
 

A-Rod is an athletic marvel and will probably still be in olympian shape, physically, at 40.

Whereas, Miggy is 4 years away from looking like Cecil Fielder.

Really Important Question
 

If I may be coming down with a sinus infection, should I (a) cancel a massage or (b) try to make it an extended session?

Not at all important comment
 

For some reason, Bank of America (by default) characterizes the transaction that is the direct deposit of my bi-weekly paycheck as "Hobbies."

Giants
 

Woohoo. Most olympians could never hit a major league pitch as well as Cecil Fielder. One has very little to do with the other.

It's easy to gamble on such things with someone else's money, especially when its the Yanks, who will continue to have enough resources to just replace an aging ARod with some other top flight player. There's an implicit assumption that if in 6 years ARod sux, the Yankees will figure out a way to get a replacement top 3 3d baseman (perhaps Cabrera).

There's no doubt that ARod is worth more today and probably will produce more for the next 5 years. The question is whether it's likely that Arod will continue to be twice as valuable as Cabrera 7, 8 or 10 years from now. That I doubt.

Really Important Question
 

Why change at all?

Really Important Question
 

Surely illness demands some sort of change.