Most Naive Fanbase, Volume 2, A Rod Fanbase
Filed under: Most Naive Fanbase, Steroid Trainer Angel Presinal
Our Most Naive Fanbase column is back. This week, The A Rod fanbase takes the cake. A Rod has continued to produce lie after lie, yet some of his fans believe him to the end. He has been through a very rough off season with issues including Kabbalah, Madonna, divorce, Katie, Peter Gammons, A Fraud and Steroids.
How can any honest fan believe a word A Rod says. Each and every day, a New York newspaper reveals another lie that A Rod has told reporters. There was no mention of a cousin to Peter Gammons, but this cousin suddenly appears at the Yankee spring training press conference. Then there is news that Angel Presinal has direct connections with A Rod. Once again, this name has not been mentioned by Rodriguez himself. Mr. Rodriguez, you were paying up to $10,000 a night for this individual to stay in the same hotel as you during the season. Wouldn’t you think someone would uncover this?
A Rod, it is too late. You lies have tarnished your legacy and you will never be able to pull yourself out of this mess. It is likely that you are going to pull down many other Dominican All Stars as well as they have direct links to your steroid trainer Angel Presinal. Some of the names you could involve include:
David Ortiz
Pedro Martinez
Robinson Cano
Vladimir Guerrero
Bartolo Colon
Juan Gonzalez
Adrian Beltre
Miguel Tejada
Ruben Sierra
Moises Alou
Jose Reyes
A Rod fans, stop being so naive. It is quite obvious that he was using steroids his entire career and it would not be surprising if he was STILL using some form of ‘roids. Angel Presinal is reported to have travelled with A Rod during his 2007 MVP year, so why would that have changed in 2008? A Rod, you are a fraud and you have repeatedly lied to us. This cannot be undone and you have lost all respect from the American public. We can only hope that your statement is true. “Major League Baseball is bigger than Alex Rodriguez.” This is going to be a huge black eye for Major League Baseball for a very long time. A Rod, you single handly will put Major League Baseball into a financial disaster.
Most Naive Fanbase, Volume 1
In our first installment of our new segment, we chose the Penn State Nittany Lions as the most naive fanbase. While we all know that Penn State is very good, I think it is very naive to think they could be better than an undefeated Big XII of SEC champion. To prove my point, lets look at the run defenses and records of the opponents of Texas, Alabama and Penn State:
Texas
Florida Atlantic – 192 ypg (#103) - 3 – 5
UTEP – 216.14 (#109) - 3 – 4
Rice – 172.5 (#88) - 5 – 3
Arkansas – 168.25 (#85) – 3 – 5
Colorado – 163.63 (#83) - 4 – 4
Oklahoma – 105.63 (#20) - 7 -1
Missouri – 112.88 (30) - 6 – 2
Oklahoma State – 116.25 (#37) - 7 -1
The average rush defense of Texas’s opponents is 155.91 and the overall record is 38-25 (60.32%)
Alabama
Clemson – 134.29 (#57) - 3 -4
Tulane – 135.86 (#59) - 2 – 5
Arkansas – 168.25 (#85) - 3 – 5
Georgia – 76.88 (#6) - 7 -1
Kentucky – 137.38 (#63) - 5 – 3
Mississippi – 110.88 (#29) - 4 – 4
Tennessee – 106 (#23) - 3-5
The average rush defense of Alabama’s opponents is 108.69 ypg and the overall record is 27-27 (50%)
Penn State
Oregon State – 126 (#49) - 4 – 3
Syracuse – 212.71 (#108) - 1 – 6
Temple – 142.63 (#67) - 3 -5
Illinois – 152.38 (#76) - 4 – 4
Purdue – 175.63 (#92) - 2 – 6
Wisconsin – 133.25 (#55) - 4 – 4
Michigan – 126.63 (#50) - 2 – 6
Ohio State – 104.11 (#18) - 7 – 2
The average rush defense of Penn State’s opponents is 146.67 ypg and the overall record is 27-36 (42.86%)
Ultimately, being able to stop the run and run the ball is what championship teams do. The stats for Texas are quite swayed as their early season opponents are very bad against the run. In the last three weeks, they have played three great teams and beat them all. Alabama has played the opponents with the best defenses as their opponents only give up an average of 108.69 yards per game. Penn State has played the opponents with the worst record, .428 winning percentage, and the Nittany Lions have only played one good defense in Ohio State.
Overall, there is no way that the Nittany Lions should be ranked ahead of an undefeated Big XII of SEC team. While there are still several weeks to play, we feel that if the Big XII and SEC have an undefeated champion, they should meet in the championship game; the numbers do not lie. Stop being naive Penn State fans.