A-Rod

jdlea, I didn't know that about Piazza. I seriously would give heat to anyone who lives here but plays for another country. If you're a citizen here, you should be obligated to play on our team.

I see where you're coming from, but Sammy Sosa and Manny Ramirez have citizenship here, and I definitley don't think of them as American. I just don't think it's as black and white as everyone's making it out to be.

We may not know everything there is to know about that. Maybe he wasn't brought up to think of himself as an American. He said he didn't want to disrepect either sides of his heritage. Well, if you really look at it, there's only one side to his heritage.

And why does he take the brunt of this? Piazza is playing for Italy. Where's the hate for him? I'm pretty sure he was born and raised here too. As for people making their living here, well, that would be every major leaguer, so that doesn't really apply.

I'm not trying to start an arguement, I think the whole A Rod thing was a circus, but I think we don't know everything there is to know about it.

I think it's retarded he's playing for italy but in his case he's probably doing for the fact that italy doesn't have anyone else while the south american and caribbean countries have a whole lot of MLB representation. I think the whole thing is pretty stupid and I only watch one baseball team anyway so I doubt I'll be watching this.

I know alot of you guys won't agree with me here, but the World Baseball Classic won't be same without Cuba. I really think they should be allowed to play. Just my opinion.

Agreed. It's almost like removing Brazil from the soccer World Cup.

I know alot of you guys won't agree with me here, but the World Baseball Classic won't be same without Cuba. I really think they should be allowed to play. Just my opinion.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2299485

Piazza grew up in Phoenixville PA, about an hour from where I grew up. It's beyond retarded that he's playing for Italy and not USA. But nobody cares, because Piazza sucks ass.

ARod on the other hand is the best out-of-the-clutch player in the game right now. He'll do everything in his power to see that you lose by only one run.

ARod on the other hand is the best out-of-the-clutch player in the game right now. He'll do everything in his power to see that you lose by only one run.

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