On ESPN's "First Take" show yesterday, Boras made the mistake of trying to defend A-Rod's failures in the postseason as some sort of twisted media perspective that needed correcting.
He even blamed Mariano Rivera as a cause for A-Rod's problems, which may be the height of desperation.
The question posed to Boras was why Rodriguez's regular-season numbers haven't translated to postseason success.
"That's a characterization that, when you look at the data, is frankly inaccurate," Boras said. "If you look at Alex's first season in New York, I believe he was 7-for-16 with two home runs and five RBIs going into Game 4 in Boston.
"The brilliant Mariano Rivera, probably the only flaw he's made in a historic career over the postseason, if he got those three outs (in the ninth inning of Game 4), Alex would have been in the World Series and he would have been held to have a great postseason.
"When you look at his records with Seattle - and even this year - you're talking about a player whose postseason records are really up there with many of the superstars of the game."
For some reason, the interviewer did not respond with some obvious follow-up questions. Like:
What about Games 5, 6, and 7 against the Red Sox, when even one clutch hit, particularly in Games 5 and 6, might have changed everything?
What about 2005 against the Angels?
What about 2006 against the Tigers?
What about Games 1 and 2 against the Indians last month, when the ALDS essentially was decided?
You gotta be kidding me, Boras.
How about all the times Mariano has bailed out the Yankees in the playoffs - or even in the regular season - and Arod wasn't able to capitalize.
Boras is something else.
Jeter has thoroughly outclassed Arod despite being the inferior player.
