Rod had this to say about Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar:
If you were starting a team and you were picking a shortstop, (Escobar) might be the first guy you'd pick. He is that good on both sides of the ball. The young kid, Elvis Andrus, in Texas is a pretty good player too, but there are not many players walking around as good as this guy at that shortstop position.
Tigers play-by-play guy, Mario Impemba, lended his support to the statement with "Andrus is the first one that came to mind I guess as an alternative to Escobar."
Does Mr. Allen know there is a National League?
Has he ever heard of Troy Tulowitzki? Hanley Ramirez? Jose Reyes?
Now what you might be thinking is: yeah, yeah, Furriners, they are better than Escobar now, but if I am starting an organization from scratch, you probably want to start with younger talent to build a team for the long-haul (like the way one would certainly start an NFL team with Aaron Rodgers rather than Peyton Manning or Tom Brady). I would agree.
Do you know who is younger than Yunel Escobar?
Troy Tulowitzki. And Hanley Ramirez. And Jose Reyes.
Sorry, Rod Allen... you just got owned!
* And, by the way, I like to think I'm being nice by not pointing out Stephen Drew and Starlin Castro as well.
** Hmmm... that probably wasn't very nice of me to do that.
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