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The whole Manning angle to the Super Bowl is just one more example of how idiotic most sports reporters are. Manning played okay and won an MVP award (largely because no one else deserved it). Immediately, of course, the media sticks to the prefabricated storyline that it's Manning's "victory." No athlete would ever attribute a win in baseball, let alone football, to the efforts of one player. No athlete would ever even think to describe a football game as a result of one player's quest for redemption. Why does the national sports media continue to frame stories in ways that actually make the public stupider? Is Jim Nantz so successful because he is such a simpleton?

If the Yankees win a World Series in which ARod plays just okay, does that still make the World Series victory ARod's "victory?"

Hey, the ring is the thing, no?

Hey, the ring is the thing, no?
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Depends on how you look at it. Bernie Williams has more rings than Willie Mays. Paul O'Neill has more rings than Hank Aaron. Tino Martinez has more rings than Don Mattingly. Doesn't take away from their accomplishments.

My point was, once you win one, no one cares if you hit .250 or .476 to win it.

"My point was, once you win one, no one cares if you hit .250 or .476 to win it."

But, isn't that view a little silly, a little simplistic?

I may be an outlier here. Quite frankly, I don't care if ANY individual Yankee wins a a ring. (I assume that, if I knew most of these guys personally, that they would be arrogant, self-absorbed jerks whom I would not personally like). What I care about is that the Yankee TEAM wins a ring. I root for the uniform.

The way A-Rod gets treated by the press, if the Yankees win a championship in which he does anything less than mash, it will be widely said that they won in spite of him rather than because of him. He won't get the kind of credit Manning is getting.