Interesting article on "<" worth reading

"Some ancient cultures punished people who had committed great crimes by
literally erasing their names from history. They became nameless entities
or a symbol was used in place of their name and I can think of no greater
punishment than that for A-Rod. So, from now on, when I comment about
A-Rod, I will do so with the following symbol: "<". Why "<" instead of
"$"? Well "$" is seemingly appropriate, but I think "<" as in less than, is
a better way to describe he who shall now be nameless. Anyway, I don't
think I will be using the < that often, because unless he plays the Yankees,
I have no reason to ever discuss him again and I could not be happier about
that.

But, before we say goodbye to <, I thought it would be fun to look at
something he said, or something he wrote on his blog last year. As a note
to all athletes, don't blog unless you mean it. Here it is:

"After we were eliminated on Saturday, the media asked me a lot of questions
regarding my future in New York -- whether I want to leave, or if I will be
traded, etc. I will tell you what I told them: I am 100 percent committed to
being a Yankee now and in the future. I don't want to play anywhere else. I
never have (and never will) run away from the responsibility I have to this
team. I believe I am part of the solution to winning a championship here. I
want to finish my career in New York."


You can read the rest of the article here:

http://tinyurl.com/2qw634

On Nov 3, 1:13 pm, "Zod" <j....DeleteThis@aow.com> wrote:
> "Some ancient cultures punished people who had committed great crimes by
> literally erasing their names from history. They became nameless entities
> or a symbol was used in place of their name and I can think of no greater
> punishment than that for A-Rod. So, from now on, when I comment about
> A-Rod, I will do so with the following symbol: "<". Why "<" instead of
> "$"? Well "$" is seemingly appropriate, but I think "<" as in less than, is
> a better way to describe he who shall now be nameless. Anyway, I don't
> think I will be using the < that often, because unless he plays the Yankees,
> I have no reason to ever discuss him again and I could not be happier about
> that.
>
> But, before we say goodbye to <, I thought it would be fun to look at
> something he said, or something he wrote on his blog last year. As a note
> to all athletes, don't blog unless you mean it. Here it is:
>
> "After we were eliminated on Saturday, the media asked me a lot of questions
> regarding my future in New York -- whether I want to leave, or if I will be
> traded, etc. I will tell you what I told them: I am 100 percent committed to
> being a Yankee now and in the future. I don't want to play anywhere else. I
> never have (and never will) run away from the responsibility I have to this
> team. I believe I am part of the solution to winning a championship here. I
> want to finish my career in New York."
>
> You can read the rest of the article here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2qw634


Let it go, kids. He's gone.