Bill Simmons Takes a Dig at Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez for Being Unlucky for New York Yankees and Now NBA Team Timberwolves
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Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez is inarguably the most popular face in Major League Baseball. Even after years of his retirement, A-Rod is one of the prominent faces in the sporting world. Having played for over 20 years in MLB, the Yankees great is now a successful businessman.
But sometimes, he has also received some harsh criticism for doing what he does the best. Given his immense contribution to the Pinstripes, A-Rod’s name will be etched in golden words in the history of the New York Yankees.
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However, after he arrived in the Bronx, the Yankees also suffered probably their worst record in Major League Baseball. And that too against their arch-rivals, Boston Red Sox. Although it was just a coincidence, A-Rod jinxed the Yankees big time. And now, a decade after that incident, Simmons thinks that A-Rod might have brought his bad luck to his NBA franchise, Minnesota Timberwolves.
Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez’s Minnesota Timberwolves create an unwanted record in the NBA
Earlier in 2021, Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez, along with billionaire Marc Lore, invested in the NBA franchise Minnesota Timberwolves. They became part-owners of the Timberwolves. Now, in the next year of getting A-Rod as their owner, the Timberwolves set an unwanted record in their name.
They have become the first-ever NBA team to blow their double-digit fourth-quarter lead in a single playoff series. Before the Timberwolves, no team had even blown a two double-digit fourth-quarter lead. But the Timberwolves did three.
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However, baseball analyst Bill Simmons believes that A-Rod might have unintentionally jinxed the Timberwolves. Taking to Twitter, Simmons related the Timberwolves’ loss to the Yankees playoff series loss against the Boston Red Sox in 2004.
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Nobody ever came back from 3-0 in an MLB playoff series… until A-Rod joined the Yankees.
Nobody ever blew 3 4Q double digit leads in the same NBA playoff series before… until A-Rod bought the Timberwolves,
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 30, 2022
Notably, A-Rod joined the Yankees in the 2004 season. In the same season, The Boston Red Sox became the first and only team in MLB history to overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a seven-game series against the New York Yankees. And now within a year after A-Rod bought the Timberwolves, something similar has happened with the Timberwolves.
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What do you think? Did A-rod really jinx the Timberwolves?
Edited by:
Deepakshi Chaudhary