Alex Rodriguez says Red Sox is good for MLB.

Is Major League Baseball better if the Boston Red Sox are good? According to Alex Rodriguez yes.

Before the All-Star game on Tuesday in Atlanta, the MLB on Fox Crew discussed the largest snack bars of the first half of the season. David Ortiz predicted with the Red Sox and quoted how well the team played since it was shocking against the San Francisco Giants in June.

Rodriguez shared this opinion.

“Papi, I agree with you,” said Rodriguez. “Look the bottom line, the bottom line, boys, when we zoom in, it is great for baseball when the Boston – I can't believe that I say that – when the Boston Red Sox is good. And at the moment they play great.”

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He compared the deversal situation to what the Seattle Mariners experienced in 2000 after acting again in Ken Griffey Jr. and in 2001 after A-Rod himself left the free agency.

“And sometimes when you clarify a clubhouse of every perceived energy, I remember when Griffey left us in Seattle, we got better,” he said. “And when I went next year we got even better. And sometimes you need the big brother to get so that all other big brothers can distinguish and thrive. And they do it in a beautiful way.”

The host Kevin Burkhardt joked: “I can't wait for the heading tomorrow. Alex Rodriguez loves Red Sox.”

With regard to the comparison of the deed trade with what Seattle experienced after handling had gone. The Mariners were 79-83 in 1999, Griffey's last season before being traded at the Cincinnati Reds. In 2000 they went 91-71 and reached the Alcs. In 2001, after Rodriguez signed the Texas Rangers, they set up the single season record, 116-46 and reached the Alcs again. It is interesting to hear how Rodriguez is so open with this comparison.

Nevertheless, the Red Sox Post-DEVERS are not quite there, at least not yet. It was a month ago. If you continue to win and achieve the post -season, something that seemed unlikely for a large part of the first half of the season, the comparison will be more even.

Regarding the point that the league is better when the Red Sox is good. Each league has teams that have a longer, more successful story than others. The Red Sox are not only one of the oldest teams in MLB, but also one of the most successful teams despite their 86-year-old championship door from 1918 to 2004. People take more care of them (whether love or hatred) than most teams. So his point there is correct.

While Rodriguez may not love Red Sox, we can say that he loves their effects on sport.