Jim Leyritz: Arod must go

Jim Leyritz interviewed on XM by Mark Patrick and Buck Martinez, asked by Patrick if he thinks Arod will ever get acceptance in New York. Leyritz replies approximately:

• I don't think it's going to work out for Alex in New York. You can say it's similar to the Kenny Rogers experience--Rogers just didn't do well in New York, and things worked out fine for him elsewhere. So, Alex shouldn't stay here just to stay here. The situation you saw at the end of the season with Joe Torre and the situation with Jeter, I don't think it can ever work out for Alex. Hitting a lot of homeruns won't matter in the regular season. It will only matter if he does it in the post season, but even then I don't think it would work out. His post season batting average as a non-Yankee is 320, but much lower as a Yankee. I think it's best for all concerned if they go their separate ways.

I heard a replay of the interview being run in a continuous loop on the XM mlb channels after the end of the World Series. I assume the original interview took place either Friday, October 27 or sometime within the week.

• (Jim Leyritz has a regular shift on MLB radio but is better known to Yankee fans for his super-clutch game-winning homeruns in the post season.)

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