It always come down to A-Rod...

Without fail, especially recently. It's been a rough week for the man who will probably break the all-time home run record at some point. But he always seems to be in the middle of things whether it's a rally or killing rally. Obviously, he's not going to get a clutch hit all the time, but with the exception of last season (which was sort of a contract year) considered he opted out, clutch hitting has been a problem (that's putting it nicely).

Regardless, it always comes down to him. Like yesterday's 7-6 loss to Toronto, you knew he would get up in the ninth and you knew the guys ahead of him would get on base to start a potential rally.

And at the moment he steps into the batter's box, it seems like all activity in New York pauses for a few minutes. Bartenders stop serving drinks to watch his at-bat, subway operators get radio calls from their dispatchers "Don't move, A-Rod's up". Example you could be on a Manhattan-bound 4 train and just after it leaves 167th Street, the conductor gets the call "A-Rod's up". Next thing you know you hear the following the announcement, "Due to A-Rod being up in the ninth, inning this train will be moving shortly, please be patient." After the at-bat ends (usually unsuccessfully recently), the train moves. That's probably an exaggeration but you get the idea.