Been a Yankee fan from way back, since the days of Mantle, Maris, Ford, Yogi, etc. but I say, BLEEP 'em if they can't take a joke.
Posted on 05/23/2015 8:56:59 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Here's something you don't see every day: the New York Yankees are defending Alex Rodriguez. After a Tampa Bay Rays minor-league team planned a promo night poking fun at their infamous slugger, the Yankees objected that it was in poor taste.
And now, the A-Rod "juice box night" that the Single-A Charlotte Stone Crabs had planned for Friday has been cancelled. The team was going to give juice boxes to the first 500 fans through the gates. They were to read:
"100% Juiced. Side Affects [sic] include: tainted records, inflated ego, omission from the Hall of Fame, and more!" The Yankees were not having that
The Stone Crabs have deleted all mentions of the event from their social media accounts and are now going on like it didn't exist. They were also offering fans free tickets in exchange for old A-Rod merchandise that would be donated to Goodwill.
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Been a Yankee fan from way back, since the days of Mantle, Maris, Ford, Yogi, etc. but I say, BLEEP 'em if they can't take a joke.
NYY gets butthurt...imagine that, I never would have guessed.
In all fairness, some combination of A-Rod, the Yankees and MLB own the merchandising rights to the guy. They would probably shut this down just as fast if they were giving out “A-Rod is a Hero” T-shirts.
hahahahaha. What a great idea!
who cares
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