Posted on 05/31/2007 7:50:15 AM PDT by mowowie
TORONTO -- The Yankees' desperation to win a game was so great, Alex Rodriguez reasoned, that he was willing to try anything to make it happen -- even yelling into the ear of an infielder trying to catch a pop fly. The Blue Jays didn't have quite the same understanding, and by the end of the evening, Rodriguez again found himself in the middle of a heated situation. Rodriguez's verbal interference with Toronto third baseman Howie Clark was a debated side note to the Yankees' 10-5 victory at Rogers Centre on Wednesday.
"I haven't been around that long -- maybe I'm naïve," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "But it's bush league. Everybody in this business, they all look at the Yankees -- they do things right. They play hard. Class operation. That's what the Yanks are known for. That's not Yankee baseball."....
With two outs, Rodriguez was off and running, and as he passed the third baseman Clark, who had his contract purchased earlier in the day from Triple-A Syracuse, Rodriguez made a noise, which Clark said was, "Mine," prompting the infielder to abandon pursuit of the popup.
The ball dropped in for an infield single, scoring Hideki Matsui. Jason Giambi followed with a two-run single to center that extended New York's lead.
>>desperation
In other desperation move news, their almost-45-year-old,
$28million/yr (more like $18million in reality?) pitcher
starts vs. the Sox in a few days.
...the White Sox, that is. The Rocket man...
Yeah, Gay Rod. You and your metrosexual pinstripe wearing poofs are STILL IN LAST PLACE!
Bush league, but funny!
Are youse sayin’ A-Rod should be GAY-ROD?............
Shesh, Messing with the other team’s head is part of the sport.
Thanks, I was trying to find video of it.
Should be a great weekend her in Boston I hope!
Fair ball.
They did indeed. But unlike the Blue Jays the Yanks didn't blame the other team for their stupidity.
MLB Official RulesThis isn't the same as the hidden ball trick. Ryan Freel is on the DL because of a collision. What A-Rod did could have lead to a collision. If the fielder can't rely on a safety measure like calling for a ball, he is made more unsafe. There are kids in little league and Babe Ruth league ball who will look at what A-Rod did and think it's okay and there will be kids who are involved in collisions because of it. Umps in leagues like that come down hard on bush league stuff like calling for a ball when you're the runner and not the fielder. A-Rod is a pr!ck.Official Rules: 2.00 Definition of Terms
INTERFERENCE
(a) Offensive interference is an act by the team at bat which interferes with, obstructs, impedes, hinders or confuses any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter- runner, or a runner out for interference, all other runners shall return to the last base that was in the judgment of the umpire, legally touched at the time of the interference, unless otherwise provided by these rules.
You’d think that A-hole Rod would stay away from controversy given his current notoriety. No, he just can’t do it.
Gee, Toronto is a divisional opponent. That means the Yankees play them at least 12 more times. (I don’t know how many times they’ve played each other so far).
So A-hole Rod’s chances of wearing a fastball are pretty good.
There’s a No Talking rule in baseball?
The call a ball policy is designed to prevent dangerous collisions. This isn’t just messing with the opposing team.
A-Rod better be careful. Some dark night in a back alley, some serious damage will be done to his knees with a baseball bat.
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