The screaming Yankee manager exhibition is theater.
Used to be the only truth was on the Sports page. No more. Politics in sports is undoing the spirits of the endeavor. A-Rod is a slime and should not be on the playing field, IMO; but that kind of retaliation does not belong in the Red Sox locker room. I prefer the Nolan Ryan / Robin Ventura solution; let A-Rod rush the mound and let the victor prevail.
Bullsh*t.
The Boston pitcher tried for 3 pitches to hit Rodriquez. He missed until the 3rd attempt.
It was so obvious, that the Boston pitcher SHOULD have received a warning from the umpire....at a minimum, after the 2nd failed attempt.
The Boston pitcher should have been ejected....if that had happened, Girardi....whose job it is to PROTECT his ballplayers, never would have opened his yap.
#1....I am no A-Rod fan.
#2...Rodriguez is simply taking advantage of the option AVAILABLE in the written agreement between the league and the MLB Players Association that says the player is allowed to play (and earn a paycheck).....while his appeal process runs. He had appealed the 211 game suspension.
#3...You can seriously hurt somebody if you don't know exactly where the ball is going. A wild pitcher is dangerous. It took him 3 pitches to get him.
I too am no A-Rod fan, nor a Yankee fan, but I agree with you on all counts. Girardi (who I do like) did the right thing by his ball club. Nevertheless, I did find the video entertaining anyway--watching A-Rod get clobbered over and over was a sight to behold. If only we could do that with some of our favorite pols. 13859
Do you remember Ryne Duren, Yankee reliever?(http://waswatching.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Duren1.jpg)
Disagree. May be entertaining to some, but a fast ball with enough heat can kill. Even a direct hit with a line drive to the chest can be life threatening if not fatal. Ask me how I know.
Re-instate Pete Rose. This year.
Absolutely not!
Re-affirm the lifetime ban, instead.
Betting on baseball games the team you're managing is playing....to me is worse (if that's possible) than cheating at cards. SCUM SUCKERS!
Pete Rose should forever remain the poster-boy of what should never be tolerated in any sport, let alone the great American Pastime.
MLB suspends Ryan Dempster 5 games for hitting A-Rod