Red Sox Outfielder Criticizes A-Rod
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Trot Nixon wasted no time in fueling the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, criticizing Alex Rodriguez on Tuesday.
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com. Alex Rodriguez had yet to prove to Yankees fans that he was worth his hefty price tag before this American League Division Series against the Twins.
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Even in the dead of winter, Alex Rodriguez and Curt Schilling are still going at it. "I just hope he continues to talk about me and my teammates," the New York Yankees' third baseman said Friday. "It's going to give us great motivation to beat him up in the future."
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Cardinals manager Tony La Russa angrily confronted baseball disciplinarian Bob Watson yesterday, right after finding out St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez was fined $10,000 for throwing over the head of a Houston hitter.
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Major League Baseball had this message for Alex Rodriguez and agent Scott Boras: Shame on you.
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Alex Rodriguez has been booed at home nearly all season for failing to come through at the plate. Now, it's his shoddy defense that's frustrating fans and &#151; more importantly &#151; hurting the New York Yankees.
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What else can the Red Sox do with Julio Lugo ? They invested $36 million into the shortstop for four years, it's late June, and he's hitting below the Mendoza Line. Do they bench him? Rest him? Ride it out? Give him the most extensive video work and instruction possible?
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Alex Rodriguez couldn't believe what was happening. He thought the New York Yankees didn't want him. In revealing details of what led to him opting out of his contract with the Yankees, and of his subsequent phone call to Hank and Hal Steinbrenner to revive his career in pinstripes, Rodriguez criticized agent Scott Boras for misleading him.
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Even the uninitiated know the significance of a series between the Red Sox and Yankees. They also understand the importance of keeping the rivalry in perspective, regardless of the enmity. Perhaps easier said than done before you experience it up close and personal, as Jason Varitek and Alex Rodriguez did the last time the teams met.
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He points to one moment, one conversation with his pal from Cuba. Jose Contreras was struggling, and his friend Orlando Hernandez wanted to know what had happened to the pitcher who triggered an auction between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox before ever slipping on a major league uniform.
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Alex Rodriguez dined with Pedro Martinez and waxed about everything Yankee, encouraging Martinez to join Daddy in New York. Jorge Posada, who has had several fiery clashes with Martinez
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New York Yankees&#39; Alex Rodriguez knocks the ball out of the glove of Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo, left, as first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz looks on during the eighth inning of Game 6 of the ALCS in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004.
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New York Yankees&#39; Alex Rodriguez hits a two-run homer against Boston Red Sox pitcher Derek Lowe during the third inning of game 4 of the ALCS Sunday, Oct. 17, 2004 in Boston.
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Perhaps he was trying to be too fine with his pitches. Perhaps he was trying too hard to pinpoint his location. And perhaps Fausto Carmona wasn't being as aggressive as he should have been against the Red Sox in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.
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Alex Rodriguez sneaked up behind John Olerud and sang out, &quot;Johnny O&#39;s too dry.&quot; A-Rod, who made all the right moves in the division series, then made another in the clubhouse
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CHICAGO -- Mike Timlin's reaction when he saw Manny Ramirez slip on Ben Davis's routine fly ball was probably no different than yours was last night. &quot;I just -- I'm thinking as I'm watching him go down, I'm saying, `No, no, no, no,' &quot; said the Red Sox reliever, who had been called upon in the bottom of the eighth ...
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Alex Rodriguezâs behavior on Wednesday was clever or childish, cunning gamesmanship or borderline cheating, or maybe something in between.