Scene: July 2004 Yankees playing at Fenway, leading 3-0 with
two outs in the third inning.
Bronson Arroyo plunked A-rod on the elbow with a sinker. Was
it a message pitch? Was it a nervous pitcher grown rattled?
There seemed little reason for debate. Rodriguez wasn't hurt.
The crowd got a little charge out of watching him writhe
when the ball hit him, but they were as dead as the Red Sox'
pennant hopes. This wasn't Pedro Martinez throwing a ball
at someone's head after all.
Only A-rod didn't see it that way. Maybe it was the pressure of his
first season finally reaching the surface. Maybe it was the
relentless slander that fell in sheets out of the grandstand.
Maybe it was the fact that an early-season slump still
affected A-rod's mood...Maybe it was a little of all that, that
came together when the baseball ticked his elbow.
What Rodriguez did was take a small step toward Arroyo as if to
say, "I know what you did."
Jason Varitek, standing in full catcher's regalia behind Rodriguez
didn't care for the implication: "Hey, we don't thow at .260
hitters. Shut up and take your base."
ROFLLLLLL.
Taken from "Emperers and Idiots: The 100 year Rivalry between the
Yankees and the Res Sox" one of the best baseball books ever
written.
If you are a Red Sox or a Yankee fan, this book is a must read.
two outs in the third inning.
Bronson Arroyo plunked A-rod on the elbow with a sinker. Was
it a message pitch? Was it a nervous pitcher grown rattled?
There seemed little reason for debate. Rodriguez wasn't hurt.
The crowd got a little charge out of watching him writhe
when the ball hit him, but they were as dead as the Red Sox'
pennant hopes. This wasn't Pedro Martinez throwing a ball
at someone's head after all.
Only A-rod didn't see it that way. Maybe it was the pressure of his
first season finally reaching the surface. Maybe it was the
relentless slander that fell in sheets out of the grandstand.
Maybe it was the fact that an early-season slump still
affected A-rod's mood...Maybe it was a little of all that, that
came together when the baseball ticked his elbow.
What Rodriguez did was take a small step toward Arroyo as if to
say, "I know what you did."
Jason Varitek, standing in full catcher's regalia behind Rodriguez
didn't care for the implication: "Hey, we don't thow at .260
hitters. Shut up and take your base."
ROFLLLLLL.
Taken from "Emperers and Idiots: The 100 year Rivalry between the
Yankees and the Res Sox" one of the best baseball books ever
written.
If you are a Red Sox or a Yankee fan, this book is a must read.
