First, the controversy, courtesy of the odd configuration and quirks of America’s oldest ballpark itself.
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Girardi said Sunday that Rodriguez would be able to dictate his playing time, but the manager said Tuesday that he wouldn’t start the first two games of the three-game series.
But the play then went to video review and crew chief/third base umpire Ben Miller, after the lengthy wait of just over three and a half minutes, nullified the home run and sent Benintendi back to second.
“We value our decades-long relationship with the Red Sox organization and its decision to postpone Tuesday’s David Ortiz bobblehead giveaway”, BDA said in a statement.
And Porcello did not squander that lead, pitching brilliantly and into the eighth inning for the third consecutive start. “He obviously shows and displays power against a good arm like (Luis) Severino (4.1ip, 5er, loss), who was throwing the ball very well”. That is why no one should be surprised if another team reaches out in the next couple of weeks or for next season and Rodriguez’s tenure as a Yankees organizational adviser has the staying power of a Donald Trump news cycle. It was Bradley’s eleventh outfield assist of the year and exhibit A as to why he may the game’s best center fielder. Instead, Girardi backtracked and told him he would play only Thursday against swing-scrambling knuckleballer Steven Wright. The once most feared hitter in the game was pushed out of his playing career by the NY front office because of declining skill and lack of production.
“It’s surprising and shocking”, Rodriguez said Tuesday afternoon. The Yankees are in town to visit, and the Red Sox gave them the special treatment, as they walked away with a 5-3 victory.
The Fenway faithful tried to get Alex Rodriguez into the game. Michael Bourn hit a go-ahead triple in the seventh for Arizona. Or dispute his love for the New York Yankees.
The New England Patriots will lose starting defensive end Rob Ninkovich for four to six weeks after he suffered a triceps tear in practice.
The way he is playing, it’s hard not to imagine Benintendi as an everyday player at this point.
Alex Rodriguez did not play after announcing that this week’s four games would be his last with the Yankees.
But who is naive enough to think he won’t be burning for one last shot?
And finally South Burlington High School athletic director Ed Hockenberry is leaving to take a job as associate athletic director for internal operations at the University of Vermont.
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Girardi has been extremely supportive of A-Rod over the years, whether he was under fire because he didn’t get The Big Hit in the postseason or was returning from his 2014 suspension or something else entirely.
