Last Sunday, Alex Rodriguez held a press conference with the New York Yankees stating he’ll play his final game with the Yankees on August 12 and that New York has offered him a role as a special adviser. NY had four hits in the inning against Ziegler, including a double by Jacoby Ellsbury with the bases loaded for two runs that put the Yankees up 3-2.
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On Friday, it officially ends when Rodriguez and the Yankees face the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game series at Yankee Stadium in front of a crowd that will include his mother and two daughters.
With first base open, the Red Sox intentionally walked Chase Headley to load the bases for Alex Rodriguez. After the Yankees refused to pay, claiming Rodriguez had no marketing value following his season-long suspension, the team agreed to make $3.5 million in charitable contributions. Sometimes it was emotional. A-Rod said Tuesday that this start would be “a great chance to give me one big, loud boo on the way out”.
“It was pretty distracting”, Rodriguez said, sounding like he was hallucinating. In five outings since finally getting a shot in the big league rotation, the 23-year-old is 3-2 with a 3.00 ERA, including quality starts in his past two games despite limited pitch counts.
The Indians will check how Carlos Santana is doing as he recovers from being hit in the head by a foul ball while standing in the dugout. The team announced last weekend that after the game, he will be released and then become an adviser and instructor for the club.
At the beginning of his session with the media, Girardi was asked if Rodriguez would still be in the starting lineup Thursday after Boston scratched knuckleballer Steven Wright.
“His IQ is off the charts, his baseball IQ is very high and he knows so much about the game”, catcher Brian McCann said.
For the average fan, A-Rod’s final road game as a Yankee probably will not be a lasting memory. “The fact that I get to play today and tomorrow, I’m lucky”. When the Rangers chose to trade him, a proposed deal to Boston fell through before the trade to NY. He is batting.199 after going 0-for-4 with an RBI groundout in Thursday’s 4-2 win at Boston, which gave NY a 58-56 record and put the Yankees within 3 1/2 games of the second wild card spot.
“I think I don’t have to be 100 percent at this point in the season to go out there”, Ramirez said, noting that his back was still in a little pain. “It was a fun request, and I don’t have any problem with Joe saying no on that”. “But I love Fenway and I love the fans”.
“It should be pretty good for my Instagram account”, Rodriguez said. “I’m not looking beyond that”.
Dellin Betances struggled in the ninth, but got the save after Luis Cessa pitched two flawless innings. I value the pinstripes; I value this organization. Chicago Cubs’ Willson Contreras watches his home run in the second inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, in Chicago. “They were with me through thick and thin – ’09 jumps out of the page”.
“That was the deal”, Rodriguez said.
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“My job is to put out what I feel is the best lineup, and that’s what I’m trying to do”, Girardi said.
