The circumstances were slightly different last night, however. Joining him on the left side of the infield was Cal Ripken, Jr., a former shortstop-turned-third baseman who was retiring at the end of the year. You can tell this isn’t what he truly wants, but it is his best option, so he’s taking it.
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Manager Joe Girardi said he didn’t know if Rodriguez could catch on elsewhere, but offered a damning and honest view into how he sees A-Rod’s current standing. “So it’s between me and him. I thought it would be a great way to end at Fenway”, he said. I mean, who wouldn’t want to play? During the game YES showed a clip of Alex’s pregame chat with reporters and he looked totally bummed he wasn’t in the lineup.
“He has his opinions and I have mine”, he said. He has his opinions and I have mine. I want my girls to go to college somewhere in Boston – I’m not going to say where.
He said he has no regrets about how things eventually worked out. “I’m an emotional guy and my heart can get tugged at”. I’m human. There is a human element to me. I’m managing to try to win the games.
Going back on that promise is pretty damn weak, isn’t it?
“Everybody will receive one”, Kennedy said. “It’s good they did that”, he added. The wholly unproductive Aaron Hicks plays every day. He could return next year with another team. Remember when Girardi nearly punched Brian O’Nora as part of his tirade when Ryan Dempster threw at Alex back in 2013?
All that unwavering support over the years is part of what makes the sudden change of heart this week so odd.
“This was something I’ve dreamt of since I’ve been drafted, since I’ve been a little kid”, Benintendi said.
All things considered, we’d have to call the Yankees and A-Rod era a draw for the organization.
“It was a big win for us. I don’t know what happened”.
Rodriguez, the long-time New York Yankee dropped a bombshell on everyone early this week when he announced that Friday would be his last game.
Yankees fans quickly associated A-Rod with this ignominy.
But they did do all of this.
“It was fine. I was happy with whatever outcome they saw”. Headley rounded second and took off for third as Bradley chased the ball down, grabbed it on the run, and all in one motion, his momentum carrying him off balance, threw a bullet to third base that Brock Holty grabbed just in time to tag Headley on the shoulder for the out. How does everyone else in the clubhouse feel about that? Meanwhile, Girardi said after NY lost to Boston 5-3 on Tuesday night that he and the rest of the Yankees will continue focusing on staying in the AL wild card race rather than get caught up in any sentiment about the slugger’s pending release.
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How many swings might A-Rod will get in his final days as a Yankee? USA keeper Hope Solo, who had not allowed a goal in group play, gave up two, including one on a penalty shot that she seemed to have corralled but slipped through her grasp and into the net.
