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Originally Posted by 1998 Yankees
No, no, think about it. A-Rod, the current god of baseball. Dallas Braden [who?] a struggling young pitcher [who seems to be getting better each year, though]. Superstar walks [jogs] over your place of business when a few steps in either direction could take him around it. Do you blame Braden for thinking that A-Rod's thinking that his stuff don't stink?
Not that A-Rod should be shy and retiring, walking on eggshells to apologize for his success and wealth, but do you think the guy could spare a thought? Let me say it this way. If I were back pitching in my school days and somebody had done that to me, he'd be sitting on his backside in the batters box sometime soon, that's for sure.
The follow-up article that I read today said that all of the Yankees supported A-Rod, of course, and considered it to be a joke [which is itself a bit offensive]. That's natural. However, the same article went on to say that everyone else in baseball that the writer(s) had interviewed agreed with Braden's viewpoint [although maybe not with his overreaction after the game].
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This happens all the time in baseball, its not the first time I've seen it.
I spoke to quite a few ball players, including one guy who was a minor league pitcher last night and said he never heard of that being an unwritten rule. He also said that it happens all the time and couldn't understand what the big deal was.
I think A-Rod was more guilty of his little hand gesture then anything when a little nod of some sort would have been suffice.
If I am on another team and that guy is in a grove pitching well, and I have the opportunity I am going to run across the mound on purpose to try and upset him and get him out of his groove. He just showed he is a hot head and is easy to get to.