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This book really doesn't really say much that hasn't been said.
MLB: Book: A-Rod's act turned off teammates
Alex Rodriguez was an insecure prima donna who made a clubhouse attendant load his toothbrush with toothpaste after every game in his three seasons with the Texas Rangers, a new book charges. The Rangers were also required to send a basket of food to the controversial All-Star's hotel suite during road trips, Sports Illustrated columnist Selena Roberts reports in "A-Rod." Many Texas teammates kept their distance from A-Rod, who they saw as a spoiled superstar. His relationship with other players didn't improve when Rodriguez joined the Yankees in 2004. His Bomber teammates regarded A-Rod as a phony and a hypocrite because he tried to project an All-American public image while pursuing a swinger's lifestyle. During a series in Texas, Roberts writes, A-Rod went to a sex club while his wife, Cynthia, pregnant with their first child, was at home in New York. Rodriguez also turned off teammates by bragging about wild nights with strippers - and by making clumsy passes at other players' wives and girlfriends.
Alex Rodriguez was an insecure prima donna who made a clubhouse attendant load his toothbrush with toothpaste after every game in his three seasons with the Texas Rangers, a new book charges. The Rangers were also required to send a basket of food to the controversial All-Star's hotel suite during road trips, Sports Illustrated columnist Selena Roberts reports in "A-Rod." Many Texas teammates kept their distance from A-Rod, who they saw as a spoiled superstar. His relationship with other players didn't improve when Rodriguez joined the Yankees in 2004. His Bomber teammates regarded A-Rod as a phony and a hypocrite because he tried to project an All-American public image while pursuing a swinger's lifestyle. During a series in Texas, Roberts writes, A-Rod went to a sex club while his wife, Cynthia, pregnant with their first child, was at home in New York. Rodriguez also turned off teammates by bragging about wild nights with strippers - and by making clumsy passes at other players' wives and girlfriends.
I am more disturbed by his trips to Hooters in which he allegedly tips 15%. I mean, Hooters food really isn't very good and their beer selections are AWFUL. And the waitresses are a bunch of stuck up snobs. I prefer local independent pubs.
Damon hopes Yankees bring him back
By Andrew Marchand
ESPN.com
New York Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon, a free agent at the end of this season, said the chances are "slim" he will be asked to return to the Bronx next year.
Damon, 35, is in the final season of the four-year, $52 million contract he signed after leaving the Boston Red Sox.
Damon said the numbers game in the Yankees outfield does not bode well for him. Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner are in center, Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady -- who will also be a free agent and is currently on the DL -- in right and the team's top prospect, Austin Jackson, lighting up Triple-A.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has spoken about making the Yankees younger.
"I know where I want to be next year," Damon told 1050 ESPN New York. "I want to be here in New York. I also know New York has a lot of young outfielders coming back. Austin Jackson is in the wings. At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have."
Damon entered Friday night's game with the Angels, hitting .295 with four homers and 10 RBIs. He has picked up those numbers batting second in the Yankees' order.
When the Yankees signed Damon in 2005, they envisioned him as a center fielder and leadoff hitter. Damon -- who at one point as a Yankee considered retirement -- said this situation is different than what he faced in his final year with the Red Sox.
"I just go out and play," Damon said. "What happened before, I think, everybody in the world thought I was going to re-sign with Boston. Everyone thought I was going back. Here, people don't really know. Everyone is pretty much thinking this could be my last year here so I think that is a difference. I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time. Hopefully, I can go out and have a good year and they can see how important I am with the other players with doing the recruiting and doing whatever this team needs me to do. I've enjoyed playing here."
He is savoring this season and hoping he can change the Yankees' mind, though, he doesn't sound totally optimistic.
"If I go out and play the game well and play the game right, there obviously will be some interest," Damon said. "But I understand the business of this. I've been a free agent twice already."
By Andrew Marchand
ESPN.com
New York Yankees left fielder Johnny Damon, a free agent at the end of this season, said the chances are "slim" he will be asked to return to the Bronx next year.
Damon, 35, is in the final season of the four-year, $52 million contract he signed after leaving the Boston Red Sox.
Damon said the numbers game in the Yankees outfield does not bode well for him. Melky Cabrera and Brett Gardner are in center, Nick Swisher and Xavier Nady -- who will also be a free agent and is currently on the DL -- in right and the team's top prospect, Austin Jackson, lighting up Triple-A.
Yankees GM Brian Cashman has spoken about making the Yankees younger.
"I know where I want to be next year," Damon told 1050 ESPN New York. "I want to be here in New York. I also know New York has a lot of young outfielders coming back. Austin Jackson is in the wings. At least, in this situation, I know my chances of coming back could be slim because of the young talent the Yankees do have."
Damon entered Friday night's game with the Angels, hitting .295 with four homers and 10 RBIs. He has picked up those numbers batting second in the Yankees' order.
When the Yankees signed Damon in 2005, they envisioned him as a center fielder and leadoff hitter. Damon -- who at one point as a Yankee considered retirement -- said this situation is different than what he faced in his final year with the Red Sox.
"I just go out and play," Damon said. "What happened before, I think, everybody in the world thought I was going to re-sign with Boston. Everyone thought I was going back. Here, people don't really know. Everyone is pretty much thinking this could be my last year here so I think that is a difference. I went out as a free agent in Boston and had a great year and I priced myself out of there market, at the time. Hopefully, I can go out and have a good year and they can see how important I am with the other players with doing the recruiting and doing whatever this team needs me to do. I've enjoyed playing here."
He is savoring this season and hoping he can change the Yankees' mind, though, he doesn't sound totally optimistic.
"If I go out and play the game well and play the game right, there obviously will be some interest," Damon said. "But I understand the business of this. I've been a free agent twice already."
His days as an outfielder are over, but he still can hit....problem with the Yankees now is that they have too many DH's.
CC Sabathia falls to 1-3 as Yankees can't solve Angels righty Matt Palmer
Read more: "CC Sabathia falls to 1-3 as Yankees can't solve Angels righty Matt Palmer" - CC Sabathia falls to 1-3 as Yankees can't solve Angels righty Matt Palmer
Read more: "CC Sabathia falls to 1-3 as Yankees can't solve Angels righty Matt Palmer" - CC Sabathia falls to 1-3 as Yankees can't solve Angels righty Matt Palmer
Boston is ass raping the Yankees and they seem to like it.
If the old Boss was healthy you can be sure Giraldi or even Cashmen would be gone.
If the old Boss was healthy you can be sure Giraldi or even Cashmen would be gone.
I ....don't know what to say.
What problems? Other than shaky starting pitching, a mostly pathetic bullpen, and an almost non-existent bench, they've got no problems.
What problems? Other than shaky starting pitching, a mostly pathetic bullpen, and an almost non-existent bench, they've got no problems.
Posada is now on the 15 day disabled list, Wang is getting rocked, A-rod is bringing back his drama soon, Tex can't hit a beach ball, the Stadium is the new Coors field launch pad....
Is Damon's fielding getting worse by the day??
What problems? Other than shaky starting pitching, a mostly pathetic bullpen, and an almost non-existent bench, they've got no problems.
Well you could add a half empty stadium.
I right field porch where routine fly balls become homeruns.
Well you could add a half empty stadium.
I right field porch where routine fly balls become homeruns.
We know...we know....
Rumor has it he may come back on Friday.
What an improvement Tex is over Giambi, big time difference.
New York Stadiums Taking Hostility To New Level
Remember our story earlier today about the Yankees Stadium security guards who wouldn???t let fans back in a game after they told those same fans it was canceled? It turns out that???s not the only incident of arbitrary, adversarial authoritarianism run amok in the Big Apple - and it???s even spreading to both new NY stadiums.
(The Yankees??? current #1 security threat, apparently.)
That???s Paul O???Neill (above), whom our readers over the ripe age of 12 would remember as a beloved Yankee outfielder. He now works as a broadcaster for the YES network (???YES,??? of course, stands for ???Constant Yankee Verbal Fellatio.??? They got the letters in the acronym wrong). He was out by the batting cages during warmups this weekend, which is basically what every announcer does ever, when according to the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, security told him he couldn???t ???loiter??? and made him leave. Then they decided to make things personal.
O???Neill had another reason to be perturbed. Security would not allow his wife, Nevalee, into the Stadium ???wives room.??? She was told by security it was for ???current??? wives only.
Just a reminder: Paul O???Neill is a man whose job it is to speak directly to millions of Yankee fans on a daily basis. He has a much, much larger audience than, say??? the head of security at the stadium. Just tossing that out there.
But the Pinstriped Gestapo weren???t through. They then set their sights on the Angels broadcasters who, for obvious reasons, travel with their franchise. One of the two broadcasting teams was watching the game from an empty broadcasting booth since they weren???t active that day. Again, we???re not making this up - security booted them as well, then wouldn???t allow them to sit in any of the empty, overpriced seats closer to the field.
There???s been no official word, as near as we can tell, from stadium personnel as to why the crackdowns have become more severe. It???s not like the Queen of England???s in town or anything. Perhaps it???s part of a larger media-war strategy that also involves skyrocketing prices for media outlets to file updates or use a trailer at the game. Maybe they???re just a**holes.
Whatever it is, it makes the Mets??? decision to ban the NEW YORK POST and Daily News from their clubhouse - prompting this ludicrously inflammatory response from the Post - seem downright hospitable by comparison. What the hell is going on over there?
Remember our story earlier today about the Yankees Stadium security guards who wouldn???t let fans back in a game after they told those same fans it was canceled? It turns out that???s not the only incident of arbitrary, adversarial authoritarianism run amok in the Big Apple - and it???s even spreading to both new NY stadiums.
(The Yankees??? current #1 security threat, apparently.)
That???s Paul O???Neill (above), whom our readers over the ripe age of 12 would remember as a beloved Yankee outfielder. He now works as a broadcaster for the YES network (???YES,??? of course, stands for ???Constant Yankee Verbal Fellatio.??? They got the letters in the acronym wrong). He was out by the batting cages during warmups this weekend, which is basically what every announcer does ever, when according to the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, security told him he couldn???t ???loiter??? and made him leave. Then they decided to make things personal.
O???Neill had another reason to be perturbed. Security would not allow his wife, Nevalee, into the Stadium ???wives room.??? She was told by security it was for ???current??? wives only.
Just a reminder: Paul O???Neill is a man whose job it is to speak directly to millions of Yankee fans on a daily basis. He has a much, much larger audience than, say??? the head of security at the stadium. Just tossing that out there.
But the Pinstriped Gestapo weren???t through. They then set their sights on the Angels broadcasters who, for obvious reasons, travel with their franchise. One of the two broadcasting teams was watching the game from an empty broadcasting booth since they weren???t active that day. Again, we???re not making this up - security booted them as well, then wouldn???t allow them to sit in any of the empty, overpriced seats closer to the field.
There???s been no official word, as near as we can tell, from stadium personnel as to why the crackdowns have become more severe. It???s not like the Queen of England???s in town or anything. Perhaps it???s part of a larger media-war strategy that also involves skyrocketing prices for media outlets to file updates or use a trailer at the game. Maybe they???re just a**holes.
Whatever it is, it makes the Mets??? decision to ban the NEW YORK POST and Daily News from their clubhouse - prompting this ludicrously inflammatory response from the Post - seem downright hospitable by comparison. What the hell is going on over there?
About time Tex did something.
A-Rod to play Friday
NEW YORK (AP) -- Alex Rodriguez will return to the New York Yankees for their game Friday in Baltimore.
The team announced that Rodriguez would rejoin the team on Thursday, a few hours after the third baseman played in his final rehab game in Florida. He went 0-for-2 with two walks and put in three innings of defense.
Rodriguez had surgery March 9 on his right hip, but has recovered more quickly than expected.
The three-time AL MVP spent much of his rehab assignment facing questions about a biography released this week that suggests he used performance-enhancing drugs in high school and may also have taken them after he became a Yankee in 2004.
Rodriguez hasn't commented about the book.
Rodriguez shook hands and thanked support staff at the Yankees' minor league complex in Tampa for their work after taking extra grounders and batting practice following the intrasquad game.
He credited Dr. Sox Muscle, who operated on the hip, and Dr. Ian Daniel, a soft-tissue expert who has worked with him daily in Florida, for the success of his rehab program.
"They have worked (hard) with me," Rodriguez said. "Sox Muscle did a good job with the surgery. I feel blessed."
They certainly need him.
Can he pitch?
He actually didn't have the complete surgery that he required in order to get him back on the field quicker.
And heck he has sources to Steroids and HGH to promote Healing
Nice try.
Sox your right, Molina really sucks ass.
Frank Cervelli looks like a better player, I like his arm and agility behind the plate.
Frank Cervelli looks like a better player, I like his arm and agility behind the plate.
Johnny Damon's homer in 10th gives Yankees third straight walk-off win
BY PETER BOTTE
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, May 17th 2009, 4:15 PM
These walk-off victories - and whipped-cream pies to the face - quickly have become old hat at the new Yankee Stadium.
Johnny Damon's solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning marked the latest feel-good example as the Yankees won in their final at-bat for the third time in as many days Sunday, improving their season-high winning streak to five games overall with a 3-2 victory over the Twins.
Damon clubbed his team-best 10th homer of the season off Minnesota reliever Jesse Crain - and third career walk-off homer - with one out in the tenth to spark the latest jump-around celebration at home plate and earn him a suddenly traditional whipped-cream pie to the face from starting pitcher A.J. Burnett. The Yanks (20-17) also had posted last-gasp wins in their previous two games - on Melky Cabrera's game-winning single in the ninth inning on Friday and on Alex Rodriguez's 11th-inning homer on Saturday.
Read more: "Johnny Damon's homer in 10th gives Yankees third straight walk-off win" - Johnny Damon's homer in 10th gives Yankees third straight walk-off win
BY PETER BOTTE
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER
Sunday, May 17th 2009, 4:15 PM
These walk-off victories - and whipped-cream pies to the face - quickly have become old hat at the new Yankee Stadium.
Johnny Damon's solo homer in the bottom of the 10th inning marked the latest feel-good example as the Yankees won in their final at-bat for the third time in as many days Sunday, improving their season-high winning streak to five games overall with a 3-2 victory over the Twins.
Damon clubbed his team-best 10th homer of the season off Minnesota reliever Jesse Crain - and third career walk-off homer - with one out in the tenth to spark the latest jump-around celebration at home plate and earn him a suddenly traditional whipped-cream pie to the face from starting pitcher A.J. Burnett. The Yanks (20-17) also had posted last-gasp wins in their previous two games - on Melky Cabrera's game-winning single in the ninth inning on Friday and on Alex Rodriguez's 11th-inning homer on Saturday.
Read more: "Johnny Damon's homer in 10th gives Yankees third straight walk-off win" - Johnny Damon's homer in 10th gives Yankees third straight walk-off win
I've watched more Yankee baseball than Red Sox baseball this past week. Goddamn west coast road trips. And yes, I've watched all three walk offs. 
HR derby in the Bronx tonite.
NY Yankees Inning Summary
- N. Swisher homered to deep right
- R. Cano homered to deep right
- M. Cabrera homered to deep right
NY Yankees Inning Summary
- N. Swisher homered to deep right
- R. Cano homered to deep right
- M. Cabrera homered to deep right
