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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
This is an alleged quote by A-Rod:
"I know that line belongs to me and he was coming at me," Rodriguez said. "Once I reached out and tried to knock the ball, the call went against me. I should have just run over him."
I have to admit, I went to bed before this happened because as exciting as this series is, baseball is not my bag, baby, but it seems to me that he just admitted trying to knock the ball out of the pitcher's hand. So why was he arguing the call? Or did he just later give up the argument?
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Are you all crazy?
Every athlete, in every sport, does their best to look innocent when the umps are making their decision. Of course he's going to argue the call. The umps were huddling, trying to figure it out. He's supposed to look like a little doe, drinking watah from a brook when they glance over at him while making their determination. And if the call still goes against us, you argue because you want the umps to feel like you have a case because they just overturned a call and that doesn't happen very often. Maybe you get a close call later in the game.
Good God. Is there a different standard for the Yankees players than everyone else?
TM
