A-Rod's antics liven up drab series

Hold everything, everybody, there's a major news flash coming out of New York City. Are you sitting down? Good, 'cause here it comes:

A-Rod is being accused of doing something cheap & dirty during a game against the Sox!

Go ahead, call your shrink and try to find out how something like this could happen, how could a man of such high moral fiber and solid mental character stoop so low as to throw an elbow at Dustin Pedroia's groin after sliding into second base late in the Sox 7-3 win over the Stanks last night?

I mean would a guy who has no history of behavior of this nature whatsoever do something as despicable...wait a minute, something's coming back to me now...oh yeah, WHAT ABOUT THIS:

Let's get a couple of things straight, outraged members of RSN and furios defenders of the "baseball the way it's meant to be played" card:

1. It was by any measure, a cheap play; not a good, hard slide as if he was trying to take him out type of thing, but a clear cheap shot. The play was over. A-Rod was past the base and went out of his way to throw a little chicken wing towards Pedroia's groin area, then got up and scurried away like he didn't mean to do it. Typical A-Rod, go for the johnson and run


2. Nobody should be surprised or care. In A-Rod's twisted little mind he thinks he was doing something to fire up his team, to prove that he's a "win at all costs" player who is willing to do the little things to show that he's a real gamer. In the mind of this Red Sox fan, he looked like the pathetic little purple-lipped wuss that he is, feebly attempting a half-hearted cheap shot with his team trailing Boston in the game, the standings and the national passtime's popularity contest.


3. We should all be thanking Rodriguez. Let's face it, with a double-digit deficit and one team clearly better than the other, this edition of Sox v. Stankees had become as stale as an American Karaoke results show. The latest little hissy fit from the Queen of all Prissiness has interjected some much-needed adrenaline back into the rivalry, and you can bet with Curt Schilling taking the mound tonight, this little incident could soon turn into something as glorious as this:

Overheard before the first pitch to Rodriguez tonight:

Schill: "Hey Alex, let's see how this bruise looks in HD"