Double Play-Rod hearing lots of boos

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Just call him Double Play-Rod. Last year, Alex Rodriguez carried the Yankees to a spot in the postseason. Tuesday night, he put them on his back and began the march toward a baseball-less October in the Bronx with one of the worst games of his career. A-Rod set the tone in a dismal 7-3 loss to the Red Sox, going 0-for-5 with an error, two strikeouts and two double plays, one of which killed the Yankees' best chance at a comeback. Terrible; there's absolutely no excuse," A-Rod said. "My team expects me to get big hits and make big plays. Tonight, I didn't do that."

New York Daily News

Alex Rodriguez, AP Alex Rodriguez, AP
August 27, 2008  05:15 AM ET

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August 27, 2008  05:16 AM ET

Not your team, dude...freaking everyone. You make alot of money, so you be expected to get it done and not be a bum.

August 27, 2008  05:16 AM ET

A-Rod is getting ALL the money TO PERFORM!!

He Should get booed when he does not.................

August 27, 2008  06:05 AM ET

So what he tried to say as he sumedup......He stuck right?

August 27, 2008  07:12 AM ET

so let me fill everyone in on my FIRST trip to yankee stadium.....i was sitting in the front row of the second level. surrounded by a majority of yankees fans who were very nice and respectful. so coco crisp is up in the 2nd i think......long story short I CAUGHT A FOUL BALL! it was amazing. everyone around me thought it was pretty cool but this one kid kept throwing peanuts at me and my sis until a group of older yankee fans FREAKED out on the guy and made him feel like a idiot. it was hilarious. greatest baseball game ive ever been to

August 27, 2008  07:22 AM ET

He needs a Quantum of Solace.

August 27, 2008  07:39 AM ET

man did they let him have it last nite.

August 27, 2008  07:41 AM ET

greatest baseball game ive ever been to
Lallybone | 08/27/08, 07:12 AM
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Wow Lally, sounds like a great night! Good for you:))
GO BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 27, 2008  07:45 AM ET

He deserved it. He's been AWFUL with RISP this season, and last night was the capper.

This is no illusion...when it counts, i.e., when there are men in scoring position, every one of A-Rod's numbers plummets off the charts. His BA with RISP is a hundred points lower than with the bases empty. His slugging percentage with RISP is THREE hundred points lower than with the bases empty.

This ain't hating, or a lack of appreciation, or just me being an obnoxious Yankees fan. This is a cool-headed analysis of a hitter, by the numbers. When the going gets tough, A-Rod's numbers get going. Way, way south.

August 27, 2008  07:57 AM ET

The penultimate moment from last night was when he came up in the 7th (I think) with one out and the bases loaded. We're losing 7-3, at home against the Red Sox. This is the moment for which the cleanup hitter was invented. And here comes a rookie pitcher.

So does he get a HR? An extra-base hit? A sacrifice fly? No. He taps a grounder to short for a tailor-made DP. Inning over, rally over...season over?

This month, he's hit into nine DPs and is hitting .238. The boos are completely appropriate.

August 27, 2008  08:14 AM ET

8 MORE YEARS!

8 MORE YEARS!

of stranding RISP in critical situations...

SO GLAD Stray-Rod did NOT come to the Red Sox..

August 27, 2008  08:15 AM ET

Wow Lally, sounds like a great night! Good for you:))
GO BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

becca e. beat Phil:)) | 08/27/08, 07:41 AM
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i got to see batting practice and yelled to pedroia for you, he said he loves u too

August 27, 2008  08:16 AM ET

So does he get a HR? An extra-base hit? A sacrifice fly? No. He taps a grounder to short for a tailor-made DP. Inning over, rally over...season over?

This month, he's hit into nine DPs and is hitting .238. The boos are completely appropriate.

Yankee64 | 08/27/08, 07:57 AM
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when he was up with the bases loaded i have never been in an enviroment like that. its was deafening. but the boos were louder

August 27, 2008  08:16 AM ET

Let the "clutch hitter" conversation begin.

Yanee64, if that was the penultimate moment, was was the worst? I'm thinking that WAS the worst moment of the night, not second banana. :)

August 27, 2008  08:17 AM ET

Lally,

Since you wre at the game last night, where were all the Yankee fans after the 7th inning? The hot dog stand?

Looked like a Dodgers game after the 7th inning, all the high-priced bandwagon Yankee fans were gone..

Stick a fork in them, they're DONE!

August 27, 2008  08:18 AM ET

Pimp,

Good morning, (actually it's a great morning after that game last night)..

How did you not get censored by using penultimate in your comment?

August 27, 2008  08:23 AM ET

Wow Lally, sounds like a great night! Good for you:))
GO BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

becca e. beat Phil:)) | 08/27/08, 07:41 AM
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Should have known I'd find you here...

August 27, 2008  08:23 AM ET

"A-Bum hears boos as Yanks sink
Just call him Double Play-Rod. Alex Rodriguez set the tone in a dismal 7-3 loss to the Red Sox, going 0-for-5 with an error, 2 strikeouts - including one to end the game - and 2 double plays. For the year, A-Rod is 1-for-10 with the bases loaded."

NY Daily News, wow...is he getting toasted!..

August 27, 2008  08:24 AM ET

Wow Lally, sounds like a great night! Good for you:))
GO BOSTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

becca e. beat Phil:)) | 08/27/08, 07:41 AM
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You realize next time I beat you I will make your pic worse... sooooo much worse...

 
August 27, 2008  08:24 AM ET

Pimpy, I mis-remembered the meaning of the word. It was certainly the ultimate moment.

And Bob, let me clear up your usual hate-tainted confusion. The Stadium is filled near its 55,000 seat capacity for every game. Fans stay until the last out unless it's a huge blowout, one way or the other. If that's "bandwagon", then every fan is baseball is "bandwagon", too.

One thing you need to explain for me...if our team sucks so much, how can you call the fans "bandwagon" anyway? Seems more appropriate for all the brand new Red Sox hats I see than for a team that hasn't won the WS in eight years.

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