June 18 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY
YES Network
It may only be Yankee Stadium crowds and assorted Yankees fans at road ballparks that are going to be happy about it, but Alex Rodriguez is now one hit from 3,000 in his career.
Rodriguez got to 2,999 with a pair of hits on Thursday, one of which being an RBI-single, part of a 9-4 Yankees' win.
In the eighth, Rodriguez was up with a chance for the milestone hit, but Miami reliever Sam Dyson threw him four straight balls, two of which nearly hit the Yankee DH. The fans weren't happy, booing Dyson and repeatedly calling him a mustard breath. It sounded as loud and energetic as it has been at the new Yankee Stadium since probably Derek Jeter's 3,000th-hit game in 2011, or maybe since all the way back to the 2009 postseason.
One more Alex thing: I'd like to revise Michael Kay's pronunciation of Rodriguez's full name. It's not "Alex ROGG-REE-GIS", it's actually "Alex
ROGER-REEGIS". There's a Roger in there.
* Kay also said this during a Mason Williams at bat: "I
wonder if there will ever be a time when the players are 'mic'd up'. I
mean where you can actually talk to them...'Mason, what are you
thinking?'"
Good heavens Doris Blevins, what an idiot.
* Let's not forget John Flaherty, who is here to tell us things:
1. Flaherty on how Mat Latos hides the ball when he pitches: "He hides the ball so well".
John, he had a 5.44 era coming into the night, the hiding doesn't seem to be going very well.
2. Flaherty during a fifth-inning at bat by Jeff Mathis: "Mathis more of a defensive guy, hitting .143".
MORE of a defensive guy? He's a .143 hitter, how much more defense do you want?
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