Even gAy-Fraud admits yelling "MINE" is bush-league
"Everybody in the games respects the Yankees; they play the game right," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "They play hard, and that's what they are known for. But I thought it was bush league. That's not Yankee baseball, man. Everybody respects them, but maybe I am wrong, I haven't been around that long."
Though Gibbons, a former big league catcher, said he never heard opposing players call for balls, Rodriguez defended his actions.
"I said, 'Ha!' That's it," said Rodriguez, who said he hears catcalls when he goes to catch balls by the third-base dugout and remembers the same when he played shortstop. "I was around third base."
One Blue Jay player used the platform to repeat what the Red Sox said after the 2004 ALCS when Rodriguez used a karate chop to try and dislodge the ball from Bronson Arroyo's hands.
"Stuff like that is why he never will be a real Yankee," the player said.
Informed the Blue Jays believed he uttered "mine," Rodriguez objected.
<b>"I would never say that. That would be out of line," Rodriguez said.</b> [Video clearly shows he said 'Mine']
Matt Stairs, who came in from left field while shortstop John McDonald was railing at third base coach Larry Bowa, was crisp in his criticism.
"It was a [horsespit] play; I hope you use that," Stairs said. "Ask his teammates about it and if they say, 'No comment,' that will tell you."
Derek Jeter did exactly that.
"I don't know; you will have to ask him," Jeter said. "I wasn't out there."
"I am not sure it's allowed, but if it is ... " said Johnny Damon, whose leadoff homer triggered a five-inning first for the Yankees. Damon added his 2,000th career hit in the second.
McDonald refused to talk about the incident, but Clark, a minor league journeyman, was baffled.
"I was expecting McDonald to make the catch," the third baseman said. "I have been playing professional baseball for 16 years and never saw that."
"Everybody in the games respects the Yankees; they play the game right," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "They play hard, and that's what they are known for. But I thought it was bush league. That's not Yankee baseball, man. Everybody respects them, but maybe I am wrong, I haven't been around that long."
Though Gibbons, a former big league catcher, said he never heard opposing players call for balls, Rodriguez defended his actions.
"I said, 'Ha!' That's it," said Rodriguez, who said he hears catcalls when he goes to catch balls by the third-base dugout and remembers the same when he played shortstop. "I was around third base."
One Blue Jay player used the platform to repeat what the Red Sox said after the 2004 ALCS when Rodriguez used a karate chop to try and dislodge the ball from Bronson Arroyo's hands.
"Stuff like that is why he never will be a real Yankee," the player said.
Informed the Blue Jays believed he uttered "mine," Rodriguez objected.
<b>"I would never say that. That would be out of line," Rodriguez said.</b> [Video clearly shows he said 'Mine']
Matt Stairs, who came in from left field while shortstop John McDonald was railing at third base coach Larry Bowa, was crisp in his criticism.
"It was a [horsespit] play; I hope you use that," Stairs said. "Ask his teammates about it and if they say, 'No comment,' that will tell you."
Derek Jeter did exactly that.
"I don't know; you will have to ask him," Jeter said. "I wasn't out there."
"I am not sure it's allowed, but if it is ... " said Johnny Damon, whose leadoff homer triggered a five-inning first for the Yankees. Damon added his 2,000th career hit in the second.
McDonald refused to talk about the incident, but Clark, a minor league journeyman, was baffled.
"I was expecting McDonald to make the catch," the third baseman said. "I have been playing professional baseball for 16 years and never saw that."
