Let's go crazy! ARod hit HR #689!:
"Let's not get too crazy about No. 689, OK?"
OK.
"Sure, Alex Rodriguez went deep in the second inning Sunday, crushing an
86 mile-per-hour fastball from Hisashi Iwakuma into the left-field
seats on the same day Joe Girardi demoted A-Rod from third to sixth in
the lineup.
The homer snapped an 0-for-19 skid -- just two outs shy of matching the
two longest droughts of Rodriguez's career-- and gave Masahiro Tanaka a
lift in a win the Yankees' sorely needed after all their recent
offensive stumbles.
But does it change the overall conversation about the Yankees' 40-year-old designated hitter?"
Yes?
"No, not yet."
Drats. Wrong again.
"He needs a few more blasts like that one before it's easy to believe
he's fully out of his slump and will again be the lineup force he was
for much of last year when he authored a comeback season from his drug
suspension that included 33 home runs."
Sure, I guess you're right.
But, hey! Don't 41-year-old sluggers get the benefit of the doubt?
"Hey, sluggers with baggage who will be 41 during the season don't get the benefit of the doubt all the time. Sorry."
:-(
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