After the bases-loaded strikeout and the game-ending strikeout, Alex Rodriguez stood at his locker last night and swore he was healthy enough to have done the job. “Health had nothing to do with it,” he said. Fair enough. The hip injury is in the past, the knee has been fixed and Rodriguez learned to deal [...]
Read More...Alex Rodriguez has been scratched from the lineup. His right knee is sore. Jeter SS Granderson CF Teixeira 1B Cano 2B Swisher RF Jones LF Montero C Nunez 2B Laird 3B The LoHud Yankees Blog
Read More...Alex Rodriguez remembers losing the grip on his bat only two or three times in his career. It doesn’t happen to him often, but today he took a swing and his bat went flying into the stands. He thinks it hit a railing. Whatever it hit, Rodriguez needed a new one. Which could have been [...]
Read More...Today will be the day that the Yankees get their third baseman back. That’s Joe Girardi’s hope, anyway. He’s planning to put Alex Rodriguez in the lineup for tonight’s series opener in Toronto. If Rodriguez struggles in batting practice, then he’ll adjust accordingly, but for now Girardi’s planning to play A-Rod. “I don’t want to [...]
Read More...Alex Rodriguez just talked to the media a few minutes before the clubhouse closed, so I’ll make these brief. After hitting in the cage yesterday, Rodriguez took full batting practice on the field today. He said he still feels some discomfort in his thumb, but he doesn’t expect that to completely go away any time [...]
Read More...Alex Rodriguez expects to play tomorrow. After another day of fielding, hitting and conditioning drills, Rodriguez believes he’s in game shape and plans to be in the lineup for the series finale here in Minneapolis. “The only way I wouldn’t is if he came in and said, ‘You know, I don’t feel good today,’” Joe [...]
Read More...Alex Rodriguez was stuck on the disabled list the day he turned 36 years old. When he finally comes off the disabled list in a few days, he’ll have to spend some time as the Yankees designated hitter before resuming his role as an everyday third baseman. Given his age and his recent injury problems, [...]
Read More...As expected, Alex Rodriguez is not in the lineup or even on the roster tonight against the Twins. He is here, though, and pregame he went through fairly intense fielding drills with Mick Kelleher standing behind him at third base. Rob Thomson basically stood at the plate, took soft tosses from about three feet away, [...]
Read More...The tarp just came off the field and it looks like there’s at least a chance of starting tonight’s game on time. I thought there was no chance just a few hours ago, but Joe Girardi said he’s been hearing that the game will probably be played. On to big picture news. Alex Rodriguez ran [...]
Read More...Let me preface this by saying the Yankees are clearly a better team with Alex Rodriguez. The intention here is not spark that sort of ridiculous argument. That said… Rodriguez last played on July 7. Through July 7: The Yankees went 51-35 (.593 winning percentage) and averaged 5.22 runs per game. Since July 7: The [...]
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