The Orioles lost, the Yankees were AL East champs, the crowd cheered, Alex Rodriguez made this face.
The Orioles lost, the Yankees were AL East champs, the crowd cheered, Alex Rodriguez made this face.
My new chart for Getting Blanked looks at the career to date of a very fine baseball player: Alex Rodriguez.
Go here to see the full chart: http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2012/10/24/flip-flop-fly-ball-alex-rodriguez-a-very-fine-baseball-player/
Alex Rodriguez and Carlos Slim at a baseball clinic for children on the outskirts of Mexico City, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008.
Sigh. Of American League players who played 100+ games at 3B in 2010, Alex had the third best fielding percentage: .976
Only Jhonny Peralta (.982) and Brandon Inge (.977) were better.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010-specialpos_3b-fielding.shtml
(via oldtimefamilybaseball)
A somewhat strange URL that takes you to Alex Rodriguez’s official site: http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp
And he’s in touch with his past, too:
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp
And, *snigger*:
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/players/rodriguez_alex/index.jsp