BOSTON (AP) -Even Joe Torre says Alex Rodriguez was out of line.
The New York Yankees manager concluded A-Rod shouldn’t have distracted a Toronto fielder this week during a popup, joining a chorus of baseball people who said the two-time AL MVP broke the sport’s unwritten code.
“He may have been excited about the fact that we were leading the ballgame,” Torre said before his team’s series opener at Boston. “It was probably inappropriate to do it at the time he did it, but you can’t change it, unfortunately.”
The play occurred in the ninth inning of New York’s 10-5 win at Toronto on Wednesday night.
With the Yankees leading 7-5, Rodriguez was on first base and ran hard when Jorge Posada popped up. As he ran near third baseman Howie Clark, Rodriguez said something – `Hah!’ according to Rodriguez, `Mine,” according to Clark. The ball dropped for a run-scoring single.
When the game ended, many Toronto players stayed on the bench, staring at Rodriguez and New York players.
“They were angry,” Torre said. “Oh, there’s no question. I can’t say I blame them, but what are you going to do about it? What’s happened has happened.”
Torre said he spoke with Rodriguez after the game.
“It’s probably something he shouldn’t have done,” Torre said. “I don’t sense he’s going to do it again.”
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