When Blue Jays pitcher Josh Towers pegged Alex Rodriguez in the left knee tonight, no one who knows anything about baseball thought is was unrelated to the incident in late May where A-Rod barked behind the thirdbaseman Howie Clark causing him to drop a pop-up, which allowed the Yankee to come back an untimately win the game. The Jays were mad and embarassed about it then, and they showed tonight that they we’re still chapped about it. Natuarally A-Rod took offense because he was so obviously intentionally beaned. Both benches and bull pens cleared and this one nearly got ugly. After A-Rod went to take his spot at first base Towers went after him again, apparently not satisfied with his airtime. At this point, homeplate umpire Angel Hernandez should have thrown Towers out for two reasons: first, in yesterday’s game, Jays pitcher Jesse Litsch threw a pitch behind A-Rod in his first at-bat of the game, and second, because in his agressive pursuit of A-Rod after hitting him, he essentially offered proof (as if we needed it) that he had thrown at him on purpose, which should send him to the showers. Heck, the Cubs’ Ted Lilly was ejected with no warning because the homeplate ump in that game said “I knew it was coming.” And I’m pretty sure most expected something tonight as the Jays struggle for life in the AL Wildcard and the Yankees continue their surge in the standings. But Hernandez let Towers stay, the Yankees were gettimg the short end, and payback was coming. Jays hitter and fielders were going to be sitting ducks. As the Yanks increased their lead in the game, the chances of something bad and ugly began to increase exponentially. A-Rod took out SS John McDonald with a hard slide, Robinson Cano was hit by Brian Tallet, and in the 7th, Shelly Duncan almost ended an infielders’ career with a hard slide into second base. Of course warning by now had been issued to the pitchers, and Roger Clemens had no choice than to drill a Blue Jay, so he did and was ejected. In the end, this situation was nuclear and Hernandez and his crew should have been more careful than to let it get so far out of control. Things could get bad again on Wednesday, and if A-Rod is hurt (he left the game with a sore left knee) and misses any games, the Yankees are going to seek their revenge for a very long time.
That slide Duncan put on McDonald was dirty no matter how you look at it. Umps cannot prevent that kind of thing and Duncan should be suspended.
A-Rod sat out tonight and the Yanks got thrashed….they’re not going to forget this. When Vernon Wells get one in the ear in the Bronx at the end of September, this will be why.
A-Rod get beaned, misses a game and the Yanks lose. Clemens got suspended, missed a start yesterday and the Yanks lost. MLB needs to clamp down on teams like the Jays who stink year in and year out but who will try and play spoiler to teams like the Yankees any way they can….no matter how bush league it is. Watch out Vernon Wells, A Joba Chamberlain fastball has your name on it in September in the Bronx!
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