Yankees 2007: Rodriguez on Something?
Yankees 2007 — Game 14
Wednesday April 18, 2007 at 7:05 p.m.
(Record: 7-6)
Cleveland Indians
[New York. April 19, 2007.] The first e-mail I receive today — “How long before they start saying Rodriguez is doing steroids?” (Thank you Ginny!) That basically sums up Alex Rodriguez and the New York media. Alex is hitting a ton right now — with pure talent, an excellent work ethic and the drive we have yet to see from him in New York. But, I have no doubt, someone is out there waiting to start trouble with their pen. In my view, Alex has done only one thing wrong in his career — fail to win a championship. He is not a Yankees’ favorite because of his big salary, big strikeouts and poor playoff performances (since the forgotten Twins series in 2004). But he has always had my respect as one of the best “real power” hitters in baseball (and nowadays, there are few of them).
Cleveland 002 000 000 [2 5 0]
Yankees 105 003 00X [9 14 0]
WP: K. Igawa (1-0)
LP: J. Sowers (0-1)
Home Runs: Alex Rodriguez (9); Jason Giambi (3)
Three Stars
#3. Alex Rodriguez - Alex hit his ninth home run in his thirteenth game. For that, he is my number three star. I hope he continues this success with his protein shakes and hard work. And if anyone questions anything except his contract, strikeouts and playoff failures, I hope he tunes them out and continues towards Aaron!
#2. Derek Jeter - There is not much talk about Derek these days (save his unusual defensive struggles), but with another three hits (and two runs) he continues to keep his average around one-third and continues to help the team win games.
#1. Kei Igawa - After the Baltimore game, I did not think I would ever see Igawa at the bottom of this list. But with his quality start (6 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 5 strikeouts and a walk) against a powerful offense, he deserves the number one star (his second of the season)!
April 19th, 2007 at 10:41am Cesium
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