Don't Walk Tex To Face A-Rod

Here are the time it's happened:
Today: Indians walked Tex to load the bases for A-Rod. He then hits another grand slam extending the Yankees lead from 2-1 to 6-1.5/14/10: Twins walk A-Rod to load the bases and Alex turns a 4-3 deficit into a 7-4 lead with a grand slam.10/4/09: Tampa's Andy Sonnanstine walked Tex to load the bases in the top of the sixth. A-Rod then launched his second homer of the inning to cap off a 10-run rally by the Yanks.9/22/09: Angels reliever Darren Oliver walks Tex to load the bases for A-Rod with one out in the ninth of a 5-5 game. A-Rod hits a sac fly and the Yankees go on to win 6-5.8/18/09: The Yankees lead the A's 4-2 in the top of the sixth when Tex came up with Damon on second and Jeet on third, and the A's decide to walk Tex to load em up for Alex. A-Rod draws a walk to bring in a run.6/28/09: The Mets walk Tex with two out and a man on second. A-Rod walks.6/25/09: With the Yankees leading the Braves 8-6 in the top of the seventh, Braves pitcher (at the time) Boone Logan walked Teixeira intentionally to load the bases for A-Rod. Alex responded by hitting a two-run single off Peter Moylan.6/12/09: Mark Teixeira was intentionally walked by Francisco Rodriguez in front of A-Rod. Alex then hit that popup that Luis Castillo dropped leading to a 9-8 Yankees victory. The ruling on the play was that A-Rod reached on an error, no RBIs, but the Yanks stole the game.6/2/09:  Greg Aquino intentionally walked Mark Teixeira to load the bases for A-Rod. Rodriguez, who was now facing Luis Vizcaino, hit a hard grounder just off Asdrubal Cabrera's glove for a two-run single to give the Yanks a 5-1 lead.
That's 5-for-6 with 3 HR and 18 RBI. I'm not sure why Michael Kay forgot about the Castillo play when he mentioned on the air that A-Rod was 5-for-5 when Tex was walked in front of him, but maybe he was only talking about situations where the walk loaded the bases. Either way, walking Tex to face A-Rod has only led to pain for the other teams. Hopefully, they continue to keep making that mistake.

Posted byGreg Cohen

View the Original article

Don't Tase Me, Bro!

Check out this video of some ballpark police brutality. A fan runs onto the field in Philly during yesterday's Phillies-Cardinals game. One of the cops who was chasing him decides enough is enough and decides to tase the dude.


I know it's illegal to run on the field, and I'm not defending that sort of thing, but using your taser gun is excessive. Personally, I think cops all across the country have gone a little crazy with their new "toy" and need to calm down a bit. ... Click here for some more ballpark tasing.

Posted byGreg Cohen

View the Original article