There is no denying the fact that Alex Rodriguez is having a bit of an off-year.
Entering July, his batting average and slugging percentage have dropped and he hasn’t been quite as patient at the plate. In July, he started turning things around, at least power-wise, by cracking five homers in the first 17 games of the month. His average and patience hadn’t totally returned, but it was a start.
Then he hit home run No. 599.
Since that time, just six games, A-Rod has gone cold. In that span, he has a decent batting average of .280. However, with just one ...
Earlier in the day I wrote about former Yankee pitchers Edwar Ramirez and Chad Gaudin getting their rings yesterday and I wrote that the Yankees really haven’t let everyone know when they’ll be getting their rings.
I certainly wasn’t foreshadowing anything, but earlier today Xavier Nady got a nice surprise when the Yankees general manager Brian Cashman showed up at Citi Field before the Cubs, Nady’s current team, took on the Mets and gave him him his ring.
Here is more from the AP :
Cubs outfielder Xavier Nady received his 2009 World Series ring on Wednesday when Yankees ...
