Alex Rodriguez shows us a unique and intimate way to dry a bat
New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez is among the smartest players in the game. He’s incredibly talented, sure, but putting up resurgent numbers at age-39 requires more than exceptional physical skills. He clearly knows how to hit, and when he doles out advice about how to act at the plate, young players would be wise to take notice.
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With that said, maybe he should keep this little nugget of wisdom to himself. During Sunday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox, A-Rod showed the world his method for keeping his bat dry while in the middle of an at-bat. It was something!
That … uh … yeah … we’re speechless.
Say what you want about his methods, but it worked. In his next at-bat, the 40-year-old slugger crushed a home run against Red Sox ace David Price. In his third at-bat, he narrowly missed another long ball, settling for a double.
Baseball can be a superstitious sport where players will follow an exact routine if it produces good numbers. Given A-Rod’s success following his … whatever we’re going to call that … we wouldn’t be surprised if he pulled it off more often.
[Elsewhere: It’s pretty rare for Bryce Harper to look this bad at the plate]
As for whether it might catch on among teammates, well, we’re a little skeptical there. We want the Yankees players to do whatever makes them comfortable at the plate, but we don’t want Yankees games to suddenly become not safe for work.
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Chris Cwik is a writer for Big League Stew on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Chris_Cwik
