I’m a Yankee fan. Obviously. So I root for my team and the guys who play on that team, and so I’ve long been a defender of Alex Rodriguez. Yeah, he’s a steroid guy, a bit of a head-case, the kind of guy who’s always putting his foot in his mouth, but what he is most of all is a fucking righteous baseball player. And so I’m chagrined and confused as to when exactly Dallas Braden became the end-all-be-all arbiter of baseball’s unwritten rules, and why the fuck he can’t shut up about the fact that A-Rod ran across the pitcher’s mound when they faced the Oakland A’s last month.
“There are things that are going to have to happen,” Braden told CSN Bay Area on Wednesday. “Out of respect to my teammates, out of respect to the game. I think he’s probably garnered a new respect for the unwritten rules and the people who hold them close to their game. But I think you’re right, we don’t do much talking in the 209.”
Apparently macho douche baggery by Major Leaguers who are terrible at baseball is running rampant this season, but seriously… Dallas Braden? This guy is 17-23 in his career — he isn’t good enough to carry ARod’s luggage, never mind have anyone pay attention to a word that comes out of his douche bag, chin-bearded mouth. He plays for an awful team that hasn’t mattered since Money Ball came out, and he should shut the fuck up about how tough he is. If he wants to drill ARod, then fine, drill him, but for a guy who claims that “the 209″ doesn’t do much talking, he sure has a lot of shit to say.
