Post by musicradio77 on Apr 6, 2005 21:19:35 GMT -5
From the Daily News:
Damon to A-Rod: I'm sorry
BY SAM BORDEN & ANTHONY McCARRON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
The Red Sox took turns taking shots at Alex Rodriguez earlier this spring, calling him a "clown" and questioning whether he was really a "true" Yankee. But yesterday, one Boston player tried to make peace.
Johnny Damon, who skewered A-Rod's infamous Game 6 "slap play" in his new book, sought out Rodriguez to apologize for his harsh depiction of the incident that will forever be remembered as the low point of the Bombers' collapse from a 3-0 series lead in last fall's ALCS.
"It was a classy move," Rodriguez said as he walked out of the Stadium following yesterday's 4-3 win.
"I appreciated it. He sought me out and apologized and I thought that was a nice thing for him to do."
Rodriguez said he was surprised at first, because he had not read Damon's description of the play. In his book, "Idiot," Damon wrote of the confrontation between Rodriguez and Bronson Arroyo: "I couldn't believe it. It was an unsportsmanlike act of cheating the likes of which none of us had ever seen."
Damon said before yesterday's game that while "that's the way we were feeling as a team at the time and ... when I was writing it," he had penned Rodriguez a letter of apology because he wished "it had been worded differently.
"I wrote (the letter) and had a friend type it up because my handwriting isn't any good," Damon added.
Rodriguez said he did not get a letter from Damon, but did speak to him.
Damon wasn't one of the players to rip A-Rod in spring training - Trot Nixon uttered the "clown" comment - but several Sox targeted Rodriguez for what they perceived as boastful comments regarding his offseason workout program, as well as his attitude in general.
After exchanging barbs with Curt Schilling over the winter, A-Rod stayed out of the verbal fray, refusing to fire back at the Boston players.
He did say during the final week of spring training that he did not regret anything he had done last season, which featured a brawl between the teams that began when he and Sox catcher Jason Varitek started fighting near home plate.
When asked if Damon's apology might help put the tension between him and the Red Sox behind him for good, A-Rod laughed.
"I put it behind me a long time ago," he said.
Damon to A-Rod: I'm sorry
BY SAM BORDEN & ANTHONY McCARRON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS
The Red Sox took turns taking shots at Alex Rodriguez earlier this spring, calling him a "clown" and questioning whether he was really a "true" Yankee. But yesterday, one Boston player tried to make peace.
Johnny Damon, who skewered A-Rod's infamous Game 6 "slap play" in his new book, sought out Rodriguez to apologize for his harsh depiction of the incident that will forever be remembered as the low point of the Bombers' collapse from a 3-0 series lead in last fall's ALCS.
"It was a classy move," Rodriguez said as he walked out of the Stadium following yesterday's 4-3 win.
"I appreciated it. He sought me out and apologized and I thought that was a nice thing for him to do."
Rodriguez said he was surprised at first, because he had not read Damon's description of the play. In his book, "Idiot," Damon wrote of the confrontation between Rodriguez and Bronson Arroyo: "I couldn't believe it. It was an unsportsmanlike act of cheating the likes of which none of us had ever seen."
Damon said before yesterday's game that while "that's the way we were feeling as a team at the time and ... when I was writing it," he had penned Rodriguez a letter of apology because he wished "it had been worded differently.
"I wrote (the letter) and had a friend type it up because my handwriting isn't any good," Damon added.
Rodriguez said he did not get a letter from Damon, but did speak to him.
Damon wasn't one of the players to rip A-Rod in spring training - Trot Nixon uttered the "clown" comment - but several Sox targeted Rodriguez for what they perceived as boastful comments regarding his offseason workout program, as well as his attitude in general.
After exchanging barbs with Curt Schilling over the winter, A-Rod stayed out of the verbal fray, refusing to fire back at the Boston players.
He did say during the final week of spring training that he did not regret anything he had done last season, which featured a brawl between the teams that began when he and Sox catcher Jason Varitek started fighting near home plate.
When asked if Damon's apology might help put the tension between him and the Red Sox behind him for good, A-Rod laughed.
"I put it behind me a long time ago," he said.