Baseball Wisdom, Straight From The Mouth Of Grandma

“Stick it, A-Rod.”
–Peggy Lindsey, the grandmother of Oakland A’s pitcher Dallas Braden, who hurled the 19th perfect game in MLB history in the Athletics’ 4–0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday. Braden and the Yankees’ existentially tortured third baseman had a bit of a row last month when Rodriguez jogged across the pitcher’s mound while taking a shortcut from third base to first, which Braden took as a sign of disrespect; at the time, A-Rod idly wondered if Braden had much to complain about, given the “handful of wins” the lefty had amassed up to that point. In the wake of history, Rodriguez was a bit more gracious: “Good for him, he threw a perfect game,” he told reporters before the Yankees’ 9–3 loss to the Red Sox in Boston, in which he hit career home run No. 586. He then noted that Braden’s downing of the AL East-leading Rays was a fortuitous thing for himself and his teammates, because hey, it’s important to always look out for No. 1.