A-Rod defends Manny message

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Baseball Today: Friday, May 16
Published 5/16/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... ENOUGH, ALREADY: Alex Rodriguez has a message for Yankee fans outraged that he taped a congratulatory message that will be played when Ramirez hits his 500th home run: Get over it. (New York Daily News) ...

Just have to laugh
Published 5/16/2008 by Dave & Aziz Nekoukar at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . Girardi adds that Tuesday is "very realistic." Poor A-Rod. (Well, not "poor"... we're speaking figuratively, of course). Even when he tries to do something polite and nice, like congratulate a friend on a pending milestone, he gets bad press for it and ends up defending himself . We don't have a problem with A-Rod congratulating Manny. It's a nice gesture that doesn't hurt the Yankees in any way, and in fact has nothing to do with the team at all. It will be funny to hear A-Rod booed in Fenway when the message comes on, though. ...

A-Rod Forced to Defend Message to Manny
Published 5/16/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From Mark Feinsand: ST. PETERSBURG - Yankees fans expressed their outrage on talk radio yesterday after they learned Alex Rodriguez had taped a message for Manny Ramirez, one which will be played at Fenway Park after the Red Sox slugger joins A-Rod as a member of the 500 home run club. A-Rod's message to those fans? Ramirez's accomplishment has nothing to do with the rivalry, but is rather an historic accomplishment by one of the game's great hitters. "This is bigger than the Yankees and Red Sox," Rodriguez ...

Get ready for an A-Rod/Manny hoo-hah
Published 5/17/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
Any day now, Manny Ramirez will hit his 500th career home run, triggering a series of celebrations, career retrospectives -- and a likely controversy. According to the New York Daily New, the Red Sox recently approached several Major Leaguers to tape a congratulatory video that would be played after the 500th tater -- including one Alex Rodriguez. From the story : Yankees fans expressed their outrage on talk radio yesterday after they learned Alex Rodriguez had taped a message for Manny Ramirez, one which will be played at Fenway Park after the Red Sox slugger joins A-Rod as a ...