On Thursday night, Alex Rodriguez hit the 661st home run of his career, passing Willie Mays and putting him all alone in fourth place in the all-time list.
There’s been a battle brewing between the Yankees and Rodriguez related to a $6 million milestone bonus owed to him upon passing Mays. The club feels they don’t owe him the money because his PED suspension damaged the ability to market the home run. Rodriguez obviously feels differently.
The Yankees didn’t exactly celebrate the milestone* home run on Twitter after he went yard.
.@AROD hits No. 661, passing Willie Mays.
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
A-Rod's homer: http://t.co/XzEAMEZ5wn
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
No hashtags! No emojis! Hell, not even a score update.
The TV and radio calls of the homer were better than the Twitter reaction, at least.
Yankees broadcasters Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, John Sterling, and Suzyn Waldman all acknowledged the milestone* nature of the homer (without mentioning the word milestone, of course), as did Gary Thorne and Bob Costas on the Orioles and MLB Network feeds.
And hey, the Yankees even put something up on the scoreboard signifying the home run after saying they wouldn’t.
Maybe I’m just being a naive fool, but wouldn’t it just be easy for both parties to agree to donate the $6 million to charity and be done with this mess? Enough with the passive aggressive behavior – settle this like adults.
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