Move over, Iron Horse. Make room for A-Rod.In one of the more dramatic moments of his Yankees career, Alex Rodriguez not only tied a game, he matched Lou Gehrig for the most grand slams in baseball history with his line drive over the left-field fence in the eighth inning of Tuesday night's 6-4 win at Turner Field.The shot was Rodriguez's 23rd career grand slam and 10th homer of the season. It also wiped out the four-run lead the Atlanta Braves had built against Yankees starter CC Sabathia.Rodriguez's homer came on a 3-2 pitch from reliever Jonny Venters, a two-seam fastball clocked at 93 mph. With Derek Jeter (single), Curtis Granderson (single) and Mark Teixeira (walk) aboard, Rodriguez -- who had been ahead 3-0 in the at-bat before taking a strike and fouling off two more -- sent the pitch on a low line into the left-field seats, drawing a roar from the Turner Field crowd. The Yankees scored two more runs in the inning en route to the come-from-behind victory. Source: ESPN
Rangers fans don't like him either. When the Rangers asked their fans to name who they wanted on the team's 40th anniversary All-Star team, he didn't even get on the team. At 3B, they named Buddy Bell as the starter and Steve Buechele as the backup.
Never really understood the hate for ARod...I see it from a Yankee or Rangers Fan's eye, but the random fan, I don't get...
