” Stunned and amazed.”
Those were the feelings Alex Rodriguez felt when the famous slugger’s household forwarded him the remarks made by previous high school and New york city Yankees colleague, Doug Mientkiewicz.
Rodriguez, who attended to the questionable and individual declarations with U.S.A. TODAY Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon, believed the remarks were, “weird, since I constantly thought about Doug a pal.”
Mientkiewicz, a previous very first baseman, who assisted the Boston Red Sox break its 86-year champion dry spell in 2004, stated on the “Foul Area” podcast with previous MLB catcher A.J. Pierzynski and Scott Braun, that A-Rod is “going to pass away a lonesome male.”
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He likewise took chance ats Rodriguez’s parenting abilities, duplicated PED suspensions, and being remote from his colleagues at Westminster Christian High School in Miami.
” I do not care how great or how excellent you end up being and how far your profession goes, you always remember your high school guys,” stated Mientkiewicz.
Rodriguez, a 14-time all-star likewise informed Salmon that he had actually been close with Mientkiewicz’s mother and father and included that he’ll “never ever speak inadequately about any of my colleagues.”
Rodriguez concluded his discuss the topic by specifying, “I want him well.”