A-Rod's antics: Smart or bush league?

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Big league smarts or bush league stunt? Fans were buzzing Thursday over whether Alex Rodriguez broke baseball's unwritten code by making a remark that distracted a Toronto infielder and allowed a ninth-inning popup to fall for a run-scoring single.

Troy Glaus, Toronto's regular third baseman, said the last time he saw that move was in the baseball comedy "Major League 2."
"The only reason anyone is talking about the play is because IT WORKED!" actor Charlie Sheen, who portrayed pitcher Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn in the "Major League" movies, wrote Thursday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "I'm only upset, that in my 15 years of playing this game, I didn't think of it."

A-Rod's antics: Smart or bush league? - Yahoo! News
Plain and simple....bush league, this is one of several "unwritten" rules of baseball, and every sport has them. to me, its all about class....and Rodriguez has none.

Two parts of this article really jump out at me, and really emphasize to me whats wrong with our society, and sports in general.

"I don't blame him. I would have done it, too," said Guillen, a three-time All-Star shortstop. "I don't care what people say. Why not do it? You have to do everything to win games."

Ozzie Guillen is one of the biggest douche bags in sports (right up there with Barry bonds, and any Yankee)....this is the same guy thats made horrible remarks about people for years without any repercussion..... and it shows our 'Win however you can" attitude in the US.

"I think it was bush league," Frank Rafferty said in the upper deck at Shea Stadium. "He was trying to win the game, but he'd be screaming if someone did that to him."
His 11-year-old son, Nick, brought his glove and wore a Mets hat.
"I thought it was pretty fun," he said. "I never really thought about doing it myself."

So there you go...... now watch your kids youth league games, and see how many emulate A-Hole doing this........

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Bush league definitely. Funny, yes. I don't think it's any worse than the hidden ball trick to pick-off a runner. It's just baseball anyway and who cares about baseball anymore with all the strikes they've had the drug issues and a bunch of pampered players.