Dempster hits A-Rod, Girardi ejected

8/18/13: Ryan Dempster throws four inside pitches to Alex Rodriguez, resulting in a hit by pitch and Yankees manager Joe Girardi's ejection
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[@stonerbellinger8679]

I love how the the Yankees had the most loved infielder and the most hated infielder on the same team

[@brianmalaquias9425]

And they loathed each other

[@rogueldr642smiythe9]

When did the yankees ever have Ozzie Smith????????

[@plowmaster1206]

Jeter was a class act. Comin from a sox fan

[@yeezusdropout]

@@plowmaster1206true but he was half the player ARod was. And that’s just the truth.

[@gdobbins3]

No person has ever had more of a point than Joe Girardi did in this moment. I can't comprehend how Dempster was not thrown out.

[@abneryates4304]

because arod deserved it and the ump knew it

[@roymauler]

Had to be an edict that came down from MLB.

[@tylergargas7524]

Maybe because arod is a scumbag

[@SomeGuyWhoPlaysGames333]

Because A-Rod is a POS and even the umps hate him.

[@bencritterson640]

Tell me you are an A-Rod fan without telling me you are an A-Rod fan.

[@cazzhmir]

In my opinion this is among the most iconic hit-by-pitches

[@soonermagic24]

I remember this game. This moment. For the first time in his career, you could see it in his eyes. He felt alone. The media had a scapegoat, and fans hated him. His fire was officially gone, and he was on the decline fast. His teammates, weren’t even really behind him during this time.. I remember feeling bad for him at this moment.

[@soonermagic24]

swagMEISTER I think it’s one of those things. He was in an era where you had to juice to make money. They were all doing it. Even minor leaguers.

[@christopherrashford8468]

soonermagic24 when you look at how much he take home Properly you will only feel bad for yourself dude

[@soonermagic24]

Christopher Rashford lmao true

[@francisguarascio6384]

He literally hit a home run the next at bat.

[@soonermagic24]

@@francisguarascio6384 I remember: it was deep too, but what I said still holds true. The Yankees wanted him to retire at this time too. His teammates tried avoiding him, and didn’t have his back

[@scooteragnew9248]

Not a Yankee fan, but mad respect to Girardi in this situation.

[@DTB1995]

I agree I cannot blame in one bit for being pissed off..Dempster shoulve been tossed

[@irt3rdavenueel172]

Yeah, and Joe Girdardi had every right to be extremely furious with the umpires for not tossing Dempster for drilling A-Rod on the elbow

[@nickhaddad6933]

Love how the commentators are just sitting back and watching the greatest rivalry in MLB like they know what's good when these two play each other, love it

[@deesnuts9225]

I'm a die-hard Sox fan, but Girardi has every right to be hot for getting warned.

[@Leeterthanthou]

this was after he appealed and got to play even tho doping

[@stevendoldy7736]

@@Leeterthanthou red sox cant talk when it comes to players doping

[@renardmigrant]

Dempster has to go. The announcers have it spot on, it's as intentional as it gets.

[@LLoweGovna]

A Rod deserved it regardless 100%

[@killapositionz2]

@@LLoweGovna yeah but still can't allow pitchers to throw at a guy 3 times in one at bat and not get ejected.

[@mataloce]

Bro the whole stadium was against A-Rod in that moment… even the umpires… he was a shame for the sport at that moment

[@ericm242910]

Girardi probably said something to the effect of, "How is he still in the game, he threw at us THREE TIMES!!!"

[@avi6180]

I think he was saying it was a 3-0 count, but either way, insane Dempster wasn't immediately tossed

[@derekbrosnan6873]

Girardi showed the most raw passion I’ve ever seen as a coach

[@courtgizzle]

Still don’t understand why the fk the Yankees fired him.

[@rafterscott]

@@courtgizzle Girardi I think was too opinionated for Yankee management. They wanted someone that could fall in line with the corporate structure like Boone has. Just my opinion, right/wrong or somewhere in between.

[@cambonious23]

He did win the last championship for the Yankees, but otherwise didn’t do much and really flopped in Philly.

[@elliottchoi1919]

I like how the crowd goes wild

[@TheNS4U]

Because Red Sox fans are utter trash

[@FUCKINTEENBRAT]

TroopaTaco And Yankees fans are any better? Fucking idiot. lol

[@critter2]

+TroopaTaco so are many other fans including your jackish self

[@FUCKINTEENBRAT]

Daniel Evans FUCK YOU TOO!

[@michaelolson4366]

+TroopaTaco yeah Yankees fans are obviously the best behaved people on the planet. It's not like they threw bottles, balls, and other trash onto the field when the Red Sox came back from a 3 game to nothing deficit, right?

[@TheGdogg66]

No way Dempster should've been in the game still

[@stonerbellinger8679]

A warning was never given. Your right but still it would be pretty fucked up if he was thrown without a warning first

[@novacometsxd1047]

Nick Perez his warning should have started when he threw behind alex Rodriguez.

[@giantelvis626]

h h Fuck that, Remember Noah syndergaard was ejected for throwing behind Chase Utley on the first pitch and no warning there... Right here Dempster clearly tried to hit him on all four pitches, only way to sum this up here is that the umpire was definitely in favor of Alex getting drilled by that ball.

[@francissteger1636]

Terrel Suggs should’ve been tossed right off the bat

[@francissteger1636]

Nova Comets xD exactly!

[@djvice86]

Now imagine the Astros every game

[@georgewashingtonsr8637]

Jean Berquin LMAO 😂 😂

[@joenelsaracho4836]

Yup

[@djvice86]

@Harry Engel what's sad it took a cheating scandal for them to tune in. But hey bad publicity is good publicity

[@Austin_Dale]

Bryson Herazo Unless they get hit in the arm and something fractures and they’re out for months 🤔

[@Austin_Dale]

Bryson Herazo Well there whole arm isn’t covered. Forearm is always exposed and players get hit there A LOT

[@autobotmike18]

Say whatever you want about A-Rod, but Dempster should have been tossed right there.

[@sonicthehedgehog3162]

If Dempster Plunked Me Oh It'd Be On Like Donkey Kong I'd Be Screaming At The Top Of My Lungs As I Catch On Fire Charging At Dempster

[@Matt-tk9hu]

Stop capitalizing every letter and "on like donkey kong?" Holy fuck you are immature

[@222333aaaaaa]

Girardi absolutely did the right thing, regardless of ones feelings towards A Rod

[@DeanOfCoaching]

Most peoples' feeling are that he was the worst pos to ever play the game. If anyone ever deserved to get a pitch thrown at him, it was arod.

[@mdo5121]

@@DeanOfCoaching That is BS. I worked for a MLB team and in the clubhouse most of the players lined up for those special protein shakes. nobody cared about the lesser players

[@JohaenBNunez]

People are mad because he took steroids and was still wildly successful. I’ll take Arod on my team any day and twice on Sundays. I’ll take those steroid numbers any day on my team

[@FoF1212]

This really makes Dempster looks like an idiot. I love the fact that he gave up a bomb to A-Rod later in this game.

[@speakingtruths4215]

Mike Miller Yeah, even Schilling and Kruk were defending AROD here and they hate the Yankees.

[@jadeisonfire]

Yeah but everything A Rod has ever done makes him look like an idiot.

[@irt3rdavenueel172]

Yeah and ARod may have cheated a few times in his career but there’s gotta be a little bit of empathy for this guy because he’s the one that defended the Yankees reputation back in 2004 when things went horribly wrong by Veritek and ARod when the Red Sox pitcher (whoever worn 61 on the Red Sox that night) threw a ball into Alex’s elbow and tried to makes the Yankees look stupid but the fight of Veritek and ARod was for not just self defense for ARod but for the Yankees as well

[@bigandbeastly9274]

Hilarious Dempster just casually walks away like everything is normal

[@irt3rdavenueel172]

Some of the Red Sox fans including my friend Justin Tillinghast really hate Ryan Dempster because he takes a dump when he pitches not talking about him using the bathroom in his pants but doing very bad at aiming the pitch but he’s just as bad as Joe Kelly and everyone hates these two former Red Sox pitchers

[@Galactic123]

Get you a girl that looks at you the way that old white guy looked at A-rod @ 1:43

[@hacantyapradipta1119]

You know he's probably just looking for a sign of pain on A-Rod's face right? He's their bloody medic (Or trainer, or anything you wanna call him)

[@Decetop]

#RapistKobe arrested on July 4 2003 #Wikipedia Kobe never went to trial because the girl wouldn't testify (makes you wonder)

[@wooza5919]

Johnny alr

[@basedbulgarian511]

This is just f'ed up. You've got a pitcher throwing several pitches at the batter and you toss out his manager?! Girardi totally has the right to argue with you for not ejecting the pitcher after the third "wild" pitch of the at-bat.

[@onnieduvall2565]

The announcers were saying they expected Sabathia to retaliate. In my opinion, any pitcher who hits a batter after warnings have been issued should not only be ejected but suspended (in the case of a starter) long enough to cover their next three scheduled starts. The team will play short-handed. Also, in addition to automatically ejecting the manager, the pitching coach should also be ejected after a warning. It is the coach's job to calm their pitchers down to avoid such situations.

[@celticbird2398]

I'm a Red Sox fan, and even I think this was uncalled for. Glad Dempster isn't with the Sox anymore.

[@xalstarx]

No, it was a statement which had to be made. Drug cheats should not be tolerated in baseball.

[@TheFancyMentlegen]

A.J. Meyer Yeah but a simple slip up and that ball is heading straight for his head, possibly ending his entire career, and a painful way out at that. We all remember what happened to Giancarlo Stanton, and he's lucky to be playing again. No one deserves that, and this is coming from someone who vehemently hates A-Rod for being a piece of shit.

[@XTRABIG]

A.J. Meyer - Then a lot of owners who knew this was going on should get beaned too. Yes, the owners whom made billions during the steroid era. Let's not forget Commissioner Bud Selig who looked the other way while players were blasting 55, 60, 65 home runs.

[@rickycamilo4488]

A.J. Meyer Thats what his suspension was for and he served that... He was punished its not upto no other player to try and discipline him

[@jdtractorman7445]

+A.J. Meyer OK Manny Ramirez

[@tallpaul1999]

that one yankee fan that gets up makes me crack up every time

[@thebravesdudedavid1133]

I love girardi and his reaction

[@MrCherryCola]

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen an umpire get that mad when passing out warnings.

[@Chris-cq5pw]

It’s almost like he meant to toss dempster but accidentally gave warnings instead

[@irt3rdavenueel172]

@@Chris-cq5pwI agree and I think this was their only warning to pitch correctly or you get tossed with severe consequences

[@LevelElevenStudios]

The announcers said CC Sabathia should send a message too, like retaliate. I don't recall if he did or not to be honest. But that was right around the time when real baseball left us. Now you hit a guy and the announcers and sports media want you to help him up, pat him on the back, say my bad, and let's move on. Retaliate now....god forbid. Old school baseball is frowned upon. Now it's just millionaires vs. millionaires with no one really getting upset anymore. No one playing 150 games anymore. Starting pitchers leaving after five good innings. Sad state of affairs.

[@fenwaypark1725]

All joking aside, A Rod is a hell of an analyst and I love the way he comes off listening to who ever he’s talking to . Major respect A Rod.

[@Syndrum]

Bryce Harper's HBP IN THE FACE caused a similar reaction to Joe tonight.

[@Meepmeep888]

Girardi has every right to be mad, gotta defend your players no matter what

[@AROD-ko9qs]

When A-Rod hit the home run off of Dempster later in the game it was one of the happiest moments of my childhood.

[@LittleBenjaminNeocon183]

Why Arod is a pos and deserved it

[@irt3rdavenueel172]

Yes absolutely and I do respect the Red Sox but now everyone in the fan club for the Red Sox probably realized how bad of a pitcher Ryan Dempster was and they also realized how bad of a pitcher Joe Kelly was

[@patsfreak]

"I'm going to end up walking him anyway. Better made him wince for it."

[@user-ht3ou1ye6q]

I remember watching this live and seriously wondering if the ump had money on the game or something cuz there is no way a legit ump don't eject dempster. And at least if your gonna let Dempster stay don't warn both sides so then at least CC can dish out some retaliation.

[@AmericanMade87]

Unwritten rule in baseball, you get it right the first time and thats it. There is no second or third or fourth chances. What Dempster did was uncalled for. You sent the message on the first pitch. No need to continue it no matter how much you hate the guy. CC should have nailed someone. You always stand up for your teammate, no matter what. Another unwritten rule

[@nintendorocks1985]

Its also a written rule to not take steroids, BTW. I do agree that Dempster should have either hit him the first time or not hit him at all, but still, A-Rod has the bigger problem here, not Dempster.

[@AmericanMade87]

I agree wit u against steroids. I hate Arod and Im a Yankee fan. Im just saying though, you still have to uphold the unwritten rules, get it right the first time or don't do it at all

[@AmericanMade87]

Z Con If this was reverse and it was a Red Sox hitter I would say the same thing, hit him the first time and if you failed to do so, tough luck CC don't do that shit again

[@nintendorocks1985]

I agree. I would say the same if it was an Indians player XD

[@bhunterwillis]

Agree, but you don't stand up for A-Roids. You do need to get it right the first time, but since all unwritten rules have been broken by A-Roids, I'd go after him multiple timee

[@RocBoys2328]

Girardi had every right to be pissed. It was intentional all the way!!! Dempster should've been thrown out immediately!!!!

[@joecoolberry911]

But it was A-roid, so he let it slide

[@lesterdiamond6190]

it really fuckin' sucks that John Kruk isn't at the mic on these broadcasts anymore. He's the most entertaining baseball commentator I've ever heard. He knows where the bodies are buried out there.

[@devinmacdonald805]

Dempster face at 1:05 was like yay

[@Prideofthepacific808]

This kind of shows what kind of a person Ryan Dempster is

[@jakekrueger7854]

A-Rod is a fucking cheater. He had it coming

[@asyncawaited]

I don't feel sympathy for roid junkies getting beaned at the plate. Especially roid junkies who brag about their hits while running the bases or slapping the ball out of players hands. This is the first "off color" thing I've seen Ryan Dempster do in his career, and I've followed him since his tenure at Chicago. Give the guy a break, he did what the majority of fans wanted to happen anyway. There's no place for A-Roid in the MLB and anyone who disagrees supports cheating to win. A-Roid got a lot of free bases thanks to Biogenesis. Dempster made him earn that base.

[@mattvanvolkenburg9745]

+Jake Kruger hitting a guy intentionally is the a dirtbag move. Retaliation is fine but what Demeter did was classless what the fans did was classless. As a former player you know nobody deserves to get hit intentionally

[@mattvanvolkenburg9745]

+ mike sweet don't get me wrong a-rod cheated and that's the truth. But as far as I'm concerned he is a yankee and as long as he is in pin stripes I will support him. What dempster did was classes. An unwritten rule of baseball is not to hit somebody on purpose

[@carsonsmit9774]

Still one of the greatest moments in baseball.

[@zacharyperez2427]

This type of baseball should be part of the game more often, creates tension between the players and makes the game exciting. Just my opinion

[@KevinP32270]

+Zachary Perez agreed.

[@griffoliver6997]

Totally agree. This game was awesome

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

I'm not a big fan of throwing at batters, but in this case I'll make an exception.

[@carlinrulez]

+DroverChicago You're a fucking idiot.

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

yankeefan33 And you're a Yankee fan. Trust me, the world holds fucking idiots in much higher esteem.

[@TimmyKarns]

this video never gets old

[@jesshellaaa]

Ryan is just the the legend

[@americanbadasskb]

Red Sox fans do know that your team wanted A-Rod, right? He even signed on the dotted line to be traded there but the MLBPA vetoed it because he would take such a huge pay cut. Then the Yankees got him. The Sox were devastated when that happened. He said he "really wanted to become a Red Sox and lead them to a championship and have that rivalry with Derek Jeter." I wish they would have got him. He and Ortiz could have had shooting up parties together.

[@boostspike]

Dempster got the last laugh. He won the World Series that year.

[@GMPro24]

yeah not like dumpster did anything lol

[@AAli220]

Mr.Karate Nuggets78 so does Arod. And he actually contributed to that ring. And he wasn't cheating in 09

[@Paultheguitarist]

@@AAli220 Everything he ever touched is tainted.

[@flames24lightning]

I love how the announcers kept quiet and let the pictures tell the story instead of describing it.

[@xtexasxfightx]

I hate everything related to the New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez, but Girardi has a legitimate beef here Hit the guy with the first pitch, not the 4th one. A-Rod deserves everything he's gotten, including getting plunked.

[@xyPERSON]

Why wasn't Ryan Douchebag… I mean Dempster ejected? Girardi was simply defending his player.

[@guillermouribe1169]

I don't know what's more sad, this whole situation that happened or that it took Dempster 4 pitches to hit A-Rod.

[@francisguarascio6384]

I was at this game and it was unreal. Only thing I really remember was Mariano though haha.

[@ElChoyGX]

why catcher's glove sound can be heard but not gorardi´s yelling?

[@choppysword7831]

When Joe Girardi came out and showed his anger 😂

[@PlayboiMcChicken]

Even though the Sox lost this game, it didnt matter. This was the game right here hahaha

[@luisrodriguez2662]

This was the A-Rod come back to Fen Way Park.. and we all knew he was going to get hit... It wasn't a surprise at all... But it was a long awaited moment

[@djtrixen]

This is the maddest I've seen Joe Girardi. He wasn't even this hot during the '98 Yankees/Orioles brawl. I absolutely hate the Yankees but I like Girardi--he's a good manager. And he had a legitimate beef here. The benches shouldn't have been warned and Dempster should have been ejected immediately (even though A-Rod had it coming).

[@rocketsfan2587]

trixen what did arod do

[@capcaw]

Love this video!

[@qqwertyuiop13]

a rod deserves much more than this. he's a disgrace to the name of baseball.

[@grafeebabee]

Houston Astros: Hold my drink!

[@zach5065]

This video just makes me smile

[@letsgomets07]

The bullpens need to stop coming out

[@rybosabeast912]

1. I understand what Dempster was doing and I don't blame him, but personally, I'd rather get the guy out than hit him and let a potential run on base. 2. Dempster should have gotten ejected right away, Girardi was 100% understandable in flipping out, and that's why I love him. He always backs up his players no matter what. 3. How classless of the Boston fans. Jeering a guy for taking a steroids is one thing and completely understandable; cheering for him to get hurt is completely different. Sure, as a Yankee fan I might be a little bias, but I never root for anyone to get hurt. 4. If you're gonna send a message, keep sending the message and don't let up a home run to the deepest part of the ballpark to the receiver of said "message." 5. Good shit A-Rod; come back hard this season. Go Yanks.

[@bostonsportsfan9670]

Ryan Morik Get over yourself. Both the sox and yanks have done bad things because we want to beat each other up. Its all about the fun of the rivalry.

[@dylant05012]

boston sportsfan96 cheering because someone was beamed with a ball is just classless and disgusting that's why people hate the Red Sox and most Boston teams because of the shitty fans

[@MultiMaddenbeast]

rageYT Yankee fans cheer when ortiz is hit so by your logic the Yankee fans are classless pieces of shit. But i wouldn't expect any better from the people that live in New York they are the scum of the earth

[@keithfalconer7529]

Good ..... neutral mets fan but A Rod is a cheater and a punk

[@notsure8241]

I was really expecting a dumpster to hit A-ROD 😂.

[@bigoldinosaur]

Giardi had every right to be pissed off.

[@RpgilbertRS]

makes me sick how red sox fans cheer when dempster throws at a-rod

[@newport682]

I like it. Arod is an asshole!

[@chrismccarthy6403]

RpgilbertRS Yankees fans hate a-roids

[@Nabend1402]

If ever anyone gets in the Red Sox Hall of Fame for throwing a single pitch, it will be Ryan Dempster for that one.

[@d-frag6569]

I was praying that Dempster was gonna start the YES! chants

[@part6never655]

Wow this is utterly disgusting and unsportsmanlike the pitcher deserves to be banned and the fans make a really bad name for the red socks and support that straight up bullying. There is no place in the world for people like that and should seek help immediately.

[@rv7309]

Could never understand the team that gets hit gets a warning

[@RioRiver829]

They both get warnings so the other team doesn’t hit a player from the other.

[@skyrimmiryks]

I'm definitely not an Alex Rodriguez fan, but that was definitely uncalled for.

[@MisterGutsy420]

Great moment in sports.

[@wheelmanstan]

a-rod was like "I deserve it", an innocent guy punches that pitcher

[@TheKrazyk2010]

This is disgusting to hear sox fans cheer for a bean ball. I've been hit by those. First off it hurts..............

[@sccrdude22]

That's not a beanball a beanball is when you get hit in the head not the arm

[@xalstarx]

Dude, the entire baseball world secretly applauded Dempster's, not just Red Sox fans. Even the umpire thought it was just, hence not ejecting Dempster. If you disagree, you either approve of the use of PED in baseball and/or you're a biased Yankee fan.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

David Ortiz good PEDs and no one seems to care, everyone just likes to take shots at the yankees......

[@devinmacdonald805]

+A.J. Meyer your right man

[@devinmacdonald805]

+A.J. Meyer I was cheer my ass off I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner

[@makepizzagreatagain7911]

That was a terrible call by the umpire. Dempster should have got tossed. Girardi had every right to be livid.

[@gofishin1996]

i played baseball for fourteen years and pitched up till my first year of collage and anytime i would throw at someone it would always be in the ribs its the easiest place to disregard as an accident

[@RockoSDMF]

Ryan Dempster: Living out the dream of EVERY MLB pitcher in 2013.

[@canigettawhatwhat]

what dempster did was really not cool...he needed to aim a couple of inches higher

[@tylerdibenedetto2641]

Dempster Legend for this one. Go Sox. Flame away.

[@vgames89]

not to mention that the fans cheered when he hit him. It bit harsh if you ask me, even for rival teams, or maybe I'm being naive.

[@ysxacidhjaljdh3193]

How was Dempster not thrown out? Rodriguez taking steroids is wrong, but throwing at batters is worst. I heard one story where a batter died due to being hit in the head, and other stories where players went on the 60 dl due to being hit, so throwing at a batter could seriously fuck him up.

[@jim-yg5gh]

ysxacidhjaljdh the guy who died was back in the early 1900s, when they didn't ware helmets, and they used the same ball for like 6 innings. After he died it became a rule to switch the balls out, and I believe that's when it became required to ware helmets. just so yu know

[@boostspike]

Thank you Dempster. Happy retirement.

[@carsingaming9920]

Great video

[@JimHalpert99]

I'm sorry, you can hate Alex all you want - that's fine. But nobody deserves to be hit by a baseball. Period. Dempster should've been ejected. I'm a Phillies fan by the way, so I hold no stake in either team. I just think intentionally hitting anybody is fucked up.

[@5starGenAlpha5nake]

Jim Halpert Go cry with your World Series rings..

[@KA-gy3lz]

That's a compliment 😂😂😂

[@LegionOfEclaires]

It's the price you pay when you ruin the integrity of being a professional athlete...

[@TJGames97]

Jim Halpert No. If he wants to hit him, then he can hit him. That's how this sport works. As long as they stay away from the head.

[@anthonygarcia8525]

Legion Of Eclaires Why didn't Ryan Braun get beaned????

[@mahasw777]

And MLB endorsed what Dempster did by giving him a "suspension" that didn't cost him even one start. I guess it's okay to intentionally hit a batter as long as it's A-Rod. On the other hand, I do wish A-Rod would just go away.

[@josephnieves2137]

I have never seen a guy miss 3 times when trying to hit a batter, what I want to know is why Demster never got ejected. When David Price hit two batters, all of the Boston fans were complaining about him not being tossed but trying to hit someone 4 times is way worse.

[@oxyzzmoron]

Redsox acted like Manny and David Ortiz didn't taking steroids is pretty ridiculous. Dempster definitely should have been ejected. Seriously hate the Redsox

[@Dynasty725]

Hilarious the Red Sox fans criticize ARod but Ortiz is a folk hero.

[@DonCastSports]

Dempster should been league MVP for this

[@3steelforce]

No one should cheer anyone getting hit by a pitch. Steroids or not that's not funny

[@badgoodweather]

His argument was peralta and cruz both got ped busted too but they didnt get hit but cruz and peralta dont have 650 home runs.

[@chrisa3289]

Everybody talkin about the coach but man that UMP went ham too lol

[@marcelinozerpa3947]

Ahh warms my heart to see the Yankees all worked up.

[@Sabotage823]

I find it funny how everybody on this page say that A-Rod did steroids...he admitted to it in 2009 but he has never had a positive test. The test they "claimed" he failed on the list of "100 players" that never came out. He was linked to the biogenesis by having his name on documents, and there is no proof that he did it...I feel that if your gonna suspend one guy for the season who was linked to it suspended them all for the season.....and didn't forgot Red Sox fans, your precious Papi, was on that list. But it was just brushed under the rug and never brought up again. So before you start saying the Yankees are full of cheaters look at your team first....and let's not forget Mr. Manny Ramriez. Before you say it, I know he didn't fail while on Boston but you kmow he took it whole he was there.

[@TheLocalLt]

Sabotage823 dude this was literally A-Rod’s first game back from a TWO HUNDRED GAME SUSPENSION which was for SELLING PEDs

[@Y2JWannabe93]

Main reason Dempster took the year off

[@gricky101]

THAT WALK TO FIRST BASE BY AROD SUMS UP MY LIFE

[@iandonahue9661]

Go Dempster, Go Redsox!!

[@iandonahue9661]

That was bad of Dempster but it was worst that the umpire didn't just eject him.

[@iandonahue9661]

But Alex Rodruigez and the Redsox have always had a bad history

[@MushroomMario12]

This pitcher is terrible. How many pitches does it take to hit a guy? 2 at MOST

[@stephentuna]

***** I'm sorry but you can't start saying a whole organization is childish for one pitcher tossing at a player who most MLB players hate. Hell the yankees have had way more childish moments.. remember when arod yelled "got it" behind the blue jays third baseman to distract him and won it because the player thought it was the second baseman and let a routine pop ball fall? remember when a rod hit the ball out of arroyos glove? remember the hundreds of other intentionally hit batsmen many other pitchers have thrown at... yeah. the yankee fans have no bitching at the whole organization to do. dempster sure, i can see why. the whole redsox? no, hell the red sox players are way more down to earth and caring and friendly than most yankees! there's a reason cano left the yankees. the yankees don't care about players and thier personailities. they just want to get power and are full of themselves cause they won 27 world series in the early to mid 1900s. great job! and the red sox won the first world series ever! beat that yankees! oh wait, who cares what happened then? its what happened noww this year and last year some even. you really have to be blind to think that the yankees are not the most hated baseball team in all of sports.

[@MushroomMario12]

***** You probably didn't even read my statement correctly

[@Cubsfan122112]

classy red sox fans cheering an opponent player getting hit by pitch. i don't care who you root for, and that's just one thing you shouldn't do is cheer for hit by pitches /or injuries. i never do it to cardinal players, or any other division members or anyone in baseball.

[@noahkollett2407]

Red Sox Yankees are different

[@apimpnamedslickback9533]

+Noah Kollett boston fans in general are assholes and dicks in every sport

[@JJA1987]

He's a cheater he deserved what he got

[@noahkollett2407]

+Reymon Francisco you just feel that way as a New York fan, Boston fans feel the same way about New York

[@ericm242910]

+TheDieHardWWEAddict YES JAMIE I AGREE WITH YOU 200%!

[@alexchavez4853]

makes me smile every time i watch it!

[@lochnessmonster5149]

I remember this. Dempster went public and said he was going to throw at ARod and then did. He does it and Girardi gets tossed. Unreal.

[@cards1985]

A-roid should be hit every plate appearance.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

They get on A rods case for taking roids but didnt david ortiz do it too?

[@bostoniaknight7369]

you dumbfuck he's been tested excactly 82 times in his career, all negative

[@TheKrazyk2010]

my point is, when Ortiz did it, no one gave a shit, but when A rod did it, hes pretty much portrayed as a rapist

[@CrizzyCrazy]

+SonicsJoe2013 No. Ortiz tested positive but they never said what for. The MLB never went after him or the others that tested positive for that screening because it wasn't steroids. It was something else. Don't you think the MLB would otherwise be up his ass trying to bar him from getting into the Hall of Fame?

[@DerekJeter5Rings]

+BostoniaKnight you dumbfuck, his name was involved in a clinic dealing with roids back in the early 2000s

[@CrizzyCrazy]

DerekJeter5Rings Nope.

[@thomaschevalier9356]

U can see the flames coming out of a rods ears that's how angry he was

[@kyronology1533]

Now they are analyst for MLB network and ESPN, Could we get these two to call a New York-Boston game together??

[@RobNation84]

A-Roid deserved every bruise he got from Dempster!!!!

[@iambatman71]

No he does not no person deserves to get hit

[@RedCard94]

You're an ass for saying that.

[@flatsfishin]

I say we gather all the pitchers in mlb and let them take pitching practice on a rod.

[@sonicthehedgehog3162]

Let's Get All The Hitters (Excluding A-Rod) And Have Them Take Batting Practice Teeing Off Pitchers