I was at my brother’s over the weekend and shot some hoops. Felt good. I wasn’t ever much good at shooting but I made a couple of long shots and for a brief—very brief—moment, I felt young again. Hey, I can still do it.
Thought about that last night when Alex Rodriguez creamed a fastball for a long home run. The old man! There aren’t many dingers left in him, and fewer still that were outright bombs like the one he hit last night, so might as well enjoy each and every last one, right?
Yanks won a very Yankee-like 2016-style win, 2-1 over the O’s.
In his last few years Mickey Mantle would every so often get hot and hit a few homers. The difference was that he still walked over 100 times every season. Pitchers still feared his power. I'm not sure Alex gets the same respect.
Alex hits #700 and then retires? Nothing left to prove and being a part time player has to be grating.