According to Pete Caldera of The Record, Alex Rodriguez told the Yankees PR director he would hit a home run in his second at bat.
[W]ord from Yankees P.R. man Jason Zillo that Alex Rodriguez called his home run in the dugout. During batting practice, A-Rod told Zillo that he’d hit one during his second at-bat — and then he did.
Within the same post comes word that Mr. Invisible Hank Steinbrenner told Reggie Jackson to relay a message to the embattled Yankees third baseman. The message? “Hit the damn ball.”
What a master of motivation:
[A] few minutes ago Reggie Jackson related a story from his dinner with A-Rod last night. On Tuesday afternoon, a stern Hank Steinbrenner told Mr. October to relay a message to Mr. Rodriguez: “You tell him to hit the damn ball, and hit it when it matters.”
Reggie’s advice was a bit more practical:
“My dad said you can control the story as long as you have a chance to hit. Edit your own story with the bat. As long as he does that, he has a chance to change things around him.”
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Of course he called his shot. Presinal gave him some Predictol before the game.
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Moshe, that was awesome.
Also, what a cool comment from Reggie.
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“You tell him to hit the damn ball, and hit it when it matters.”
Is it just me or is the implicit message “It’s ok to goof off when it doesn’t matter.”?
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Casanova Wong Reply:
February 26th, 2009 at 9:10 am
I think Hank is referring to hitting the ball well, especially in the clutch.
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If you listen to the Yankees PR guy, I’m sure the Yankees are calling their shots from the dugout at least every other home run.
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