Alex Rodriguez didn’t sound very original after the Yankees’ Game 4 win on Tuesday night.
On the Fox postgame show alongside Kevin Burkhardt, Derek Jeter and David Ortiz, Rodriguez had a curiously familiar take on the Bronx Bombers forcing a Game 5 by taking down the Dodgers, 11-4.
“Tonight, Kevin, is an annoyance for the LA Dodgers,” Rodriguez said on the set. “The pressure begins if and [when] they get on that plane without the Commissioner’s Trophy, and at that point if it gets there, look out.”
(L-R) Kevin Burkhardt, Alex Rodriguez, and Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe at game 4 of the 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2024 in Bronx, New York.Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup for Fox Sports/Shutterstock
A-Rod’s analysis echoed another New York sports figure — radio legend Mike Francesa — who had had nearly identical words on social media just minutes before Rodriguez hit the air, as noted by Awful Announcing.
“Tonight is an annoyance for [the] Dodgers,” Francesa wrote on X at 11:28 p.m. ET, a mere 17 minutes before Rodriguez’s comments. “Pressure starts if and when they leave the Bronx without the trophy.”
There’s no telling whether Rodriguez came across Francesa’s words just before getting in front of the camera, but the pair have been close over the years in the Big Apple spotlight.
WFAN radio host Mike Francesa when DraftKings celebrated a recent Sportsbook launch and start of the NFL Season with a Kickoff Bash Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018.for the NY POST
Last month, Rodriguez welcomed Francesa on his “The Deal” podcast to discuss the latter’s legacy in sports media.
In 2018, when Francesa returned to the WFAN airwaves after a 4.5-month hiatus, Rodriguez was his first radio guest.
Rodriguez infamously turned to Francesa’s radio show at the height of the Biogenesis scandal in 2013, going straight from an arbitration hearing on the matter and into the WFAN studio to deny using performance-enhancing drugs.
Despite the steroid lies told during the interview, Francesa sat with Rodriguez’s family on Opening Day in 2015, the three-time AL MVP’s return to the field after being suspended for the 2014 season.
Source : nypost.com
