He shouldn't have done it.

The New York Yankees management should stop talking about Alex Rodriguez. As a matter of fact, if I were the owners. I would release a memo to all members of the Yankee management team that says:

Effective immediately, no member of the New York Yankees organization other than Joe Girardi is allowed to speak to the media about Alex Rodriquez. If a member of the media approaches you and asks any questions at all about Alex Rodriquez, you are only allowed to say that Alex Rodriguez is the current third baseman for the New York Yankees and his manager is Joe Girardi.

The Yankees have allowed this situation to spiral out of control and it's effecting everything going on in the MLB. Also, if I were a major league ball player, I would never want to play for the Yankees. If they'll throw a 12-time All Star, 3-time MVP and 10-time Silver Slugger under the bus, I would imagine they'll throw anybody under the bus. It's hard to be your best in a team sport when the team isn't willing to support and back you.

Having said that, Ryan Dempster should be suspended by MLB for his blatant attempt at injury to Alex Rodriguez. If the MLB doesn't suspend him, the Red Sox should. If someone who is capable of throwing a baseball at 90 miles per hour decides to intentionally throw that baseball at someones body, that should constitute assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

And putting the whole "A&B with a dangerous weapon" thing aside, Dempster basically lost the game when he did it. He fired up the Yankees and inspired them to play beyond their capability and he made his teammates afraid to step into the batters box for fear of getting hit in retribution.

Plain and simple - The Red Sox should have won that game and they would have if Dempster hadn't thrown the baseball at Rodriguez.

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