Naturally, this sparked me to go over to the danecookisahack site.
Sean Rodriguez admitted that the frustration that led him to breaking his right hand at Triple-A Durham was the result of what he considered disrespectful actions by RHP Dane De La Rosa.
The two are again teammates with the Rays, with De La Rosa called up Wednesday. Rodriguez said there “definitely” are still issues, but he will be professional about it and not create any disturbances in the clubhouse.
“I’m trying to avoid him as much as possible,” he said.
Rodriguez would not get into specifics over what led him to punch a locker after the Aug. 26 game, except to say it was how De La Rosa reacted when Rodriguez said something about the song that was being played in the (winning) clubhouse.
“How do you disrespect somebody without touching them? You say things or talk in a manner that’s very disrespectful,” Rodriguez said. “In a baseball clubhouse people do that all the time. But when you turn to ask somebody, ‘Are you being serious right now?’ the way someone’s tone is, the way they’re talking to you and they either just smirk or ignore you leads you to believe one or the other, right?
“So instead of me normally doing what I normally would have done in the past, which is basically just to go and do a lot of things to him, I tried to exert my energy and frustration elsewhere to try to let it go. Bad job of trying to deal with it.”
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Posted: September 06, 2012 at 04:03 AM |
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1. I Am Not a Number Posted: September 06, 2012 at 07:42 AM (#4227972)This sounds like code for "I was going to do one infantile thing and instead chose to do another. The bottom line is, De La Rosa's behaviour warranted an infantile reaction of some sort. It's all his fault. Wah wah wah."
A) not talked about it, or just give some sort of one line answer like, "it was a personal issue, resolved".
or
B) explain a bit better
As it is now it just sounds like Sean Rodriguez is vaguely petulant and De La Rosa is vaguely offensive.
Call me Maybe?
De La Rosa: Your Mother should know.
Rodriguez: You talkin' about my mother! (slams fist)
Dane de la Rosa: 6'7, 245.
Oh and Rodriguez didn't punch a locker out of frustration. He tried to punch de la Rosa and missed, causing his hand to hit the locker and break.
or maybe he defended Nickelback.
He's off to an excellent start.
Rodriguez: Better my momma than my sister, 'cause my sister ain't half bad.
And yet the magical leadership qualities of one Dion Phaneuf stem from his ability to turn up the volume on the stereo in the Maple Leaf's locker room, according to Brian Burke. Seriously. Never underestimate what young professional athletes consider important and punchable.
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