Yesterday, during the A’s 4-2 victory Alex Rodriguez and Dallas Braden exchanged some choice words after A-rod violated an “unwritten rule”. After going first to third on a foul ball by Robinson Cano, A-rod ran across the mound back to first, which didn’t please Braden one bit.

“He should probably take a note from his captain over there and realize you don’t cross the pitcher’s mound in between an inning or during the game. I was just dumbfounded that he would let that slip his mind — being someone of such status.”

“I don’t care if I’m Cy Young or the 25th man on the roster, if I’ve got the ball in my hand and I’m on that mound, that’s my mound … He ran across the pitcher’s mound foot on my rubber. No, not happening. We’re not the door mat anymore.”

A-rod had this to say……

“He just told me to get off his mound. I was a little surprised. I’d never quite heard that. Especially from a guy that has a handful of wins in his career … I thought it was pretty funny actually.”

It’s all pretty funny actually. A-rod is a well-documented moron, so do I think he did this on purpose. Probably not. And as a Yankees fan, I do not think Braden was in the wrong one bit. I actually give him credit for what he said. I think both comments are funny, and you gotta love the gold-standard Derek Jeter being brought up. I will say this if he was sarcastically referring to Jeter as the Captain, then fuck him. Nice picture you tool