A-Rod touches young boy intentionally

[DirtyKash]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2037788

BOSTON -- Alex Rodriguez saved an 8-year-old boy from serious injury when he prevented the youngster from getting hit by a truck.

The New York Yankees star said Thursday he was standing in a crosswalk on Newbury Street near downtown Boston at about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when he saw the boy starting to run across the street into the path of an onrushing truck.

Rodriguez reached out and grabbed the boy, pulling him back and preventing a serious accident.

"The kid was going to get run over. I just kind of put my arm out and stopped him," he said.

It turns out the boy, named Patrick McCarthy, was already a fan of A-Rod.

"This guy just put his hand in front of me and stopped me. ... He said 'Whoa, watch out, buddy,' " McCarthy said in a television interview Thursday. "I was like, 'Wow! Like I was shocked, because he's my favorite player on the Yankees."

Rodriguez said he also had to hurry to avoid being hit by the truck -- "I almost got it, too," he said -- which he estimated was traveling 40-50 mph when he saw the boy starting to run from the sidewalk.

He said McCarthy's mother saw what happened, but he didn't see the boy's father nearby.

"I did it and I just kept walking," Rodriguez said. "I don't even know if she knew who I was."

Tuesday was a day off in the middle of New York's three-game series against the Red Sox that ended Thursday night with Boston's 8-5 win.

Rodriguez said the boy would have been seriously injured or killed had he gotten past him.

"That was a train wreck waiting to happen," he said.

Rodriguez has often been booed at Fenway since he joined the Yankees last season. Teammate Derek Jeter didn't think Rodriguez's heroic act would make Red Sox fans like him any more.

"They didn't sound any different today," Jeter said.

[Providence A's]

Teammate Derek Jeter didn't think Rodriguez's heroic act would make Red Sox fans like him any more.

That's because they're classy

[redsrbetter]

Title really threw me for a loop.

[Yankeesfan2]

Well you don't hear that everyday...

[BuckFoston]

Haha, no joke. I thought was another Michael Jackson thing. Haha, but great job by A-rod!

[TwinsFan]

Haha, no joke. I thought was another Michael Jackson thing. Haha, but great job by A-rod!

ditto

[Steak]

Ironically, that young boy is a Yankees fan. Still regardless what fan he is, good job by him for saving that young man's life.

[Taylor]

Update to story:

A-Rod was trying to grab the kid before he could enter the theater and watch "Fever Pitch"..."Noooooo" A-Rod was quoted as saying, "This movie sucks and was written about a soccer player, not a kiss-up to the Red Sox nation!"

But sadly, as A-Rod went to pull the kid he bobbled him and the kid fell into the street and was run over.

[redsrbetter]

Update to story:

A-Rod was trying to grab the kid before he could enter the theater and watch "Fever Pitch"..."Noooooo" A-Rod was quoted as saying, "This movie sucks and was written about a soccer player, not a kiss-up to the Red Sox nation!"

But sadly, as A-Rod went to pull the kid he bobbled him and the kid fell into the street and was run over.

Now that is hilarious and clever. Nicely done Taylor!

[browntown653]

Way to go A-Rod!





























NOW GET A FREAKING HIT YOU BUM

[RLA68]

Great job by ARod. Funny that it was even brought up if this would endure him with opponent's fans.

[Element]

Rodriguez has often been booed at Fenway since he joined the Yankees last season. Teammate Derek Jeter didn't think Rodriguez's heroic act would make Red Sox fans like him any more.

"They didn't sound any different today," Jeter said.

Why the hell would Sox fans feel any different? What relevence does it have to the game?

[DirtyKash]

Title really threw me for a loop.

That's what I was going for

[Steak]

Way to go A-Rod!





























NOW GET A FREAKING HIT YOU BUM

I guess you are frustrated with his inability to hit in runners in scoring position, eh.

[Steak]

Update to story:

A-Rod was trying to grab the kid before he could enter the theater and watch "Fever Pitch"..."Noooooo" A-Rod was quoted as saying, "This movie sucks and was written about a soccer player, not a kiss-up to the Red Sox nation!"

But sadly, as A-Rod went to pull the kid he bobbled him and the kid fell into the street and was run over.

Speaking of that movie, I am so tired of the promos of that movie everytime I watch a Twins telecast. I hope that movie fizzles.