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NEW YORK -- Whatever verdict you return on Alex Rodriguez's home runs -- full of grace or full of chemicals -- there's no ignoring the monstrous blast that he sent screaming over the left field wall in the 11th inning on Saturday. It was a pure A-Rod moment, loud and in your face, sending the Twins to a 6-4 loss while delivering an ominous message to a network of American League scouts.
And that is, pick your poison with this month's Yankees' lineup: Either you pitch to No. 3 hitter Mark Teixeira, a career RBI machine, or take your chances with the mercurial A-Rod, who was just 2-for-24 since his first-game, first at-bat, first-pitch HR against the Orioles on May 8.See the full content of this document
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Imposing duo send message with their bats
All afternoon the Twins had failed miserably with Teixeira -- he was 4-for-4 -- before reliever Craig Breslow changed tactics and went to war with A-Rod instead. Teixeira drew a leadoff walk in the 11th, bringing Rodriguez and a season's worth o...
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