{"id":425836,"date":"2023-05-29T20:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=425836"},"modified":"2023-05-29T20:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:07:32","slug":"former-yankees-player-doug-mientkiewicz-unleashes-on-alex-rodriguez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-yankees-player-doug-mientkiewicz-unleashes-on-alex-rodriguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Yankees Player Doug Mientkiewicz Unleashes On Alex Rodriguez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Rodriguez was the target of a diatribe from Mientkiewicz during a recent visit on the &#8220;Foul Territory&#8221; podcast with A.J. Pierzynski and Scott Braun. He criticized A-Rod for using steroids and even made personal attacks on him.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez&#8217;s usage of performance-enhancing substances led to his infamous season-long suspension in 2014. Mientkiewicz took offence to it, too.<\/p>\n<h2>Former Yankees Player Doug Mientkiewicz Unleashes On Alex Rodriguez<\/h2>\n<p>In 2007, Doug Mientkiewicz played for the New York Yankees. He shared the field with two legendary players from the contemporary MLB era, Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter. Doug had a deep appreciation for Jeter and had just given Jeter high accolades. Doug, however, has some unfavorable opinions to express on Rodriguez, a Yankees teammate and old high school classmate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex-Yankee Doug Mientkiewicz gets incredibly personal in Alex Rodriguez attack: \u2018Die a lonely man\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Q2w2EhJpg\">https:\/\/t.co\/8Q2w2EhJpg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YM5UGJ49TY\">pic.twitter.com\/YM5UGJ49TY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1663242770809786369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s painful,\u201d Mientkiewicz said. \u201cIt\u2019s like, wait a minute. Do you forget you got suspended 200 games? It\u2019s like, come on, man. Stop it. I get it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI played a power position and didn\u2019t have any. Did it cross my mind? Of course. You thought about it. But I was like, \u2018You know what? I want to be able to walk when \u00a0I\u2019m 50.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Red Sox first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz went to high school with Alex Rodriguez. On a recent podcast, Mientkiewicz skewered A-Rod, saying he would &quot;die a lonely man.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0XTy4wwvm\">https:\/\/t.co\/f0XTy4wwvm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; masslivesports (@masslivesports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masslivesports\/status\/1662998451909455872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez&#8217;s use of PEDs resulted in a season-long suspension for 2014.<\/p>\n<p>After Mientkiewicz won the World Series with the Red Sox in 2004, Rodriguez and Mientkiewicz, who were high school buddies, briefly shared the field with the Yankees in 2007.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alex Rodriguez slaps the ball out of Bronson Arroyo\u2019s glove during Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS. Yankee fans then proceed to throw baseballs on the field because the umpires got the call right.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1tJRVomyZB\">pic.twitter.com\/1tJRVomyZB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Carrieri (@Thomas_Carrieri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thomas_Carrieri\/status\/1662477622918500352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After that, Mientkiewicz discussed how Rodriguez has grown apart from his high school teammates. He shared, \u201cI\u2019m still friends with my high school team. We still text often, not as often as we should, but we still text group threads, constantly bad badgering each other. And it\u2019s just, you know, he\u2019s just distanced from it.\u201d To sum up his understanding of Rodriguez as a person, Doug said, \u201cI always said that he\u2019s going to die lonely!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Boston team wins a Game 4 after going down 3-0 in a semifinals with Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez present <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z9sutj0PR2\">pic.twitter.com\/Z9sutj0PR2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Aulbach (@AulbachDan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AulbachDan\/status\/1661204428588761090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But in 2009, Mientkiewicz claimed he had never seen Rodriguez take performance-enhancing drugs in high school.<\/p>\n<p>He told the Los Angeles Times, &#8220;From my perspective, it would be 99.9% impossible for us to not know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8\ufe0f\u20e3 Alex Rodriguez<\/p>\n<p>A-Rod purchased 20% of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx for $1.5B in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>He now owns 40% after&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Paying $290 million earlier this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JvdQUXmtxy\">pic.twitter.com\/JvdQUXmtxy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Petcash (@AndrewPetcash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewPetcash\/status\/1662828252866441221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mientkiewicz made the decision to strike below the belt after all the wrath he had let out!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis whole \u2018father of the year\u2019 stuff, God bless him with his daughters, because it\u2019s got to come a long way,\u201d Mientkiewicz said. \u201cBut it\u2019s like, \u2018You\u2019re just trying to get into heaven now.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mariners\u2019 Julio Rodriguez In Partnership With Alaska Airlines Sponsors Round Trip Ticket For Every Home Run He Hits\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mariners-julio-rodriguez-in-partnership-with-alaska-airlines-sponsors-round-trip-ticket-for-every-home-run-he-hits\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mariners\u2019 Julio Rodriguez In Partnership With Alaska Airlines Sponsors Round Trip Ticket For Every Home Run He Hits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Rodriguez was the target of a diatribe from Mientkiewicz during a recent visit on the &#8220;Foul Territory&#8221; podcast with A.J. 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