A Quick Rant - Why?

I'm just going to get into it.

I think what Ryan Dempster did Sunday was atrocious. If you didn't see or hear about it I will give the quick version.

Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster
August 18, 2013

Alex Rodriguez came up to bat in his first plate appearance. Rodriguez is going through some legal issues with PEDs with the league and his team, and there is controversy, but that is off the field stuff. What happens on the field has nothing to do with any of that.

Ryan Dempster apparently feels like he is the law of the land. His first pitch to Rodriguez was thrown behind him! Behind him! He is a Major League Baseball Pitcher! He has the control to never be able to do that. Rodriguez shrugs it off and gets back in the box. The next two pitches are high and tight. You can see Rodriguez getting a little mad. That makes three pitches trying to connect with Rodriguez. The fourth pitch from Dempster (surprise surprise) drills Rodriguez in the back.

Dempster's third pitch of the at bat
hits Yankees Alex Rodriguez in the back.

Why? Why Dempster? Why did you feel you had to do that? What Rodriguez is going through off the field has nothing to do with you. Who made you judge, jury, and executioner? And then you manager gives the weak excuse of 'He was having trouble locating his fastball'. Funny, because no other pitch in the game for Dempster was as "wild" as that one at bat. Just a classless move on his part and of the Red Sox manager.

What Rodriguez is doing to defend himself against the league is within the MLBPA regulations. Guess what Dempster you are a member of that and voted for the protection players get.

I may not agree with what Alex Rodriguez has done in the past, but nobody deserves a fastball to the head. He is still a son, brother, father, and MOST of all a human being. It makes me sick when athletes feel they need to take the law in their own hands.

Rodriguez celebrating with teammates
after his 6th inning home run
against Dempster

What Alex Rodriguez did to get his revenge on Dempster is what any true athlete would do. In one of his next at bats Rodriguez hit a long home run off of Dempster and then celebrated with his teammates in the dugout. How it should be.

The home run propelled the Yankees to a victory over the Red Sox, with Dempster getting the loss. Baseball karma at its finest.

Just to show what type of team and organization the Yankees are, no Red Sox player was hit during that game.

Steriods aside, how do you feel about Dempster's actions?