If he hasn’t already said something, Alex Rodriguez will probably want to walk back some of his comments from Sunday night.
While describing an ideal batting position to Michael Kay, Rodriguez said one’s posture should be up, and their right (arm) should be down … like they’re “punching a little person.”
Oof. Rodriguez is one of the best baseball players of all time and has a prominent position on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball broadcast. Surely, he could’ve thought of another, more sensitive way of describing an ideal way to hit, right?
Because it’s pretty mind-boggling that someone said this on live TV.
"Posture up and right down… like you're punching a little person."- A-Rod pic.twitter.com/6E5NuQE54J
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 24, 2023
This kind of analogy is simply inexcusable to make.
Naturally, MLB fans let Rodriguez have it.
MLB fans ripped Rodriguez's "little person" analogy
excuse ME. https://t.co/Om8Lw6UZRa
— Layten Praytor (@PraytorLayten) July 24, 2023
No way A Rod…. 🤦♂️ https://t.co/e5OT03e1G6
— Ray Reese (@RreeseCantSpeel) July 24, 2023
Sometimes it’s hard to believe A-Rod is an actual human being https://t.co/czCLpAeIww
— Josh Kail (@THATJoshKail) July 24, 2023
Guys can apologize for stuff like this all day but my question will always be…how was that the first thing that popped in your head https://t.co/1PDNU6ZpTX
— Caleb Johnson (@ATLjohnson18) July 24, 2023
This was a brilliant 5 minutes and he ruined it in 10 seconds.
— Matt Straub (@Mattatthebank) July 24, 2023
totally trying to call his shot here.
"you can't get in trouble" and then directly into something that may get him into trouble. https://t.co/BpK53jo3Nw
— my name is travis. (@travistiempo) July 24, 2023
the worst https://t.co/7f0Nx1g5RZ
— bs dtectr (@bsdtectr) July 24, 2023
https://t.co/eMhq5YXaBp pic.twitter.com/TcbBl8O8Yr
— Grant McAuley (@grantmcauley) July 24, 2023
