02/26: A-Rod Told to Keep Cousin Away From Team
Posted by: Seamus
From the Associated Press:
This comes a day after his cousin, Yuri Sucart, was seen both arriving at and leaving the Blue Jays' spring training ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, where the Yanks were in town for an afternoon game.
A lot of people in the media have gone way over their heads here to assume that A-Rod should somehow disown his cousin over this whole steroid thing, but the Yankees are right in asking Rodriguez to simply keep him away from the ballpark to avoid the distractions.
Alex Rodriguez was told by the New York Yankees to keep his cousin away from the team. The message was given to the star third baseman on Thursday, said a person familiar with the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team did not make an announcement. The message applied both to spring training and the regular season, the person said.
Rodriguez also was told the cousin should not be anywhere the team congregates, which presumably includes the team's hotel when it travels and the ballpark.
Speaking at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., general manager Brian Cashman said only that the matter of Rodriguez being picked up from his spring training opener Wednesday by his cousin "has been handled."
Rodriguez took a similar tone following New York's 5-1 victory on Thursday over Tampa Bay.
"It's been addressed," he said. "And, no further comment."
Rodriguez also was told the cousin should not be anywhere the team congregates, which presumably includes the team's hotel when it travels and the ballpark.
Speaking at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., general manager Brian Cashman said only that the matter of Rodriguez being picked up from his spring training opener Wednesday by his cousin "has been handled."
Rodriguez took a similar tone following New York's 5-1 victory on Thursday over Tampa Bay.
"It's been addressed," he said. "And, no further comment."
This comes a day after his cousin, Yuri Sucart, was seen both arriving at and leaving the Blue Jays' spring training ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, where the Yanks were in town for an afternoon game.
A lot of people in the media have gone way over their heads here to assume that A-Rod should somehow disown his cousin over this whole steroid thing, but the Yankees are right in asking Rodriguez to simply keep him away from the ballpark to avoid the distractions.
