On-Base Perception
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Why Alex Rodriguez should play
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The Yankees needed a rainout.
Even before the literal storm hit Comerica Park on Wednesday, the metaphorical storm had been gathering for days: a suddenly impotent lineup; a captain hobbled by injury; a baseball immortal benched and embarrassed.
If the sky didn't finally open up after 10 p.m. EST, we might have been treated to the image of Joe Girardi turning the sprinklers on to drown...
