The lack of enthusiasm coming from the New York Yankees’ official Twitter account tells you all you need to know about how the team feels about A-Rod’s milestone home runs.
Alex Rodriguez on Thursday passed Willie Mays for fourth on the career home run list when he clubbed a solo homer off Chris Tillman in the third inning of the Yankees-Orioles game, giving him seven for the season and 661 for his career.
The Yankees’ Twitter account treated the homer, which gave the team a 3-2 lead, like it bored them.
.@AROD hits No. 661, passing Willie Mays.
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
A-Rod's homer: http://t.co/XzEAMEZ5wn
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
Compare that to other tweets from the account that featured signs of enthusiasm such as exclamation marks, hashtags, nicknames and emojis:
.@teixeiramark25’s RBI double has the #Yankees up 4-3. #PinstripePride
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
#StacheSquad puts the #Yankees back in the lead! #PinstripePride
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 8, 2015
.@JacobyEllsbury – 10-game hitting streak. #StacheSquad
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 7, 2015
#BrettTheJet is back in the lineup tonight. #StacheSquad pic.twitter.com/vWWKSG1H7I
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) May 7, 2015
The Yankees are obviously not too thrilled about A-Rod setting these milestones, and they probably have mixed feelings considering the homers are helping the team. Recall that the team was contracted to pay Rodriguez bonuses for the record-setting home runs but said they would not pay them. Feeling conciliatory over all the drama he had put the team through, Rodriguez said he was not going to fight the Yankees over the money.
