Slow to the draw

Well, it looks like Steve beat me to the A-Rod bashing post. I keep telling myself that I'm going to stop writing about the Stoneboners, especially if it's at all related to the "most storied rivarly in sports," but every once in a while I run into a story (like the most recent one from Joel Sherman of the great ass-wiper the NY Post) that is just too good not to share.

In contemplating the Yankee's slow start, Sherman offers this sweet little gem:

Rodriguez is heckled and hectored at Fenway and Rivera is mockingly cheered, and both players have performed as if the Red Sox — if not the Red Sox Nation — are in their heads. That is no surprise with A-Rod, a shock with the normally steely Rivera.

What is Sherman saying on the surface? Both Rivera and A-Rod seem shook by the Red Sox and it's especially surprising because Rivera is normally so "steely" as we all know from those swell Nike ads:

But here's the really cool part about Sherman's little piece ... by indicating that it's a surprise to see Rivera shaken up, Sherman is implying that it should come as no surprise that A-Rod is a bit flustered since we all know that he's basically a mental midget.

Next posting: no Yankees, no Red Sox ... I promise.