Thanks, Dickhead

As a veteran A-Rod apologist, I groaned when news came out that he was on Twitter now. Of COURSE it would only be a matter of time before he tweeted something stupid. Hey, it’s A-Rod.

But this tweet was not the one. A couple hundred of his fans noticed it. And nobody who even remotely follows the Yankees would see this as “A-Rod’s playing against Toronto tomorrow!!!” Everybody knows it’s still a long way away.

And yet Brian Cashman decides to be Mr. Tough Guy:

"You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, [we will]," Cashman told ESPN New York. "Alex should just shut the f--- up. That's it. I'm going to call Alex now."

So NOW it’s a huge news story. Cashman has taken a semi-nebulous tweet that nobody really noticed and now it’s another national story that ESPN can gleefully trot as as yet another “A-Rod’s the worst!!!” trope. Thanks, Cashman.