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| 11th August, 2007 - 11:14 am | New York Post - Alex Rodriguez and Joe Torre said they have no problem with the comments Chipper Jones made Wednesday, when he said the closer Rodriguez gets to Barry Bonds' home-run record, the more the Yankees third baseman will have to answer questions whether he used performance-enhancing drugs.
Speaking last night before the Yankees' 6-1 win over the Indians at Jacobs Field, Rodriguez and Torre each said Jones' words were not harmful and understood where the Braves star was coming from.
"Chipper and I go back to high-school days. I don't think Chipper said anything that was out of line," said Rodriguez, who hit his 37th homer of the season in his return to the lineup after sitting out Wednesday night in Toronto with a bruised right calf. "That's the reality of it. You can't be naive. I mean, the era we are in, with great accomplishments come a lot of questions. That's going to be inevitable. I don't think Chipper was talking specifically about me, but in general." [READ] |
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