In case you were expecting
John Henry to present
Alex Rodriguez with a lifetime gift certificate to BALCO (or some other appropriate farewell gift)—
fuggedaboutit. According to multiple reports,
The Carmine Hose will not honor A-Fraud with any special goodbye ceremony over the next three days at Fenway. There will be no
Derek Jeter- or
Mariano Rivera-like send-off for
The Centaur—not even one fitting for
any ex-Yankee, like, say
Ross Moschitto. The word is that there might be
some slight acknowledgement of A-Rod's "involvement" in the storied rivalry—but that's it. Maybe the Sox can emulate one of their minor-league teams and have padded Sumo wrestlers dressed as
Jason Varitek and
The Fraudulent One battle it out during the seventh-inning stretch.
Yeah, that's the ticket!
