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"Rodriguez, the highest-paid player ever, again demonstrated the lack of a winning gene."
"Johnson and Rodriguez are the faces of what the Yanks have become — money for nothing."
"[Rodriguez has] a reputation as baseball's version of The Cooler."
"[Rodriguez], the new emblem of futility."
"The circumstance was apparent. It called for little description. This, Tim McCarver said on Fox, was why the Yankees acquired Alex Rodriguez. They got him for this moment, this situation. But Rodriguez grounded into a ninth-inning, 5-4-3 double play. What followed on the radio side was 20 seconds of silence."
"Bronx bunglers collide in OF."
"Cashman - whose contract is up at the end of the month - was asked if he thought of the future while watching this season's end. His already-red eyes teared up even more and he stifled a cough before backing away, saying, 'I'm sorry. I can't.'"