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A-Rod Calls Marty Foster 'Unprofessional'


It seems that there's some kind of feud developing between the New York Yankees and umpire Marty Foster. You may remember back on July 6 when Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was stunned by a comment Foster made to him. Jeter was called out trying to steal third even though he beat the tag. When he informed Foster of this the umpire replied "He didn't have to tag you. The ball beat you."

That little exchange resulted in Joe Girardi coming out to defend his captain and in his ejection. Well, Foster was behind home plate on Sunday during the Yankees' game against Baltimore when he ejected Girardi again along with Alex Rodriguez, and when asked about the ejection after the game, Rodriguez didn't have the nicest words for Foster.
"I thought in that situation, when we need a win today, for him to take it into his own hands with no warning, I thought it was very unprofessional," A-Rod said.
Rodriguez's beef was the result of a called third strike on him in the fourth inning that he obviously did not agree with. Rodriguez also said after the game that Foster spent his entire at bat chatting with Orioles catcher Chad Moeller and that the only thing Rodriguez said to Foster was to "keep talking to Moeller."

That's a story that doesn't match Foster's description of the situation. According to the man in blue, he let Rodriguez have his say while leaving the field, but when Alex kept going into the next inning he decided he'd had enough and tossed him.

I'm guessing that the truth lies somewhere in between, but after publicly calling Foster "unprofessional" I think Alex and the Yankees better hope he doesn't work any of their playoff games this October.

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