Although the Oakland left-hander Dallas Braden had said his issues with Alex Rodriguez ended on April 22, when Rodriguez irritated him by wandering across the mound on his way back to first base, he revived them by suggesting in an interview that he would seek revenge in their next series, July 5-7 in Oakland, Calif. When asked by CSNBayArea.com whether he would settle it “with knuckles,” Braden said, “Obviously there’s things that are going to have to happen — just out of respect for my teammates, out of respect for the game.”
Rodriguez saw no benefit to responding.
“I think Major League Baseball reads the same article as we do,” Rodriguez said. “I really don’t want to extend his extra 15 minutes of fame that he already has.”