Twitter reaction: Should fans cheer or boo Alex Rodriguez?
Alex Rodriguez watches from the dugout in the seventh inning of ALDS Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. Credit: John Dunn, 2011
We asked, and you answered.
With Alex Rodriguez set to make his 2013 home debut at Yankee Stadium, we asked readers on Twitter and Facebook a simple question: "Would you boo or cheer Alex Rodriguez on Friday, and why?"
The best results will appear in Friday's paper, but here's a sampling of some of the responses.
If you want to weigh in, tweet us your thoughts @NewsdaySports or let us know on Facebook at facebook.com/newsdaysports.
@NewsdaySports he needs a good old fashioned shunning! No noise and backs turned! #shunarod
— Larry Browne (@firepix1979) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports I would yodel at him. I think he's often from somewhere else.
— Maury Brown (@BizballMaury) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports how many chances does he get?integrity and morals should come before a tainted homeruns by a liar and a cheat.use commonsense
— JUST SAYING... (@HATS_ALL_FOLKS) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports @Newsday I'm going to cheer him because it's opposite day on Friday.
— Zach (@zd183_NYK) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports I would boo because #thatswhatnewyorkersdo
— Ross (@shortross9) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports @Newsday Boo him until I lost my voice. Anyone who cheers him is neither #Yankees nor baseball fan. Period.
— Thomas Korocz (@tomkorocz) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports @Newsday no,he is being paid by the Yankees to go out and get the job done, so I will support him on the field.
— diane schaber (@dsch560) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports @Newsday boo, he is an embarrasment to the game.
— Nicholas Schiavo (@nickschiavo) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports Neither, never booed any player on a team I root for but I don't agree with what he did.
— SRRAG4454 (@SandyGWrites) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports ARod, Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong can form the Legion of Fake Superstars. BOO
— Walter Sego (@Walters_Ego) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports You boo him, you don’t cheer for a cheater. You can’t. It’s inhuman.
— Sam Neumann (@Crazy4NYSports) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports Neither. Let him soak in the silence of how insignificant he is to the game now
— Vamos Mets (@VamosMets) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports I would boo lustily - then obfuscate when I'm tested for Human Jeer Hormone
— A. Schotz (@LawnGyland) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports I would not boo ARod. I would boo Selig for causing this circus and not acting faster against steroids for "good of the game"
— donna p (@dp57) August 8, 2013
@NewsdaySports cheer. I believe there are so many players using enhancements. It's not fair to just signal him out.
— Shawn Leonardi (@sleo03) August 8, 2013
@KMart_LI @NewsdaySports I stand up and turn around every time he comes up to the plate
— james centauro (@jcent93) August 8, 2013
@KMart_LI @NewsdaySports Cheering A-Rod means supporting ur team @ home. If ur team is the NY Yankees, then you either cheer ARod or shut up
— Linda Vastardis (@AdamsArmyGirl) August 8, 2013
