When Twitter let the world know earlier this week that baseball star Alex Rodriguez had joined its microblogging network, the news opened the gates of trolling hell.
It took A-Rod all of one day to cause some drama of his own.
The embattled third baseman posted this gleeful tweet on Tuesday afternoon:
Visit from Dr. Kelly over the weekend, who gave me the best news - the green light to play games again! http://t.co/RuzfXOJjHI— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) June 25, 2013
Twitter has been a game-changer in the sports world for letting athletes break their own news on their own terms. But how did Yankees brass react to A-Rod's little announcement? Not well. Not well at all.
"You know what, when the Yankees want to announce something, [we will]," Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman told ESPN New York. "Alex should just shut the f*ck up. That's it. I'm going to call Alex now."
Rodriguez then released a statement in response on Wednesday morning -- although he didn't exactly apologize.
“I will continue to work hard until my efforts get me back in pinstripes and help my team win,” Rodriguez's statement read. “The tweet was pure excitement about Dr. Kelly’s prognosis.”
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