ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — This will be a Subway Series unlike any Alex Rodriguez has ever encountered.
When the Yankees need him most, Alex Rodriguez is going to have to take a seat.
Rodriguez has played in 55 Subway Series games — and started each and every one.
But come this weekend against the Mets at Citi Field, A-Rod will be on the bench. His job will be to pinch hit. That’s it.
Just as it was when the absence of a DH sent him to the bench when the Yankees played three games in Atlanta late last month.