The final contrivance in a week overloaded with them came in two parts, three if you include the sight of Joe Girardi hopping out of the first-base dugout, lineup card in hand, only one possible thing on his mind: Satisfying the horde at Yankee Stadium echoing what their Boston compatriots had pled for all week.
“ WE WANT A-ROD!”
They had gotten to watch Alex Rodriguez hit four times, saw him split the right-center field gap in the bottom of the first inning for the 1,580th (and final) hit, 263rd (and final) double and 1,096th (and final) RBI of his Yankees career.