There will be a symbolic passing of the baton this weekend in the Subway Series as Matt Harvey usurps the long-running New York champion of sports polarization – Alex Rodriguez.
It is fitting that because the games are at Citi Field and under NL rules, the man without a position, A-Rod, will not start a game while attention will be galvanized Sunday night on Harvey’s start – at least, for as long as it lasts.
The transformation of Rodriguez to under-the-radar sage and Harvey to human controversy has loomed over this New York baseball season.
And it is still so in Rodriguez’s DNA to be center of attention, would anyone bet against the key at-bat in this series being ninth inning, two on, two out: A-Rod vs.