Here's something you don't see every day: the New York Yankees are defending Alex Rodriguez.
After a Tampa Bay Rays minor-league team planned a promo night poking fun at their infamous slugger, the Yankees objected that it was in poor taste.
And now, the A-Rod "juice box night" that the Single-A Charlotte Stone Crabs had planned for Friday has been cancelled. The team was going to give juice boxes to the first 500 fans through the gates. They were to read:
"100% Juiced. Side Affects [sic] include: tainted records, inflated ego, omission from the Hall of Fame, and more!