No, not the team's struggles, I'm talking about his recent trip to the DL.
From the New York Post:
May 1, 2008 -- Alex Rodriguez admitted it was a mistake trying to play last weekend in Cleveland with a right quadriceps injury. His penalty for that miscalculation is 15 days on the disabled list starting last night.
"The curse of being a good healer is I thought I was ready in three days," said Rodriguez, who first sustained the injury in Baltimore.
"I made it worse. But if you ask me if I could play tonight, I'll go out there tonight. I'll play until I'm dead."
Rodriguez has a Grade 2 strain, but is confident he'll be activated in two weeks. He blames nobody but himself for his situation.
"I wanted to play," he said before the Yanks' 6-2 loss to the Tigers. "I begged to get in there. The team had nothing to do with it. They gave me every chance to get out of there."
This is an example of why teams should always err on the side of caution with injuries, especially injuries to their best players. Rushing A-Rod back was clearly a mistake, not only was he not effective at the plate, but as we all know, it has led to more severe injury and now A-Rod will be out for two weeks, if not longer.
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