Pirates’ Sean Rodriguez apologizes ‘personally’ to roughed up water cooler

“They’re due. They’ve got great young players, and I’m a Maddon fan”, he continued, speaking of Cubs first-year manager Joe Maddon.

In this corner, fighting out of Pittsburgh by way of Miami, he plays for the Pirates and kind of looks like an actual pirate, Sean “Serpico” Rodriguez! We speak not of the Pirates’ 4-0 wild card game loss to the Cubs – the pain from that will radiate for a few time.

President Obama is a noted fan of the White Sox, but has proclaimed that the Cubs have his backing as they head toward their first NLDS appearance in seven years.

Whether intentional or not, those drew the ire of the Pirates, and reliever Tony Watson retaliated by plunking Arrieta in the hip in the seventh.

“I hit two guys, unintentionally”.

Given an evening of quiet reflection and a night of restorative sleep, however, Rodriguez is now sufficiently contrite.

The cooler eventually fell down onto the ground.

On Thursday, Rodriguez apologized on Twitter and even did so with a sense of humor, saying the cooler has forgiven him.