OAKLAND, Calif. -- Dallas Braden told Alex Rodriguez to stay off the mound twice in the sixth inning yesterday.

When Rodriguez cut across the mound to get back to first base on a foul ball, Braden told Rodriguez, "This is my mound, my rubber." He repeated that message after getting Robinson Cano to bounce into a 3-6-1 double play to end the inning.

Asked about it after the A's hung a 4-2 loss on the Yankees, Rodriguez was puzzled that a pitcher with limited major league success would be so bold.

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"He told me to get off the mound," he said. "I was a little surprised because I never heard that, especially from a guy with a handful of wins [17] in his career."

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So what? A rookie no-nothing pisses off a superstar megamillionaire about a stupid rule.  Who cares? Especially those of you in the soccer playing world, which is also known as Earth.

Here's what.

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