Alex Rodriguez had a suspiciously similar Yankees attitude to Mike Francesa

Alex Rodriguez didn’t sound very original after the Yankees’ Game 4 win Tuesday night.

On the Fox postgame show alongside Kevin Burkhardt, Derek Jeter and David Ortiz, Rodriguez had an oddly familiar take on the Bronx Bombers, forcing a Game 5 by shutting out the Dodgers 11-4.

“Tonight, Kevin, is an annoyance for the LA Dodgers,” Rodriguez said on set. “The pressure starts if and (when) they get on that plane without the Commissioner’s Trophy, and when it gets there, watch out.”

(L-R) Kevin Burkhardt, Alex Rodriguez and Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe during Game 4 of the 2024 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on October 29, 2024 in the Bronx, New York. Scott Kirkland/PictureGroup for Fox Sports/Shutterstock

A-Rod’s analysis echoed another New York sports figure – radio legend Mike Francesa – who had uttered nearly identical words on social media just minutes before Rodriguez took to the airwaves: as noted by Awful Annuncing.

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“Tonight is an annoyance for (the) Dodgers,” Francesa wrote on X at 11:28 PM ET, just 17 minutes before Rodriguez’s comments. “The pressure starts if and when they leave the Bronx without the trophy.”

There’s no telling if Rodriguez encountered Francesa’s words right before he went on camera, but the pair have been close over the years in the Big Apple spotlight.

WFAN radio host Mike Francesa as DraftKings celebrated a recent Sportsbook launch and start of the NFL season with a Kickoff Bash on Sunday, September 9, 2018. for the NY POST

Last month, Rodriguez welcomed Francesa to his podcast ‘The Deal’ to discuss his legacy in sports media.

In 2018, when Francesa returned to the WFAN airwaves after a 4.5 month hiatus, Rodriguez was his first radio guest.

Rodriguez infamously turned to Francesa’s radio show at the height of the Biogenesis scandal in 2013, straight from an arbitration hearing on the matter to the WFAN studio to deny the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Despite the steroid lies told during the interview, Francesa sat with Rodriguez’s family on opening day in 2015the three-time AL MVP’s return to the field after a suspension for the 2014 season.