The team of in-studio analysts for FS1 has been rolling along nicely this postseason. Kevin Burkhardt, Alex Rodriguez, Pete Rose, and Frank Thomas have been providing interesting commentary before and after the games, with A-Rod in particular standing out as a guy with deep baseball knowledge and a thoughtful approach.

Of course, when you sit A-Rod and his thoughtful approach next to Pete Rose, king of the hot take, you’re bound to get a few strange and uncomfortable moments. Take this one for example, which happened during Thursday night’s broadcast of Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.

Essentially, Pete Rose said that Derek Jeter inspired Alex Rodriguez. And A-Rod’s response is truly amazing. As Rose is talking about Jeter, A-Rod looks forward and almost laughs. He’s got a look on his face that says “yeah, right” and also “AGAIN with this Jeter stuff.” A-Rod responds for a moment, and when Rose starts talking again he gives him a deadpan “try to dig yourself out of this one” kind of look. It’s just everything.

Rose wasn’t talking about inspiration in the traditional sense. He meant that Jeter inspired A-Rod to be better on the field. That good play from one guy can elevate the level of play for everyone. Of course, A-Rod was a pretty excellent player in his heyday, both on the field and at the plate. There’s no reason that his level of play couldn’t have inspired his teammates to play better. Rose seemed to realize his mistake in not complimenting A-Rod, AKA the guy sitting next to him, and made sure to tack on “You’re a great player, man” right before A-Rod started talking again.

This is not the only time A-Rod had a glorious response to Pete Rose babbling weirdness at him.

I have no idea what Rose could have said that caused that kind of reaction from A-Rod, but I’ll bet it was pretty ridiculous. A-Rod looked like he was reevaluating his entire life in those moments. “How have I gotten here? What did I do?”

A-Rod will continue to be an in-studio analyst once the World Series begins on Fox, and hopefully we can look forward to more of his incredible face acting.

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