It's probably safe to say that too much has been made of Alex Rodriguez's struggles against the Orioles in this series. After all, it's not even three full games yet. He's perfectly capable of hitting a big home run later in this game, and then another tomorrow night.

Except then you see something like this ...

#Orioles showing what think of A-Rod bat speed. Gonzalez has thrown A-Rod 10 pitches, 9 fastballs, including all 7 in that K. #Yankees

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) October 11, 2012

and a data point like this ...

and you can't help but wonder, just a little. And you wonder a little more when you the graphic on your television screen that says A-Rod's now gone 72 straight postseason at-bats without a home run.

And you wonder. That's all. You wonder.