The baseball hot stove league may not be on fire just yet, but Alex Rodriguez continues to blaze his way across the news again. Unlike previous offseasons, where he ticked off the likes of Trot Nixon by bragging about his workout regimen, it looks like the most running A-Rod is doing these days is of his mouth.
First off, according to A-Rod’s good friend David Ortiz, Alex has decided to play for the Dominican Republic in this spring’s World Baseball Classic. Remember in 2006, Alex played for the U.S. team after he first said he wasn’t going to play at all. His mother and wife argued it out for two hours, with his wife wanting him to play for Team USA, and his mother wanting him to play for the D.R. I guess now that C-Rod is out of the picture, Alex will do what his mother wants.
But what about Madonna? What if she demands that he play for her adopted homeland, England? True, they don’t have a team in the tournament – yet. But that could always change. What ever Madonna wants, Madonna usually gets!
I’m just worried that Alex will pick up Madge’s phony British accent. Imagine him talking all highfaluting with Kim Jones in the postgame. That’s all we need.
Then again, the Material Girl and No. 13 are supposedly not really dating. Alex claimed to People.com that there is no hanky panky going on between him and Madonna, saying, “We’re friends – that’s it.”
The article also says:
While rumors have swirled that the slugger and the singer, 50, have been carrying on a romantic relationship and flying around the country in order to spend time together, “I can tell you this,” Rodriguez says, “I have never been on a plane with her.”
Hmmm, really? Then why did TMZ.com run pictures last week of Madonna and Alex getting off a private plane together?
One of the infuriating things about A-Rod is that he says dopey things to the press. And this comment wasn’t just dopey, it was dishonest. And easily proven false. It makes me long for the days when he was bragging about skipping spending time with his child in order to work out.
I still think Alex is the greatest player of his generation, but he also needs a nice steaming cup of shut the heck up. Ever since he opted out during the World Series, he’s made one blunder after another, with no end in sight. Sheesh.
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