A-Rod Goes MIA Due to 'Fatigue' But Still Has Swagga

2009_06_arodshirtsoff.jpg It took Alex Rodriguez some 13-plus seasons to have the scheduling gods grant his first ever regular game season to be played in his hometown of Miami against the Marlins. How did Joe Girardi celebrate the homecoming? By giving A-Rod the first two games of the series off due to "fatigue." But is A-Rod exhausted from leftover effects of off-season hip surgery—or being linked to Hollywood starlets? The Post says that Rodriguez was able to get enough leverage out of his recovering hips to make a night of it with new romantic band-aid Kate Hudson in South Beach until 2:30 in the morning after spending Friday night's game on the bench. Despite sitting out, A-Rod had 100 tickets put aside for friends and family to watch the Yankees win without their slumping third baseman, who is hitless in his last 15 at-bats and hitting .212 for the season. The doctor who performed A-Rod's hip surgery said that he was happy to see him rest and wished the slugger had already sat more, instead of playing all of his first 38 games back, with only three as DH.

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Don't worry, only 8 years left at $30 million per year for that .212 avg.

From the Post article:

"The rest hasn't seemed to do much good: In his pinch-hit cameo last night, he merely drew a walk."

Gossip columnists shouldn't try to write about sports.

If he really knew how to hit, he would swing the bat. ;)

Heh. Here's what happened: Matsui singled, and was replaced by Gardner. A-Rod pinch hit in the pitcher's slot. Took two balls well out of the zone, then a called strike. Gardner stole second, and Nunez' next two pitchers were way high and inside. Not an intentional walk in the books, but clearly decided that it would be best not to put up anything hittable.

The patron saint of clutch hitting, Derek Jeter, then gounded into a double play. Johnny Damon struck out to end the inning.

Thanks for the article ganghiscon.

When his voice gets higher and he doesn't need to shave every day then we will know the truth.

Don't be gettin' Madonna's hopes up now...

what the hell? I don't want to see those boobs.

I'm sick of seeing his bitch tits. And to a lesser extent Biff Hendersen's pair.

Please use a different picture.

Three words: Cal Rippken, Jr
Played for 17 seasons without missing a game and won a World Series ring. Played his entire career for his hometown Baltimore Orioles.
Two words for A-Rod: Screw You

he must have gotten sand in his vagina from his visit to south beach

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