Bill Simmons, The Sports Guy wrote about A-Rod this week and I found it quite funny:
“A friend asked me this question last week. How many consecutive columns could I extract from Alex Rodriguez?
My final answer: 10. No modern athlete brings more to the idea table. He plays in New York for a team that stopped making the World Series as soon as he arrived. He has made statistical history but cheated to do it. He’s our highest paid athlete in a tanking economy. He’s the star client of this generations most despised agent. He’s handsome and articulate, only his polished personality is so contrived nobody can connect to him. If gossip rags and blogs had a Thank God for This Athlete fantasy draft, he’d unquestionably be the first pick.
He’s an embarrassment of column-related riches. A-Rod has even shattered the Tyson Zone: when an athlete’s life turns to bizarre you become numb to any twist in his story. A-Rod allegedly broke up Madonna’s marriage? I’m not blinking. A-Rod kissed himself for a magazine photo shoot? I’m unfazed. A-Rod is having a torrid romance with conjoined twins? If you say so. He’s A-Rod, dammit. I’m prepared for anything.” -Bill Simmons
I must say that while I miss A-Rods batting average and defense, I don’t miss A-Rod the person. If only we could clone his body and then not allow the clone to speak. It’d be the best of all worlds.
Dad-sorry you just had to read so much about a New York sports team.
And a big thank you to those of you who replied with your “i hate” comments. They were all great!
