June 21, 2009, at 12:41 pm
After taking yesterday off, I’m back today to tell everyone that I can’t take days off. I don’t know what it is, but I can’t help look at everything around me and notice how screwed up it is. For example, when I see a Sub-head on Newsday that says “Yanks Power Surge Comes Without A-Rod,” It makes me want to scream until my head explodes.
Don’t get me wrong. I love Newsday. I am all for newspapers trying to make a quick buck, but isn’t there a certain responsibility to the fans that read it to provide some semblance of truth on a back page? Does anyone out there really believe that Alex Rodriguez’s absence from the lineup was what really caused the Yankees to score a bunch of runs on Friday? If you do, then there is no saving you.
Rodriguez really continues to get a raw deal in this game we call life. Sure, he makes a lot of cash and hooks up with hot women, but as far as public perception goes he gets killed for no reason a lot. I’m not even talking about the steroids thing, because that stupidity (on everyone’s part, not just his) is a whole separate issue. I just feel like everytime he does anything, ten thousand people that sound like my father call into talk radio and want him traded for for a couple of mid-level prospects.
Now, I open today’s paper and I see that camera’s were following him around Miami while he was hanging out with Kate Hudson. Let me sum up the article: “Why isn’t he at home resting? That’s what the Yankees gave him the time off to do, right?” No, it really isn’t. He got the days off the get his head straight. What better way to relieve some of the pressure than with a couple of Mojitos and Kate Freaking Hudson? I dare anyone out there to not do the same thing if presented with the opportuinity.
Let’s be honest. In two weeks, A-Rod will be hitting again, all will be right with the world, and people will still be finding reasons to hate him. Just let the record show that I’ve been behind him every step of the way.
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