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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: Oriole Fan on May 01, 2009, 08:59:29 AM
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New book: A-Rod demanded food, toothbrush be prepared; Yankees teammates viewed him as phony
Alex Rodriguez was an insecure prima donna who made a clubhouse attendant load his toothbrush with toothpaste after every game in his three seasons with the Texas Rangers, a new book charges.
The Rangers were also required to send a basket of food to the controversial All-Star's hotel suite during road trips, Sports Illustrated columnist Selena Roberts reports in "A-Rod."
Many Texas teammates kept their distance from A-Rod, who they saw as a spoiled superstar. His relationship with other players didn't improve when Rodriguez joined the Yankees in 2004.
His Bomber teammates regarded A-Rod as a phony and a hypocrite because he tried to project an All-American public image while pursuing a swinger's lifestyle.
During a series in Texas, Roberts writes, A-Rod went to a sex club while his wife, Cynthia, pregnant with their first child, was at home in New York.
Rodriguez also turned off teammates by bragging about wild nights with strippers - and by making clumsy passes at other players' wives and girlfriends.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_arod_book_says_hes_insecure_prima_donna.html#ixzz0EGN2KEVH&B
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I pity the poor attendant. I wonder if A-Rod tipped him, or something.
But these tell-all books, written after someone is gone or is down...are they worth much?
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I pity the poor attendant. I wonder if A-Rod tipped him, or something.
But these tell-all books, written after someone is gone or is down...are they worth much?
A-Roid is still in a 10-year, $275 million contract. I think he's in the second year of it.
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A-Roid is still in a 10-year, $275 million contract. I think he's in the second year of it.
Yes, true. I meant he was not in Texas any more.