if you are a baseball fan, you must read this article. Its fascinating.

A-Rod

Arod is made out to be such a prick, and he sounds like a completely self-absorb ego maniac. Here are some quotes..no wonder no one likes him.

“Mussina doesn’t get hammered at all,” he said. “He’s making a boatload of money. Giambi’s making [$20.4 million], which is fine and dandy, but it seems those guys get a pass. When people write [bad things] about me, I don’t know if it’s [because] I’m good-looking, I’m biracial, I make the most money, I play on the most popular team….”

“Reggie hit .230 one year,” Rodriguez said. “That’s awful. He struck out 170-something times in a year. I don’t care who you are, extremes are just part of the game. I was awful [in Anaheim], but Jeter was 0 for 32 [in 2004], Mo blew three games in one week [last year]…. Everybody goes through it.”

“It’s not a big deal,” he said. “It’s only two games. Back in 1999 I was 5 for 81 [actually 6 for 62] and got an 0-and-2 fastball from Esteban Yan over my head and hit it out, and I was fine. This is nothing like that. It’s only two games.”

“I can’t help that I’m a bright person,” he said last month. “I know that’s not a great quote to give, but I can’t pretend to play dumb and stupid.”