NPR: 'Stray Rod' Gets Last Laugh on Boston Fans

'Stray Rod' Gets Last Laugh on Boston Fans

For New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, it must have seemed like a nightmare: the idea of coming to Boston the same week that media outlets across the country showed a picture of him with an attractive blonde who was not his wife.

And the Boston fans, true to their nature, were merciless. They chanted a variety of insults at him, calling him "Stray Rod" and jeering every time he came to the plate. They screamed "mine" every time a pop-fly came his way (following a similar incident involving A-Rod earlier in the week). On Friday night, another group of fans wore identical masks depicting a blonde woman.

And then Sunday night, when it counted the most, A-Rod belted a home run off Boston star reliever Jonathan Papelbon to give the Yankees a 6-5 victory.

As Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe wrote, A-Rod had the last laugh, "athletically speaking."

11:07 AM ET | 06- 4-2007 | permalink

Comments

*Sigh.* And to think I stayed up until 12:30 for THAT.

I'm not worried. He'll get his. I'm just thanking my lucky stars the Sox couldn't come up with enough money to lure him to Boston...ugh, the horror!

Sent by Michelle | 12:45 PM ET | 06-04-2007

Good for him. Not to endorse adultery, but this whole business of the general public morally condemning public figures for activities in their private lives is amazingly hypocritical. As if immorality doesn't happen among members of the general public!

Sent by Paul Maurice Martin | 1:29 PM ET | 06-04-2007

Power and money gets misused if in plenty!!. So why blame A ROD only!!. His home run was cool to watch and shut up the Red Sox crowd last night. We have seen nastier instances of public figures when ever microscopically analysed their personal lives. But AR is an all time great Base Ball player.

Sent by Anser Azim | 1:40 PM ET | 06-04-2007

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