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07/03/2007: "Class Is As Class Does"
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Oh, it's gonna be a good day for stupid news ... I can just feeeeel it ... 
Alex Rodriguez hasn't had an easy time since he was traded to the New York Yankees. He's wilted under the twin pressures of the media spotlight and the weight of his massive contract, and at times the local fans wanted to string him up from the flagpole in center field. He's certainly not done anything to make things better, playing at times during his NY tenure like a second-rate player on a triple-A team.
I assumed that his poor performance had just been an accident - a result of his best efforts that simply fell short. But now I'm starting to wonder if he's trying to deliberately sabotage his place with the Yankees just to get out of town.
It all began with the playoffs last year. A-Rod had a solid season, but folded like a house of cards during the post-season. This year, he's right back to being solid - hell, he's looking like a Hall of Famer at times. Unfortunately, that's meant the fans are warming to him, and he can't have that for his plan to work. Time for Plan B.
First it was the picture of Rodriguez returning to his Toronto hotel with an unidentified blonde who later turned out to be a local stripper. Then it was the expletive-laced tirade towards the press when they tried to photograph him with his family. Now he's unleashed a new bomb - an F-bomb, to be exact.
Rodriguez's wife Cynthia attended the Yankees game on Sunday. Sitting in the family section with their 2-yr-old daughter, fans in the rows behind her were shocked to see her fashion choice. On the back on her wife-beater tank top, in an old English script, was a catchy two-word phrase. The second word was "You", the first started with "F" and rhymed with "schmuck", which is exactly what Rodriguez is quickly turning out to be. Now, Yankee stadium, like most family-friendly venues, has a policy prohibiting the wearing of clothes or holding of signs with obscene statements or pictures, but apparently no one wanted to challenge Mrs $252 million.
She may be "Cynthia" now, but I'm betting she was just "That Skank Cindy" before she cashed her Lotto ticket and married A-Rod in 2002 ... 
