Alex Rodriquez Just Does not get it

This guy absolutely, just flat out, does not understand how it works. Sometimes he really just makes you go wow and recently it seems it is not with his play on the field.

Remember shortly after it was reported that he tested for steroids in 2003, yes that career tarnishing bit of news, you know what he did? He went off on a photo shoot where he kissed himself in a mirror. Ya smart huh? This was after living in the tabloids with his very public divorce. You know at least it did not affect his baseball. It was in the off season and it had nothing to do with his play. You would think though, after spending his winter in the sights of all the New York sports writers and tabloids he would want to take a few plays off...? Maybe just concentrate on baseball? Ya...

A-Rod has outdone himself this time. After coming back from hip-surgery the Yankees have been floating in and out of first place in need of an offensive spark to carry some under producing starters. They needed Alex to be his old self and add a spark to the lineup. It has not quite panned out that way.

In 165 at-bats Rodriquez has hit just .212 including a .145 average in June. He has exactly two multi-hit games so far this year. Not quite the punch in the middle of the line-up the Yankees were hoping for. So the yanks, seeing their superstar hitter struggling decided to take matters into their own hands. Their verdict was that he was suffering from fatigue and maybe had just pushed it too hard after coming back. So from an apparently direct order from GM Brian Cashman the Yanks sat A-Rod for two games to get some needed R&R.

What Alex apparently heard was to go out in Miami till 2:30 am with Kate Hudson. No way? Way!

It is one thing when a superstar is out partying late night when hes tearing it up on the field, you know '86 Mets style. It is completely different when he hasn't even sniffed a 3-4 day at the plate in a month. The yanks sat their 200+ million dollar investment because he was tired. So what he did was go party late into the night.

Look these athletes are free to do whatever it is they want; while it is hard to believe, they are indeed grown ups. But when you are the highest paid player in baseball and your struggling because of apparent fatigue and you continue to party late into the night it just makes you scratch your head. All of A-Rod's actions screams selfish and egotistical and if I was Yankee fan I would really wonder if this is the kind of guy I want in pinstripes. You never would have seen Jeter, O'Neil or Williams pull this one... ya know champions?

Why not snuggle up with a scouting report instead, its not like he can't use the help.