A-Rod’s ’04 Houlihan Shenanigans
Well, while the 2004 Varitek fight and following ALCS may have been a bust for Alex Rodriguez, it seems that wasn’t the only bust that he was working in Boston that year…via the Boston Herald:
The most wanted woman in Massachusetts is Candice Houlihan – the ex-stripper from Reading who had a two-night fling with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.
The dancer-turned-hairdresser is being pursued by ABC’s “Good Morning America,” FOX News, “Inside Edition,” a pack of photo agencies including Splash News, “Access Hollywood” and Us magazine.
Not to mention attorneys for Cynthia Rodriguez, who sued her All-Star hubby for divorce Monday alleging “extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct.”
Houlihan told the Track that she had a two-night stand with the Bronx Bombers’ hot cornerman after meeting him at Fenway Park in 2004. C-Rod was pregnant with their first child at the time.
The former Centerfolds pole princess said she and A-Rod had sex at his Ritz-Carlton hotel room the July 2004 night he got into an on-the-field brawl with Jason Varitek. They hooked up again during that season’s American League Championship Series.
Why do I feel that Ms. Houlihan is not going to be the first and last A-Rod “friend” to come out of the woodwork in the days, weeks, and months to follow?
the tag “Embarrassing The Stripes” is a little much, no? I mean the so-called legends of our favorite team weren’t exactly the most upstanding individuals. Mickey? Joe D? The Babe?
The Stripes stand, in my mind, for on-field performance. That is it.
They hooked up again during that season’s American League Championship Series.
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I wonder if it was after game 3?
Is it a slow commentary day, Steve? Or is this part of your “the glass is rarely half full” approach to commentary?
Because you can find lots of tabloid reports on women claiming to be A-Rod’s paramours (the muscle bound stripper chick from last year is even more hideous now). But unless you want to pile on A-Rod for the hell of it, I can’t see the point.
Maybe you should wait for A-Rod to go on a 2 for 22 slide complete with those “Like a Virgin” serenades before you make assumptions about how this will effect your team.
Maybe someone can get a hold of George Plimpton?
If on-field performance is any indication, Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera are despondent over their mentor’s lack of scruples. When more comes out, expect Cano to fall apart during an at-bat, weeping until Gene Monohan has to take him out of the game with a hurt conscience.
When more comes out, expect Cano to fall apart during an at-bat, weeping until Gene Monohan has to take him out of the game with a hurt conscience.
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I’m thinking of a reaction along the lines of Charlton Heston at the end of “Planet of the Apes”
Has anyone called her “Hot Lips” yet?
~~Is it a slow commentary day, Steve? Or is this part of your “the glass is rarely half full” approach to commentary?~~
Blame A-Rod. He creates the news. I just report it.
~~the tag “Embarrassing The Stripes” is a little much, no?~~
I dunno…Gee…You just sign a guy for something like a third of a billion dollars and six months later this is the PR that he brings your organization…well, that’s not an embarrassment?
~~Has anyone called her “Hot Lips” yet?~~
What happens when “Hot” meets “Slappy McBlue”?
I dunno…Gee…You just sign a guy for something like a third of a billion dollars and six months later this is the PR that he brings your organization…well, that’s not an embarrassment?
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Given the characters that have worn the stripes over the years, probably not.
Time will tell, but usually, when someone runs afoul of the organization, they usually find themselves traded/released/fired.
But, none of those guys have had a contract like A-Rod’s.
But, none of those guys have had a contract like A-Rod’s.
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That’s irrelevant. If they want to make a deal, they will.
And none of the old timers’ had the kind of known scruntity these players have today.
I don’t think it’s too much to ask someone being paid $30 million a year to behave.
I don’t think it’s too much to ask someone being paid $30 million a year to behave.
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Salary really isn’t relevant to this discussion. Guys screwing around on the side really isn’t anything new. Bigger and better men than Rodriguez have done it.
~~That’s irrelevant. If they want to make a deal, they will.~~
Dude, name (for me) the teams in baseball that would be willing to take on the next 9 years of A-Rod’s contract. Really.
Dude, name (for me) the teams in baseball that would be willing to take on the next 9 years of A-Rod’s contract. Really.
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Cubs, Mets, Dodgers.
You don’t think that if the Yanks swallow enough salary that another team wouldn’t take on Rodriguez? You don’t think that there’d be a team that would be willing to have a bat of Rodriguez’s caliber in their lineup?
~~Cubs, Mets, Dodgers.~~
And, yet, none of these teams made a hard run, if any, at him when he was a Free Agent this winter, did they?
And, yet, none of these teams made a hard run, if any, at him when he was a Free Agent this winter, did they?
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Yanks didn’t make a hard run @ him either. Heck, before he signed with the Rangers, the Yanks didn’t make a run at him. The only reason he wound up with the Yanks was because the Red Sox tried to run the okeydoke on his salary.
Dude, name (for me) the teams in baseball that would be willing to take on the next 9 years of A-Rod’s contract. Really.
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Cubs, Mets, Dodgers.
You don’t think that if the Yanks swallow enough salary that another team wouldn’t take on Rodriguez?
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Think about that – the Yankees are going to pay A-Rod to play, and break the home run mark, somewhere else?
That’s some really good stuff you must be smoking.
The Yankees will never send A-Rod away. He will play another nine seasons, start declining within four or five, look awful within seven, and he’ll be seeing his kids during the off-season and strippers all year long all the while.
That’s some really good stuff you must be smoking.
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Apparently, not as good as whatever it is you’ve been drinking. Please go back and read what I wrote within the context of the thread.
What context?
A-Rod has extra-marital relationships, is getting divorced and is in the middle of a tabloid media firestorm.
You suggest he may end up traded.
Steve challenged you on who would take on his contract.
I challenged you on why the Yankees would allow the best player in the game to get paid by them but play elsewhere.
You brought up drinking. A little early but I think I’ll have a beer at lunch. Cheers!
Then that’s on me for not being clear. My bad.
To clarify, my take is that it really isn’t a big deal, and it isn’t “embarrassing the stripes.” As if that were the case, the Yanks would look to cut ties with him, as they’ve done that in the past with personnel, and other organizations have done it with their personnel as well. Of course who’s to say that they won’t try this offseason? I doubt they will (or will eve entertain the thought), but stranger things have happened. Hell, it can be said that ARod fell into the Yanks lap for the reasons I mentioned earlier
As for the Yanks eating salary, they’ve done it before, there’s no reason to expect they wouldn’t do it again. It probably goes without saying that part of the back and forth in how much salary is eaten has to do with whatever package the team receives (this is independent of the Rodriguez discussion).
The Yanks are opening a new stadium next year, they’re already clearing 4M in attendance. That will not be an issue for the next few years, presumably if/when Rodriguez will break the HR record. From a merchandising standpoint, the benefits are probably negligible; the Yanks don’t have any problems moving merchandise. Whether Rodriguez stays or goes, the Yanks will make a metric shit-ton of $$.
It probably should be mentioned that they thought so much of him catching Bonds that they were willing to let him walk.
As for ‘The Yankees will never send A-Rod away,’ it’s a long time between now and the end of that contract. Lets wait and see where we are before we declare that.
Hey, it’s 5:00 somewhere, and I have contacts in catering; I just may join ya.