Yankees broadcaster: Alex Rodriguez ‘impossible to dislike’
A New York Yankees broadcaster said Alex Rodriguez was “impossible to dislike,” and she was serious.
Once the sport’s best player and most familiar face, Alex Rodriguez has in recent years become a pariah. It’s not just the steroid use; many other players have been caught using steroids, and though many of them are disliked and distrusted, time tends to heal all wounds. Not so with A-Rod.
Need proof? It’s simple. Just search “A-Rod headlines” on Google. Here’s what you get: “A-Fraud,” “LIAR. CHEAT,” “What a Cheat,” “Boo the Bum,” and so many more. You think you would see those kind of headlines for Derek Jeter, or even Roger Clemens? A-Rod is a special case.
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But none of this seems to affect the opinion of Suzyn Waldman, a Yankees radio analyst.
“I find him impossible to dislike,” Waldman told The Daily News. “I’m not defending him. I think what he did was stupid more than anything else. I know he’s lied. He’s made every wrong decision. He says things and does things and you just want to say ‘Why?’ I also know you can’t go wrong for dumping on Alex. This is what it’s become. What’s he supposed to do?”
“The way this offense is (coming into spring training) they better hope he still can play,” she continued. “Look, it’s not my job to psychoanalyze Alex. What I do, and sometimes don’t, understand is the anger directed at him. This just didn’t start with the steroids. His persona, for many people, has never been likable.”
This is so full of contradictions. He’s “impossible to dislike” yet his persona “has never been likable?” She says she finds him impossible to dislike, then gives a laundry list of all the things he’s done wrong, never explaining what exactly makes it so hard to dislike him.
Remember, this is the guy who once smacked the ball out of Bronson Arroyo’s hand during a game. Enough said, right?
Does Waldman also find Barry Bonds charming, Roger Clemens to be a ray of sunshine, Pete Rose to be a man of integrity? I mean, it’s her opinion, and she’s of course entitled to that, but that doesn’t make it any less baffling.
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