So will A-Rod survive this?

Galaxy · 07-08-2008, 11:09 PM

Is he going to be able to play up to his typical level (except in the post-season) with all the hoopla surrounding him now?

Chief Rum · 07-08-2008, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Is he going to be able to play up to his typical level (except in the off-season) with all the hoopla surronding him now?

Meh...the hoopla is the same. Just a new tune. There will be a new tune in a few months, and another one a few months after that. It appears this is how it will be as long as he is in NY.

Groundhog · 07-08-2008, 11:27 PM

Survive this not he will.

sabotai · 07-08-2008, 11:59 PM

Hard to see the dark side is.

Jas_lov · 07-09-2008, 12:11 AM

A-Rod is the best player in baseball. Survive this he will.

molson · 07-09-2008, 12:42 AM

Didn't the NY Post catch him with some dingy broad last year?

DanGarion · 07-09-2008, 01:42 AM

JB?????

MrBug708 · 07-09-2008, 06:26 AM

Kobe went through a rape trial and seems to be doing fine

Dr. Sak · 07-09-2008, 06:27 AM

Ray Lewis is still getting All Pro mentions.

Fidatelo · 07-09-2008, 07:52 AM

I'm always a little surprised when pro athletes get married before about 35. With all of the travel and their generally immature 'rock star' lifestyles, it just doesn't seem to lend itself to a successful marriage.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 08:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

With all of the travel and their generally immature 'rock star' lifestyles, it just doesn't seem to lend itself to a successful marriage.

Johnny Damon agrees with you.

Quote:

“You know, I’m kind of a wild man,” he said. “I love to have fun, you know. Well, when my wife went into labor, it was kind of a drag. It was taking forever and I had to sit there and wait. But I’m not the kind of person who can sit still for too long, so I went out into the halls looking for a little adventure. Well I found it. I banged 9 nurses during my wife’s 36-hour labor. It was a lot more fun than sitting in that stuffy little room and listening to her complain.”

larrymcg421 · 07-09-2008, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy

Is he going to be able to play up to his typical level (except in the off-season) with all the hoopla surronding him now?

He'll go on a terrible slump the rest of the season and then hit a clutch 3 run HR in the World Series and then he'll be considered a "True Yankee".

Fidatelo · 07-09-2008, 08:13 AM

Sweet googily moogily! I knew Damon was an ass, but I'd never read that quote before!

At the same time, I have to say those numbers are incredible. 9 nurses in 36 hours? Damn! I gotta think he packaged a couple together at the same time here and there to fit it all in.

NoMyths · 07-09-2008, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

Sweet googily moogily! I knew Damon was an ass, but I'd never read that quote before!

At the same time, I have to say those numbers are incredible. 9 nurses in 36 hours? Damn! I gotta think he packaged a couple together at the same time here and there to fit it all in.

Galaxy · 07-09-2008, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dangarion

JB?????

Wow...I guess I was tired. Fixed it (except for the title).

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 08:34 AM

Oh, that was just the first excerpt I quoted. Here's some more:

Quote:

Damon went on to describe the encounters in graphic detail.

“I got bored in the delivery room so I decided to go for a walk down the hall,” he said. “And you know how it is being a major league ballplayer. There are always plenty of girls available, if you know what I mean. I met the first one as she was wheeling an old unconscious guy down the hall. She said ‘Hey, you’re Johnny Damon from the Royals, right?’ I said ‘Yes’ and we had sex right there. That’s one.”

“Numbers two, three, and four happened simultaneously,” he continued. “They were candy stripers or something, I don’t know. Just a few teenagers. They were by the water fountain I was drinking out of after I banged the first girl. Well, once they realized who I was, we all went right into the bathroom and had a foursome, all while my wife was in labor. It probably sounds cruel, but you have to understand that I can’t be tied down to being a ‘husband’ and ‘father.’ I wanted to live. I wanted to do things like fish, rock climb, wind surf, and commit adultery.”

The rest of the women were also nurses, including the one who was assisting in the delivery of Damon’s first born son.

“She was pretty hot, especially when she was screaming ‘Push! Harder! Harder! Man, that was sexy,” he said. “So I just looked at her, she looked at me, and the next thing you know we were screwing our brains out on the bed next to my wife. My wife was all screaming at me and calling me names. But that’s how she was. She always liked to nag. I finally couldn’t take it anymore and we had to go in a different room. I could still hear her nagging, though, so I had the doctor wheel her bed out to the parking lot.”

And his wife's response:

Quote:

“I think it’s absolutely absurd that he would come out and say those things,” said Vannice. “He’s actually bragging about cheating on me while I was sitting at home with the kids. And that story about the nurse at the hospital? That’s typical Johnny. He started having sex with her on the bed next to me while I was in labor. As you can imagine, I was pissed. I knew Johnny loved women, but he had never taken his obsession this far. This was the nurse that was delivering my baby, for God’s sake. Not only that, she was about 70 years old. I guess he didn’t put that in the book.”

MikeVic · 07-09-2008, 08:35 AM

I call bullshit on that Damon quote. He's not seen as some super good-looking guy, is he? And I doubt all the nurses knew who he was. Did he go up to every nurse there and say "you complete me" and then average one nurse every four hours in believing him?

MikeVic · 07-09-2008, 08:37 AM

What the hell, when he was part of the Royals too? What a freakin' douche. I never saw that quote but I hate him now.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 08:38 AM

According to brushback.com, this was all part of his David Letterman appearance to promote that first book. The wife seems to verify the most outrageous part, which is having sex in the bed next to her. Not sure what else could be worse than that...unless she really WAS wheeled out to the parking lot!

Or hell, I can't tell...maybe those are excerpts from the book, and the Letterman thing was different.

http://www.thebrushback.com/damon_full.htm

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 08:45 AM

Well, this particular story might be fake, but it is well known (and admitted by Damon himself) that he is a scumbag and cheated on his wife multiple times. I haven't read the book, so I don't know the particulars. Doesn't much change my opinion of him.

MikeVic · 07-09-2008, 08:47 AM

And to think I lovingly referred to him as Baseball Jesus during those bearded times in the playoffs.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 08:50 AM

Here, this is from a KC article written as the book was being released:

Quote:

Damon reveals himself as the stereotypical self-indulgent, sex-crazed ballplayer who used women and dumped his wife after finally making it to the big time. Damon writes that he made the decision to divorce his high school sweetheart, Angie Vannice, at the start of the 2002 season. The couple have 5-year-old twins.

After telling her to leave their home near Boston and go back to Orlando, Damon said, Vannice came back against his wishes. At that point, Damon writes, he told her, “ ‘There's no reason for you to be here' … Just to push her buttons I added, ‘I was with three more girls while you were gone.' ”

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 09:24 AM

Honestly, never read it before now. I've heard the name. I don't really spend much time on the Deadspins of the world. Still, that was just a ridiculous fictional story based in reality. Not sure it changes the fact that Damon is a bastard, which was my only point.

molson · 07-09-2008, 09:32 AM

Damon's just being honest.

I'd estimate the % of unfaithful husbands in professional sports and the entertainment industry at around 90%.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

Damon's just being honest.

I'd estimate the % of unfaithful husbands in professional sports and the entertainment industry at around 90%.

That's fine, but the difference between me thinking Clemens is an ass and not some other, unknown steroid user is that I just don't know the other guy's name. I'll add him to the list when he gets publicly outed. Not to mention, Damon comes off as gloating about it and acting as if he can't help it or that it's his right regardless of his responsibilities as a husband/father, as opposed to being honest in a contrite, "it was a mistake and I wish I hadn't done it" fashion. His kind of honesty doesn't really make me feel any better about the kind of human being he is.

Ksyrup · 07-09-2008, 10:08 AM

Yeesh. John Rocker?!

Quote:

A-Rod's women are crawling out of the woodwork, including a musclebound model who up until recently had been dating much-loathed ex-ballplayer John Rocker. Fitness model Alicia Marie called Alex Rodriguez a "sweetheart" and insisted that while they have spent time alone at her apartment, they are just "close friends." Former stripper Candace Houlihan, however, readily admitted to a "two-night stand" with the Rodriguez in 2004, the year the Boston Red Sox won their first World Series in 86 years. "I feel like I reversed the curse," Houlihan joked of her romps with the slugger, who is going through a bitter divorce.

MikeVic · 07-09-2008, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Yeesh. John Rocker?!

I like how the article you quoted calls him "the Rodriguez in 2004."

RomaGoth · 07-09-2008, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

Damon's just being honest.

I'd estimate the % of unfaithful husbands in professional sports and the entertainment industry at around 90%.

NBA players are around 99% I believe.....slightly above the average but not 100% douches.

MikeVic · 07-09-2008, 10:39 AM

A.C. Green for life.

Maple Leafs · 07-09-2008, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RomaGoth

NBA players are around 99% I believe.....

Nice work Mrs. Christie.

Sun Tzu · 07-09-2008, 11:11 AM

I'm so sick of hearing about this guys personal life. Who the hell cares?!?!?!?!

RomaGoth · 07-09-2008, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Nice work Mrs. Christie.

Thats MR. Christie thank you.

Dr. Sak · 07-09-2008, 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I'm so sick of hearing about this guys personal life. Who the hell cares?!?!?!?!

Thank you! I like to watch them play baseball or whatever sport. As long as they arent killing or raping anyone I could careless who they sleep with.

Fidatelo · 07-09-2008, 11:41 AM

I think this is coming back to my point though: why do these guys get married? It just doesn't add up to me when you consider what the purpose of marriage is.

Maple Leafs · 07-09-2008, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I think this is coming back to my point though: why do these guys get married? It just doesn't add up to me when you consider what the purpose of marriage is.

I honestly think a lot of these guys get married because they've met a woman they like and they want to have kids. I suspect they have an "understanding" with their wife about what the life of a pro athlete is going to be like.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes the wife may change her mind and it gets ugly. Or sometimes part of the understanding is "at least be discreet and don't humiliate me".

albionmoonlight · 07-09-2008, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I think this is coming back to my point though: why do these guys get married? It just doesn't add up to me when you consider what the purpose of marriage is.

I think that a lot of people (not just athletes) get married because it is what you do. It takes some level of introspection to ask yourself if what you want is what society expects from you. A lot of people lack that introspection and just follow the vague script that life expects of them. And pro athletes are some of the least introspective people in the history of the human race.

Eaglesfan27 · 07-09-2008, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I think that a lot of people (not just athletes) get married because it is what you do. It takes some level of introspection to ask yourself if what you want is what society expects from you. A lot of people lack that introspection and just follow the vague script that life expects of them. And pro athletes are some of the least introspective people in the history of the human race.

Well said.

As far as the original question, I think A-Rod will thrive now that he doesn't have to expend so much energy on being discreet.

Suburban Rhythm · 07-09-2008, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I'm so sick of hearing about this guys personal life. Who the hell cares?!?!?!?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bsak16

Thank you! I like to watch them play baseball or whatever sport. As long as they arent killing or raping anyone I could careless who they sleep with.

I still point the finger at ESPN Hollywood. Remember that mess? And now Cold Pizza. Who cares about who was dating who, or what clothes they wear, or whatever other shit.

Please tell me the score and some stats.

RomaGoth · 07-09-2008, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

I still point the finger at ESPN Hollywood. Remember that mess? And now Cold Pizza. Who cares about who was dating who, or what clothes they wear, or whatever other shit.

Please tell me the score and some stats.

i also don't give two shits who is doing what with who, where, when, or why. All I care about is are they producing on the field?

ESPN has become such a joke now. Of course it doesn't help when we have like 100 shows on tv every day that report on every stupid rumor and what who is wearing and blah blah blah blah blah.

sterlingice · 07-10-2008, 08:25 AM

I think he will survive. He may have to take a few more minutes swimming through his money bin ala Scrooge McDuck. But it's what you do when you're worth over a half billion dollars.

SI

Ksyrup · 07-10-2008, 08:30 AM

If she can break the pre-nup, his swim through his cash might be a wee bit easier, actually.

Noop · 07-10-2008, 08:34 AM

A-Rod is smart for getting a pre-nup. He might be doing sexy dances as he swims through his money. Heck the guy can eat money if he wanted to.

Dr. Sak · 07-10-2008, 08:57 AM

I heard he wipes his butt with $100 bills...well that is what ESPN reported.

Galaxy · 07-10-2008, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noop

A-Rod is smart for getting a pre-nup. He might be doing sexy dances as he swims through his money. Heck the guy can eat money if he wanted to.

I think he got a post-nup, as oppose to a pre-nup. I don't know the laws of Florida in regards to assets as well as the pre-nup vs. post-nup rules.

RomaGoth · 07-10-2008, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy

I think he got a post-nup, as oppose to a pre-nup. I don't know the laws of Florida in regards to assets as well as the pre-nup vs. post-nup rules.

If he got a post-nup then he probably will be sub-par at best. After all, look at him in the post-season....

07-08-2008, 11:27 PM	#3
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Survive this not he will. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

07-08-2008, 11:59 PM	#4
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Hard to see the dark side is. Last edited by sabotai : 07-08-2008 at 11:59 PM.

07-09-2008, 01:42 AM	#7
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	JB????? __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

07-09-2008, 07:52 AM	#10
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I'm always a little surprised when pro athletes get married before about 35. With all of the travel and their generally immature 'rock star' lifestyles, it just doesn't seem to lend itself to a successful marriage. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-09-2008, 08:13 AM	#13
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Sweet googily moogily! I knew Damon was an ass, but I'd never read that quote before! At the same time, I have to say those numbers are incredible. 9 nurses in 36 hours? Damn! I gotta think he packaged a couple together at the same time here and there to fit it all in. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-09-2008, 12:11 AM	#5
Jas_lov College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	A-Rod is the best player in baseball. Survive this he will.

07-09-2008, 12:42 AM	#6
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Didn't the NY Post catch him with some dingy broad last year?

07-09-2008, 06:26 AM	#8
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Kobe went through a rape trial and seems to be doing fine

07-09-2008, 06:27 AM	#9
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Ray Lewis is still getting All Pro mentions.

07-09-2008, 08:35 AM	#17
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	I call bullshit on that Damon quote. He's not seen as some super good-looking guy, is he? And I doubt all the nurses knew who he was. Did he go up to every nurse there and say "you complete me" and then average one nurse every four hours in believing him?

07-09-2008, 08:37 AM	#18
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	What the hell, when he was part of the Royals too? What a freakin' douche. I never saw that quote but I hate him now.

07-09-2008, 08:38 AM	#19
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	According to brushback.com, this was all part of his David Letterman appearance to promote that first book. The wife seems to verify the most outrageous part, which is having sex in the bed next to her. Not sure what else could be worse than that...unless she really WAS wheeled out to the parking lot! Or hell, I can't tell...maybe those are excerpts from the book, and the Letterman thing was different. http://www.thebrushback.com/damon_full.htm __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 07-09-2008 at 08:40 AM.

07-09-2008, 08:45 AM	#20
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Well, this particular story might be fake, but it is well known (and admitted by Damon himself) that he is a scumbag and cheated on his wife multiple times. I haven't read the book, so I don't know the particulars. Doesn't much change my opinion of him. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-09-2008, 08:47 AM	#21
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	And to think I lovingly referred to him as Baseball Jesus during those bearded times in the playoffs.

07-09-2008, 09:24 AM	#23
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Honestly, never read it before now. I've heard the name. I don't really spend much time on the Deadspins of the world. Still, that was just a ridiculous fictional story based in reality. Not sure it changes the fact that Damon is a bastard, which was my only point. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-09-2008, 09:32 AM	#24
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	Damon's just being honest. I'd estimate the % of unfaithful husbands in professional sports and the entertainment industry at around 90%. Last edited by molson : 07-09-2008 at 09:32 AM.

07-09-2008, 10:39 AM	#29
MikeVic Head Coach Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hometown of Canada	A.C. Green for life.

07-09-2008, 11:11 AM	#31
Sun Tzu Pro Starter Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: In the thick of it.	I'm so sick of hearing about this guys personal life. Who the hell cares?!?!?!?! __________________ I'm still here. Don't touch my fucking bacon.

07-09-2008, 11:41 AM	#34
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I think this is coming back to my point though: why do these guys get married? It just doesn't add up to me when you consider what the purpose of marriage is. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-10-2008, 08:25 AM	#40
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I think he will survive. He may have to take a few more minutes swimming through his money bin ala Scrooge McDuck. But it's what you do when you're worth over a half billion dollars. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

07-10-2008, 08:30 AM	#41
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	If she can break the pre-nup, his swim through his cash might be a wee bit easier, actually. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-10-2008, 08:34 AM	#42
Noop Bonafide Seminole Fan Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Miami	A-Rod is smart for getting a pre-nup. He might be doing sexy dances as he swims through his money. Heck the guy can eat money if he wanted to. __________________ Subby's favorite woman hater.

07-10-2008, 08:57 AM	#43
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	I heard he wipes his butt with $100 bills...well that is what ESPN reported. Last edited by Dr. Sak : 07-10-2008 at 08:57 AM.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)