The Man Can Do No Right

Alex Rodriguez has reached Tom Cruise/Brad Pitt territory.  Innocuous actions take on a whole new meaning when attached to A-Rod and his celebrity.  For example, take this short video clip.  If someone like Royals center fielder David DeJesus had dried his bat that way, would anyone care?  Of course not.  Maybe a raised eyebrow or two, but that's about it.  But DeJesus didn't do it.  A-Rod did.  Thus an innocent bat-drying adventure turns into the most transparently closeted moment in the history of baseball... a sport whose players congratulate each other by spanking each other.  A-Rod made that video at least ten times worse than it would have been.

Not to bring back the 2005 MVP debate, but would David Ortiz have rubbed his bat like that?  Of course not!