Cynthia Rodriguez: A-Rod is "Wimpy"

[Valadius]

]Feint-Rod: A-Rod passed out at daughter�s birth NEW YORK (AP)�Alex Rodriguez passed out during the birth of his first daughter. �The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor,� Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of the New York Yankees star, said on an episode of the YES Network�s �YESterdays� that is scheduled to be broadcast Wednesday night. �And really, I am not being paid much attention to besides the doctor and a couple of nurses,� she said. �And he is there moaning. In between pushing, I am going, `Honey, are you OK?� and `Are you breathing? Are you OK?� � Natasha Alexander Rodriguez was born on Nov. 18, 2004. �As tough and big as he seems, he is real wimpy around doctors or any type of medical situation,� Cynthia Rodriguez said, according to excerpts released Tuesday by YES. �I don�t know why I thought the birth of our child would be different. In the middle of the night, I realized that I needed to go to the hospital. I wake him up. The first thing that comes out of his mouth, `Can we call your mother?� � A few hours later, I said, `I think you can call my mom now.� Uh, and the color came back to his face when I told him he could call my mom.� A-Rod traveled from New York last week and arrived at a Miami-area hospital about 10 minutes after the birth of his second daughter, Ella Alexander Rodriguez, on April 21. Alex and Cynthia met in 1996 at a gym in Miami. �I scouted her out for a month,� he said. �I wanted to see her routine, and I wanted to see what time she came in, see how consistent she was. And sure enough, she was like a machine. She would come in right after work, and get on the treadmill and do her abs. And finally, I build enough courage after about 3 1/2 weeks. And I said, `I know you are going to go do some abs after. And do you mind if I join you?� Cynthia said she was unaware of his celebrity status at first. �I know he played baseball, because everybody in the gym said, `Do you know who that is? And he plays baseball� or whatever,� she said. �I didn�t grow up in a sports-oriented family. So, I wasn�t aware that you could have an entire livelihood off of a sport. So when they would say, `Oh, he plays baseball,� I always think, `Oh, I wonder what else he does��like `that�s a nice hobby�but what does he really do?�

[batmagadanleadoff]

Mrs. A-Rod wrote: Cynthia said she was unaware of his celebrity status at first. �I know he played baseball, because everybody in the gym said, `Do you know who that is? And he plays baseball� or whatever,� she said. �I didn�t grow up in a sports-oriented family. So, I wasn�t aware that you could have an entire livelihood off of a sport. So when they would say, `Oh, he plays baseball,� I always think, `Oh, I wonder what else he does��like `that�s a nice hobby�but what does he really do?"

That's what every baseball wife always says in every interview they give. "I didn't know that he was a famous baseball player. I might've heard that he was making tens of millions of dollars but who pays attention to that? I didn't really notice the two different Ferraris he was always following me around in. I didn't even know what a car was, to tell you the truth."

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: That's what every baseball wife always says in every interview they give. "I didn't know who he was. Or that he was a famous baseball player. I might've heard that he was making tens of millions of dollars but I wasn't hardly paying any attention to that. I didn't really notice the two different Ferraris he was always following me in. I didn't even know what a car was, to tell you the truth."

To give her some benefit of the doubt, this was in 1996 we are talking about. Rodriguez was just starting to make a name for himself all the way in SEATTLE. Oh sure he was already making a big splash on the national scene and all (first pick in the 1993 draft), but still, he wasn't at Ken Griffey Jr.'s level yet of being visible everywhere you turned. (Even though Jeter and Nomar were doing that back then). It would be a year later that he started to make a million a year as well. Oh sure he wasn't Felix Fermin by any stretch, but still, she does deserve some benefit of the doubt in terms of her clueless-ness of who he was.

[batmagadanleadoff]

SteveJRogers wrote: To give her some benefit of the doubt, this was in 1996 we are talking about. Rodriguez was [yada yada yada yada.]

I'd rather go with my stupid little joke than give ol Cynthia the benefit of the doubt. What do you say?

[DocTee]

A-Rod wilts under pressure again.

[stevejrogers]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]To give her some benefit of the doubt, this was in 1996 we are talking about. Rodriguez was [yada yada yada yada.] I'd rather go with my stupid little joke than give ol Cynthia the benefit of the doubt. What do you say?

To quote FK/LF never let facts get in the way of a good opinion!

[bmfc1]

The Doctor held up the baby and A-Rod tried to slap him out of the Dr's hand.

[nymr83]

This just in from NYY PR dept: Jeter performed the birth himself while also saving a cat from a tree.

[Willets Point]

A-Rod will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Except that today is Tuesday so expect payment next Tuesday.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

]�I didn�t grow up in a sports-oriented family. So, I wasn�t aware that you could have an entire livelihood off of a sport.

She didn't realize there were professional athletes that made a living playing sports? Was she raised in a cave?

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, Alex apparently didn't know where babies came from, so...

[metirish]

One day someone will write volumes in a psychological study on Rodriguez , he will make a great subject.

[Guest AG/DC]

Seriously, I have no idea how I'd be in such a situation, and I'd be in no small rush to turn the wheel over to grownups.

Cynthia is obviously not trying to show Alex up, but rather, to her mind, expand his story by showing the soft side to a hardened warrior. It's pretty standard fare for interviews with athlete's wives. Little does she seem to realize that his reputatoin with baseball fans, rightly or wrongly, has quite enough softness already.

[soupcan]

I'll cut A-Rod some slack on this.

Watching babies being birthed ain't the prettiest thing in the world.

My daughter for one, is a fairly disgusting memory.

[Willets Point]

I'm sick of Yankee crap in this forum. We should start a Yankee sub-forum.

[Benjamin Grimm]

AG/DC wrote: Cynthia is obviously not trying to show Alex up, but rather, to her mind, expand his story by showing the soft side to a hardened warrior.

That was my take, too. She's trying to humanize him, but what she's doing instead is adding to his mockability.

[Farmer Ted]

`I know you are going to go do some abs after. And do you mind if I join you?'

Fucking stalker.

[Guest AG/DC]

Seriously. Yuh.

[Valadius]

A-Rod is creepy as hell.