Homerun Hitters

I spend most of my blogs discussing a variety of different athletes who lead successful careers and/or news worthy lives.  Today I’m going to dedicate a post to just two individuals/teammates that have had, and continue to have outstanding success on the baseball field, as well as off the field with some leading ladies (insert cliché’ homerun joke here).

Alex Rodriguez, or affectionately known by many as A-Rod, Yankees third baseman  is considered one of the best all around baseball players of all time.  He is the youngest player to ever hit 500 homeruns and the youngest to hit 600 homeruns! In December 2007, Rodriguez and the Yankees agreed to a 10 year, $275 million contract; the richest contract in baseball history!  Then of course there was that whole steroid allegations thing... but one thing at a time here.

Alright, so we know A-Rod is good, and has the stats and payroll to show for it, but his fame goes a bit further than this.  Rodriguez has been tied to celebs like Cameron Diaz (oh, of course! Who could forget that ‘romantic’ moment of Cameron feeding her beloved A-Rod popcorn at the super bowl).  Aside from Cameron D there has been Kate Hudson, Madonna, and most recently, WWE star and playboy bunny, Torrie Wilson. 

It's obvious Rodriguez has had his fair share of high profile relationships, but what about those more “brief encounters”, better known as the one night stand.  While Rodriguez aims to keep those discretions under wraps, his fellow Yankee, Derek Jeter could probably use some better PR and in my opinion manners, in that area. 

Jeter has also been tied to celebrity honeys like Tyra Banks, Vanessa Minillo,  Brazillian supermodel, Adrianna Lima and Minka Kelly.  However it was released recently, Jeter’s one night stand protocol; after doing the deed with his flavour of the night, he so generously sends them home in a car with gift baskets of autographed memorabilia.  Jeter’s ‘gentlemanly’ routine was leaked after he unknowingly hooked up with the same girl twice and followed up by re-giving his gift basket with signed Yankees and Jeter swag.  Way to keep it classy Jeter.  With that dish, there is no denying the guy can play on the field; ball field (clarification necessary in this case).  So here are some of Jeter’s accolades.   

A twelve-time All Star and five-time World Series champion, Jeter has been a central figure of the Yankees during their success of the 1990s and 2000s due to his presence, on-field leadership, hitting ability, and base running. He is the Yankees' all-time career leader in hits (3,088), games played (2,426), stolen bases (329), and at bats  (9,868). His accomplishments include four Silver Slugger Awards and five Gold Glove awards.

Congrats to these two amigos for an outstanding baseball career, but must you be so crass with the ladies?