Dropping by to support his good friend David Ortiz at the Red Sox slugger's charity golf weekend, Rodriguez made a brief but memorable appearance at the Cap Cana resort. It was the latest stop of Rodriguez's unofficial World Series champion tour. Friday night he partied with hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and teammate Robinson Cano in the resort town of La Romana, celebrating Jay-Z's birthday. Last week Rodriguez was in London with main squeeze Kate Hudson as she did press for the premiere of the movie "Nine." Last month, he was courtside for a Lakers game.As far as the World Series win itself here's what A-Rod had to say:
"It's still hard to put into words what we accomplished as a team. We just believe in Joe's (Girardi) message, which is team, team, team. I'm still enjoying it,"A-Rod has certainly learned what to say and what not to say.
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Asked if he plays over in his mind any particular World Series memories, Rodriguez replayed an answer that was common this season, when he avoided headlines and controversy following a rough spring training.
"Nothing personal. To me it's just the great team spirit," Rodriguez said. "Everyone basically checked their ego at the door and was concerned about one thing, that's winning games. The World Series, the championship (series) and the division series was really how we played all year as a unit."
Cano said in the article that he's never seen A-Rod happier, which doesn't surprise me at all, especially when you consider where he was a year ago. When you go from a divorce, steroids, an major injury, and a general dislike among your home team's fans to the top of the world you should be about as happy as humanly possible. If not, there'd be something wrong with him.
