Really, A-Rod?!?!?!

As all of you know, this blog is called "Are You Effing Serious?!" and was born out of an inspiration to have a medium to vent when we came across news that made us want to pull our hair out.

With that being said, few things enrage me as much as A-Rod. The dude has no media saavy when it comes to realizing how things will be perceived by the media and the public. It just reveals how out of touch and insecure he is. Case in point, his most recent interview with Details magazine, which I find to be both odd and ironic due to the fact that it is well known that the magazine's audience is mostly homosexual.

More disturbing than the actual contents of the interview, which appallingly took place the day after Selena Roberts confronted him about his steroid use and one day BEFORE the story actually went public, and includes him talking heavily about Madonna, are the PICTURES.

Words cannot describe how much they make me cringe and how much I want to punch him in the face. You would NEVER see Derek Jeter do a spread like this?!?! What self-respecting man would think that these pictures would be okay? That this would endear him to his fans and win some appreciation from his haters and critics? I honestly don't know how many fans this guy has left because of his complete lack of likability. Who is willing to stand up for him? Good god, it infuriates me. Imagine seeing Lebron James, Tiger Woods, or a handful of other athletes doing this? It's unbelievable how he just continually gives more ammo to his haters.

I could go on and on, but I'll stop...As a New Yorker and a Yankee fan, I don't know how much longer I can put up with him and his BS...oh wait, 9 years...

Alex Rodriguez: Confessions of a Damned Yankee [Details]

Also, peep NY Mag Daily Intel's take on this subject. As the author of the post points out, maybe instead of hiring another agent, publicist, or PR team, he should hire a Red Sox fan from Southie to advise him on what NOT to do, for f*cks sake.