In case you’re wondering how Alex Rodriguez’s bizarre recovery from a year-long suspension and chronic hip issues can get any more strange, don’t worry – it somehow *has*. According to John Shea of SFGate, Rodriguez has been spotted working out with Barry Bonds in Arizona.
Bonds’ latest pupil has been out of the game since 2013, has hip issues and turns 40 in July, but Rodriguez is gung ho about returning to the Yankees and is all ears around Bonds. A-Rod posted on Instagram two photos of him swinging a bat with these words: “Starting the year in the cage.”
Turns out the photos were taken in San Rafael at the Future Prospects facility owned and run by Charles Scott, Bonds’ friend and Arizona State teammate who played nine seasons in the minors and scouted for nine more with the Rays, Diamondbacks and Nationals. There, Bonds has worked with A-Rod as he did with Morse, Pablo Sandoval, Brandon Crawford and other Giants during his week-long stint in Scottsdale last spring.
Yep, there aren’t going to be ANY snarky PED comments about that. None whatsoever.
Nothing A-Rod ever does again will be looked at neutrally. Everything will be viewed as having some sort of agenda of negative connotation.
It doesn’t matter that Brandon Crawford, Michael Morse, and Pablo Sandoval all worked with Bonds last year – because A-Rod is doing it now, and is one of the most reviled figures in all of sports, he’ll get hell for it.
Oh well. You reap what you sow. It’ll be interesting to see if working with Bonds helps Rodriguez at all in 2015.
[SFGate]
