A-Rod Visits UofM Athletic Campus
Not really sure what precipitated this beyond the Yankees trip to Detroit - and I'm sure most on this board don't care for him - but Alex Rodriguez was apparently on UofM's campus today taking a tour of the athletic campus with stops at Michigan Stadium and the baseball complex. At the very least, it's nice to think that such a prominent athlete without any connections to the school holds Michigan athletics in such high esteem that he deems it worth a trip out from his likely busy schedule.
Perhaps Jeter played a role in this?
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He's sitting next to the Wilpon Baseball and Softball Complex, named after the owner of the New York....Mets. Yes, A-Rod spurned the Mets (his childhood favorite team) and chose to play for the Rangers back in the early 2000s. Man, do I hate this guy.
Gotta be Derek Jeter's influence. Jeter was a Michigan student for one term, was recruited seriously for football, and had more than a passing thought that he might play some football for Michigan.
Jeter remains a huge Michigan fan.
Yep, if you watched the Jeter 3k hits documentary on HBO, he rocks a Michigan shirt when he reports to rehab on there.
Could be one of the M grads in the Yankees front office. Forgot who but there is a grad in the NYY front office who is President of one of the School's alumni societies. Could be Kinesiology.
Jeter: "Are you the guy who had us stay in that Radisson in Milwaukee last month?
It was a Ramada.
And he enrolled (As you say) for a fall term in case the whole going-pro baseball thing didn't work out.
But.... I guess at this point he did OK for himself.
where Jeter had brought two or three of his Yankee teammates. It might have been a home game with OSU. Saw the televised version, and of course the cameras and commentators found them on the sidelines. All smiling and enjoying themselves. Pretty sure A-Rod wasn't one of them, but seem to recall they weren't guys who would've played in the NCAA, I think from Latin American countries, and Jeter wanted to share the college experience with them. That very specific, ultimate college experience.
Jeter did this for both home OSU games during my time at Michigan. I don't think A-Rod ever made it out to those two, but I had though I had seen him at one more recently. The crew Jeter brought always included Gerald Williams and Posada. Hilariously, I remember one occasion where he brought Tanyon Sturtze who unsuccessfully attempted to play the "I'm on the Yankees" card to a group of co-eds at Rick's who probably didn't believe him because they had no idea who Tanyon Sturtze is.
Knoblauch was with him. Not sure who else.
They partied at Ricks that evening. They basically had the northwest corner closed off for their group. Rich Eisen (also a U of M alum) was also at Rick's. That place was pretty crazy that night.
Henson was with Jeter. I think it was in 2003 when Henson was a late season call up for the Yankees.
jeter and some yankees teammates made an appearance in Fall 03, the weekend of the OSU game. the guys all sat front center court that fri night for a basketball game, and were on the sidelines for the football game. my memory is a bit shoddy, but for sure jeter and Mariano Rivera were there... don't remember about ARod.
Yeah, he's definitely still a huge M fan. He was in town for the UM-Ohio game in 2005. Got a chance to meet him and chat with him at Ricks that weekend. He seemed pretty cool and was pretty approachable. I thought it was cool that he was just chilling there and nobody was really bothering him.
Could be...but it's common knowledge they're not the best of buddies. Looks he didn't go along to show him around.
actually, he was jealous. heard what a cool guy Denard is from David Wright and was trying to hang with him between practice.
jeter's from K-zoo right? probably a diehard M fan from a pretty young age....
never knew he was a left-handed bowler
that ARod was a Michigan fan. Where did you hear that?
I guess A-Rod thinks it is cool to pop the collar.
and its so 1986....looks like he slimmed down a bit as well.
A guy who I used to work with told me this story. He was a good HS pitcher and went down to Miami to play in an All Star game vs. A Rods team in the early 90s.
First pitch to A Rod and he took this guy deep...400 ft home run. 3rd inning comes around, this guy I knew decides to get cute so he puts one in A Rod's ear. A Rod rushes the mound and punched this guy in the side of the head. He still has a welt mark there 19 years later.
Easy to slim down when the league makes PEDs more difficult to take and get away with.
He also visited the basketball teams' Player Development Center:
Just met A Rod in the PDC after my workout. He's a real nice guy. I told him not to beat up on my White Sox. twitter.com/novak3159/stat…
— Zack Novak (@novak3159) August 8, 2012
swangle us some baseball recruits. I would dearly love to see M become a power.
I think this was posted once before - pics with bball coaches and Novak
when he's standing next to a baseball player...
Cool visit but someone tell A-Rod to put his collar down. So, so Sparty.
I sat next to A-Rod's new girl the other day at Yankee Stadium. Fun fact: She's really hot.
Not the best picture, but you get the idea. She's a looker. She sits there every game that I've attended so far, presumably so she has the best (disinterested) view of A-Rod at third. Recently discovered that she's also a former pro wrestler...intersting how some things come to be.
Anyway, if you look closely in the background, you can see Granderson up to bat. He's really the only reason I go to watch that God forsaken club. Go Tigers!
I've sat in those seats this year, they're awesome.
August 9th, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^
of the at-bat, when you're obviously trying to snap a picture of her.
According to Google that'd be Torrie Wilson. And I can buy that as her-
Though it's amazig what make up and lighting can do for you...
(And finding a non-candid Safe for Kass pic of her is a challenge)
Was she wearing a Baltimore cap?
August 9th, 2012 at 12:17 AM ^
Maybe Miss Rhode Island was around as well
August 8th, 2012 at 10:02 PM ^
Miami's baseball stadium is named after A-Rod as well.
To counter, Mark Dantonio has invited Brandon Inge and Ryan Raburn to view their athletic facilities in East Lansing.
I heard he cancelled his trip to East Lansing after this visit.
Always underestimated how easy it was to double post
On your very first post, no less. Impressive.
for a split-second I thought it read, "RIch-Rod visits UM Athletic Campus."
I'd like to be a fly on the wall for that visit...
August 9th, 2012 at 12:21 AM ^
rookie...