The internet never forgets.
Former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has been covering the 2021 MLB playoffs by resuming his role as a studio analyst for FOX Sports.
Last week, Rodriguez was analyzing the American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays with David Ortiz, Frank Thomas and Kevin Burkhardt. The gang was discussing a video clip from Game 1, when the Rays were seen eating popcorn in the dugout during the seventh inning of their 5-0 win.
That’s when the good folks at FOX Sports rolled in a video of Rodriguez being fed popcorn by former girlfriend Cameron Diaz at Super Bowl XLV between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers.
The video, which you can see here, was less than flattering for Rodriguez, which led the three-time American League MVP to deadpan, “KB, that’s maybe why I’m single.”
Rodriguez, as you probably remember, had been engaged to singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, but the couple ended its relationship in April.
Since then, Lopez has returned to former fiancee Ben Affleck while Rodriguez has been seen with a “bevy of beauties.”
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As for the popcorn eating, that wasn’t the only showboating the Rays did during the ALDS.
NBC Sports Boston reports that “According to multiple Red Sox players, after they thumped the Rays in Game 2, word filtered back to the clubhouse that Tampa had ordered champagne to be delivered to Boston in anticipation of closing out the series in Fenway Park.”
The Red Sox, however, took Games 3 and 4 with a pair of walk-off wins to advance to the American League Championship Series.
“The first game, they’re over there eating popcorn, sitting on the field, chilling, talking,” said outfielder Alex Verdugo. “And then also, they’re telling the guys to get the champagne ready here and already ordering the stuff over. Just that little bit of disrespect like, ‘Wow, really? You guys think you’ve got it in the bag like that?’ It gave us extra fire. We already knew what we had to do and understood our job, but to give us that extra motivation to really [expletive] get after it, it was great. ... They were trying to order champagne over here to Boston because they thought they were going to clinch it here. We won it. We’re out here popping bottles. We’ve got the champagne, and that’s that.”
The Red Sox will face the Houston Astros in the ALCS beginning on Friday.
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Mike Rosenstein may be reached at mrosenstein@njadvancemedia.com.
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