The former baseball player, Alex Rodriguez, has his own ways of making headlines. The athlete has shown interest in the music of rapper, Jay Z. So, it was natural for him to go to his concert, right?
Watch What’s Trending Now!
But was it natural for a baseball player to go to the concert with a bunch of people in their twenties while himself being in his late thirties?
A few years ago, A-Rod, went to Jay-Z’s concert and got snapped with ‘El Ministro’ or Manny Machado, and Yonder Alonso. The image then went viral, and people’s comments started flowing on finding it quite awkward for Alex to be there with those people.
Was Alex Rodriguez hanging out with Machado?
As soon as the picture went out, people started saying multiple things about the former baseball player, Alex Rodriguez.
Great time at the Jay Z show last night with @YonderalonsoU and Manny Machado! pic.twitter.com/OvOaDYdBhj
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) January 3, 2014
This was also the year, when A-Rod had to sit out from the MLB season because of the ban on him.
Getty
ANAHEIM, CA – JUNE 5: Third baseman Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees signals during the game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on June 5, 2011 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. The Yankees won 5-3. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)
But, later on, Machado himself came forward to clarify that A-Rod was not actually hanging out with them.
Manny told Buck that A-Rod walked over for 5-10 minutes and someone snapped photo, and suddenly people thought they were hanging out
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 10, 2014
But that he just came over to talk for a few minutes, and also got snapped.
But, even that did not stop people from commenting on Alex being there with them. While very few of the comments were in support of the baseball player, most of them were against him.
What were people saying about Alex?
Micheal Robinson wished Rodriguez all the best and prayed for him as well.
@AROD @YonderalonsoU Good luck with everything Alex, on praying for you.
— Micheal Robinson (@nyyrobinson) January 3, 2014
Blake rooted for A-Rod to come victorious from his ban.
@AROD Rooting hard for you to reign victorious in your ban, and be the starting 3B. of our Yankees in 2014. You are a big bat in our lineup!
— Blake Harris (@blakemharris) January 3, 2014
While user, Justin Sain, found the whole thing disturbing, Orioles Spastics just wanted Manny to get out of there.
“@AROD: Great time at the Jay Z show last night with @YonderalonsoU and Manny Machado! pic.twitter.com/dgBbMEx3Mh” very disturbing
— Justin Sain (@Justin_Sain) January 3, 2014
MANNY! GET OUT OF THERE!! RT @AROD: Great time at the Jay Z show last night with @YonderalonsoU and Manny Machado! pic.twitter.com/rgYrGWCiio
— Orioles Spastics (@OriolesSpastics) January 3, 2014
@AROD @YonderalonsoU NO MANNY WHAT THE FUCK YO DOIN BRO NOOOOOOOOOOO
— J K (@KERRensy) January 3, 2014
Was Alex unwanted there?
“@AROD:Great time at JayZ show last night w/ @YonderalonsoU & Machado! pic.twitter.com/iVXAUhcLR1” why do I feel like no one wanted Arod there
— Kyle Williams (@FilthyKyle) January 3, 2014
Some users commented on A-Rod’s banned substance usage.
@AROD @YonderalonsoU Hopefully you haven't already sold them steroids.
— Jason (@jasonsoxnation) January 3, 2014
@AROD Did you guys pre-game with some HGH?
— Turnover Sports (@TurnoverBlog) January 3, 2014
@craigcalcaterra Breaking: MLB suspends @YonderalonsoU and Manny Machado 50 games for associating with @AROD
— Evan (@evanmauerbach) January 3, 2014
“@AROD: Great time at the Jay Z show with @YonderalonsoU and Manny Machado! pic.twitter.com/JJ7KzbcCI0” I'm guessing A-Roid photobomb
— JMizzle (@TheRealJmizzle) January 3, 2014
@Lana Breaking: Manny Machado under review for PEDs
— Randy Watson (@PFunkAllstars) January 3, 2014
After looking at how things turned out, A-Rod might have felt a bit bad for posting the picture, as that obviously was a hard time for him. And he wanted to have a nice time for a while. What do you make of Rodriguez’s concert visit and fans’ reactions? Let us know your valuable opinions in the comments below.
Watch This Story: From Alex ‘A-Rod’ Rodriguez to Derek Jeter: Here are the top 5 richest MLB players of all time
Written by
Edited by
Vibhanshu Kumar