Phil Reisman

A-Rod, Mad Dog and Kowalczyk

August

I was driving in my car yesterday at around 6 p.m. and turned on the FAN, the all-sports radio talk show just in time to hear “Phil from Westchester,” (No, it wasn’t me) give some guff to the linguistically-challenged host, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo. I should say Phil TRIED to give Russo guff because he was cut off in mid-guff, which is usually the case with callers who, using logic and common sense, are about to score argumentative points against the aforesaid host.
Phil was apparently reacting to Russo’s criticism of a 29-year-old Yankee fan by the name of Walter Kowalczyk, who caught Alex Rodriguez’s 500th homerun ball last weekend.
Kowalczyk reportedly is willing to sell the cherished ball to A-Rod at the right price. Some speculate he could get up to $150,000 for it.
Russo said Kowalczyk ought to just give the ball to A-Rod, suggesting that to do otherwise would be a demonstration of greed. Giving the ball to Rodriguez, the “dawg” continued, would allow A-Rod to in turn, donate it to The Hall of Fame where “we can all see it.”
“Is it always about the money?” Russo lamented.
What a crock.

First of all, I don’t give a damn about ever seeing the ball. It’s not a big deal. Second, Russo knows as well as anyone that it is “about the money” especially when the subject is A-Rod, a man who makes $25 million a year and is about to renegotiate his contract to make even more millions.
A-Rod is the richest and arguably greediest athelete on the planet—he can afford to throw a few bucks ot a poor working shlub like Kowalczyk.

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2 Responses to “A-Rod, Mad Dog and Kowalczyk”

Resident August 7th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I heard that exchange and nearly drove off the road. Professional sports leagues, especially baseball, made this bed and now will have to sleep in it. The only thing that counts to the players, the owners and the league is how much money they can make.

The price of parking, refreshments, souvenirs and tickets rises every single year. The Yankees are a very profitable organization and it is never enough. They draw 4 million fans and still demand a new stadium so they can extract even more money from the fans by selling luxury boxes and personal seat licenses. You can’t even bring a water bottle into the stadium, but you can pay 4.50 for a bottle of their water.

And isn’t A Rod precious, here is a guy who went to baseball hell on earth so he could be the highest paid player on the planet. Said he wanted to bring a championship to the wonderful Ranger fans,it was never about the money. Yea right, this guy did not leave one cent on the table, and in the end he couldn’t wait to escape Texas.

So now a fan wants to turn the tables on baseball and make a couple of bucks on a ball he caught, and it offends Russo’s sensibilities. I would cry if I could just stop laughing.
Steve C. August 8th, 2007 at 9:34 am
If it were any other athlete in any other park. he would have been given the ball by the fan and the fan would have been given a signed ball in return. But this is yankee stadium and A-rod. Enough said.

Being a Met fan i didnt even know A-Rod made this goal. good for him i guess. and only a 150K? i think its worth and least 250K
thats pocket change to him.

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