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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Newsday: A-Rod’s wife runs off with Lenny Kravitz

Tom Willis Really Lonely, sends this nonsense over…

A-Rod may have made one too many errors—in his marriage, that is.

While Rodriguez deals with accusations that he’s been cavorting with Madonna, now comes the news out of left field that his wife Cynthia has fled to Paris for a romantic fling with rocker Lenny Kravitz.

According to reports, Cynthia left her two children, the youngest just 3½ months old, back at their Miami home before flying to Paris.

The wild rumor, first reported by perezhilton.com Wednesday, is particularly odd because Madonna and Kravitz used to be an item. The two go back to 1990, the year they first became an item and wrote Madonna’s hit “Justify My Love” together.

Perhaps a bit of foreshadowing is the song’s first line: “I wanna kiss you in Paris.”

Odder still, A-Rod, 32, Madonna, 49, and Kravitz, 44, all share the same manager, Guy Oseary of Untitled Entertainment.

Repoz Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:08 PM | 106 comment(s)
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   1. Rich Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:27 PM (#2841014)
You know you have too much money when......

perezhilton.com > Fox News?
   2. AndrewJ Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:27 PM (#2841016)
All right, this story has officially gotten REALLY interesting.

Perhaps a bit of foreshadowing is the song’s first line: “I wanna kiss you in Paris.”


Either that or a very gross reference to Ms. Hilton I'd rather not bring up with a holiday weekend approaching.
   3. Tike Redman's Shattered Dreams (shayborg) Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:31 PM (#2841025)
Hasn't Kravitz been celibate for the last few years?
   4. Ricky C. Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:31 PM (#2841026)
$20 says Jeter is boinking Lisa Bonet.
   5. Mets Fan Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:34 PM (#2841035)
Newsday: A-Rod’s wife runs off with Lenny Kravitz


What now?
   6. Craig Calcaterra Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:43 PM (#2841051)
Say what you want about A-Rod, but at least he has talent. What does Kravitz offer?
   7. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:47 PM (#2841056)
Mrs. Giambi is going to run off with Weezy's son.
   8. Halofan Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:49 PM (#2841062)
Mike PIazza: But what I really want to know is, are you gonna go my way? Because baby I just got to know.
   9. Gamingboy Posted: July 02, 2008 at 09:52 PM (#2841072)
You know how we were debating what the name of the "nations" of baseball were (Red Sox Nation, Rays Republic, Royal Kingdom, etc.).

I'd like to say, given these reports, that the Yankees are now a Pornocracy.
   10. Rich Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:07 PM (#2841112)
I'd like to say, given these reports, that the Yankees are now a Pornocracy.

MLB has been one since before "Ball Four" was written.
   11. Rich Rifkin Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:10 PM (#2841127)
Lyrics to an actual crappy Lenny Kravitz song (redundancy mine)
Here we are still together
We are one with A-Rod's glove
So much time wasted
Playing games with love

So many tears I've cried
So much pain inside the dugout
But baby It ain't over 'til it's over
So many years we've tried
To keep our love alive Mrs. A-Rod
But baby it ain't over 'til it's over

How many times
Did we give up
How many times
Did Madonna step in our way
But we always worked things out
And all my doubts and fears
Kept me wondering, yeah
If I'd always, always be in love

I'm in Paris with you
A-Rod's wife
I'm in Paris with you
A-Rod's wife
   12. Howie Menckel Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:11 PM (#2841131)
I can't believe I am contributing to this thread, but...

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/07/02/2008-07-02_yankees_arod_wife_separated.html
   13. Rowland Office Supplies Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:34 PM (#2841231)
It's like Fritz Peterson/Mike Kekich for the MTV Generation.
   14. Ricky C. Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:35 PM (#2841236)
the Yankees are now a Pornocracy


And nobody's happier about it than Hideki Matsui.
   15. winnipegwhip Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:40 PM (#2841258)
Good one Rowland - you beat me to it. Funny thing - this happens in the first year of Henry in charge and the Peterson Kekich affair occured in the first year in the reign of George I.
   16. winnipegwhip Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:43 PM (#2841281)
"Is Jack and Jeri Ryan involved? Or better still can I mention, I mean my supporters mention that John McCain is involved in this?"

-Barack Obama
   17. Rich Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:51 PM (#2841311)
"Is Jack and Jeri Ryan involved? Or better still can I mention, I mean my supporters mention that John McCain is involved in this?"

-Barack Obama


Lame.
   18. Gamingboy Posted: July 02, 2008 at 10:53 PM (#2841319)
Holy crap, pornocracy actually has a Wikipedia entry.
   19. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: July 02, 2008 at 11:09 PM (#2841411)
I'm trying really, really hard to care about this story. But it's like a typical Tuesday night on VH1 Classic.

However, if we get appearances from the bald twins from Right Said Fred, the "Safety Dance" midget, or the perverted dad from "Janie's Got a Gun," now we're talking.
   20. scareduck Posted: July 02, 2008 at 11:18 PM (#2841442)
#18 -- that links to List of sexually active popes, which mentions (of course!) the Borgia popes. Oddly, they are not part of the pornocracy (apparently misnamed); Alexander VI would have been a better pope for that title. In A World Lit Only by Fire, William Manchester claimed to have proof, IIRC, that Alexander was boinking his daughter (Lucrezia?) and her mother in the same bed. If that's not pornocracy, I don't know what is.
   21. Gamingboy Posted: July 02, 2008 at 11:29 PM (#2841491)
Well, considering how A-Rod was once talking of how he thought that Andy Pettitte is the type of person that he'd want his daughter to marry, we get even more disturbing Pornocratic implications.

My god! I worry about my coming road trip to New York and Philly, by then A-Rod will probably be being accused of having post-game orgies in Monument Park.
   22. aleskel Posted: July 02, 2008 at 11:30 PM (#2841496)
from the link in #12:

A-Rod was steadfastly mum on the report, turning his back and walking away from a News reporter at Yankee Stadium seeking comment about the Kravitz rumor.

gotta feel for A-Rod here - looks like he's going to have to do a lot of this for the next couple of weeks.

also, if the source of all of these rumors is Perez Hilton - a man famous for just plain making #### up and getting people to disseminate it - then I won't believe any of it until the divorce papers show up.
   23. cult of basebaal Posted: July 02, 2008 at 11:31 PM (#2841498)
Holy crap, pornocracy actually has a Wikipedia entry.


which, of course, ties right into the wonderful game ... HOW MANY POPES BURN IN HELL???

that's right, i'm looking at you, rodrigo and cesare!!!
   24. Craig Calcaterra Posted: July 02, 2008 at 11:36 PM (#2841512)
Pretty good night for Rodriguez (2-3, HR, 2BB, 3 RBI) considering all of this crazy-ass love hexagon stuff. Dude could probably have a three-way with Lisa Bonet and Warren Beatty -- with Sean Penn working the camera -- and still drive in a couple of runs.
   25. Ricky C. Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:35 AM (#2841711)
Dude could probably have a three-way with Lisa Bonet and Warren Beatty -- with Sean Penn working the camera -- and still drive in a couple of runs.


Unless it was October.
   26. MM1f Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:52 AM (#2841757)
It would be super if these folks (who all share management) were doing all this just to fkkk with the paparazzi, those hideous Perez Hilton types and anyone who cares about the personal lives of people they don't know. As in, nothing is actually going on with Kravitz, A-Rod or Madonna.. they are just going out of their way to make it seem like it is.

That probably isn't what is happening, but if I was some celeb that is what I would do
   27. vortex of dissipation Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:55 AM (#2841763)
It would be super if these folks (who all share management) were doing all this just to fkkk with the paparazzi, those hideous Perez Hilton types and anyone who cares about the personal lives of people they don't know. As in, nothing is actually going on with Kravitz, A-Rod or Madonna.. they are just going out of their way to make it seem like it is.

That probably isn't what is happening, but if I was some celeb that is what I would do


Madonna manipulating the media? Would never happen...
   28. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:58 AM (#2841770)
There's nothing wrong with some sloppy 382nds.
   29. Repoz Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:14 AM (#2841793)
There's nothing wrong with some sloppy 382nds.

Damn...wudda been 383 if I wasn't such a yutz when it came to dipping.
   30. Maury Brown Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:23 AM (#2841808)
Say what you want about A-Rod, but at least he has talent. What does Kravitz offer?
Kravitz doesn't choke when playing in New York. Sorry Craig... Kravitz > A-Rod in my book.
   31. NTNgod Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:30 AM (#2841812)
As in, nothing is actually going on with Kravitz, A-Rod or Madonna.. they are just going out of their way to make it seem like it is.

When the Madonna/ARod stuff came out, I was wondering about that. She signed that new big contract, her new album has sold less than expected, and I believe ticket sales are also below expectations.

So I did wonder if it was part of a publicity stunt by her people.
   32. jyjjy Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:29 AM (#2841834)
Either that or a very gross reference to Ms. Hilton I'd rather not bring up with a holiday weekend approaching.


Considering Paris Hilton was 9 at the time I'd say gross is a bit of an understatement.
   33. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:52 AM (#2841837)
Kravitz doesn't choke when playing in New York. Sorry Craig... Kravitz > A-Rod in my book.

Lenny Kravitz spends every moment of his life wishing he was Jimi Hendrix, and Hendrix was certainly a choker.
   34. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:00 AM (#2841839)
$20 says Jeter is boinking Lisa Bonet.

Who's that dead 13 year old girl with the same last name? I can't recall.
   35. schuey Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:00 AM (#2841840)
Won't someone think of the children?
   36. Lou Potent Potables (Dan Lee) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:28 AM (#2841841)
Well, so much for Lenny being celibate.
   37. Hal Chase Headley Lamarr Hoyt Wilhelm (ACE1242) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 04:59 AM (#2841849)
dead 13 year old girl

This girl, maybe? She was six, not thirteen.
   38. Benji Posted: July 03, 2008 at 05:39 AM (#2841852)
When I heard "It ain't over til it's over" I swore it was Smokey Robinson. That's all I have to offer in this thread. Except this: ARod, Madonna's my age. There are zillions of young supermodels out there for you!
   39. The Bones McCoy of THT ... of DOOM! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 06:41 AM (#2841858)
by then A-Rod will probably be being accused of having post-game orgies in Monument Park.


Holy double entendre Batman--well, they've got the Babe, the Iron Horse, Poosh em Up Tony Lazzeri (not sure on that one) and a pope ... so they've got the cast.

Best Regards

John
   40. ghost of perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 08:01 AM (#2841870)
There's nothing wrong with some sloppy 382nds.

Think ARod's goes after all of Canseco's exes?
   41. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 08:25 AM (#2841876)
What does Kravitz offer?

Crotchstuffing?
   42. Rusty Priske Posted: July 03, 2008 at 08:34 AM (#2841879)
SOunds like this O'Seary guy is running a service for swingers.
   43. Answer Guy Posted: July 03, 2008 at 09:00 AM (#2841888)
Lenny Kravitz spends every moment of his life wishing he was Jimi Hendrix, and Hendrix was certainly a choker.


Sometimes he wishes he was Prince, other times Curtis Mayfield.
   44. Joe Bivens, Ditch Digger Posted: July 03, 2008 at 09:14 AM (#2841894)
Pass^10
   45. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 10:19 AM (#2841930)
other times Curtis Mayfield

He could do the Guy Caballero thing.
   46. Cabbage Posted: July 03, 2008 at 10:28 AM (#2841941)
and Hendrix was certainly a choker.

You can put it on the board... YES!



/And where is Jack Keefe?
   47. Shooty: Now rated AAA by Moody's and S&P! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 10:30 AM (#2841944)
SOunds like this O'Seary guy is running a service for swingers.

Or this is one big publicity stunt.
   48. Joe Bivens, Ditch Digger Posted: July 03, 2008 at 10:34 AM (#2841952)
Keefe doesn't get involved in other teams' dirty laundry, IINM.
   49. Charles S. for art collecting and yelling Posted: July 03, 2008 at 10:53 AM (#2841963)
Odder still, A-Rod, 32, Madonna, 49, and Kravitz, 44, all share the same manager, Guy Oseary of Untitled Entertainment.


Untitled Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of EHarmony.com. Just trying to find that true, lasting love for our clients.
   50. The Bones McCoy of THT ... of DOOM! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:03 AM (#2841969)
Oseary


Isn't an oseary a place you stick bones into?

Never mind.

Best Regards

John
   51. RMc is the President of the United States Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:53 AM (#2842016)
I hate it when the wives of ballplayers like Albert Belle and A-Rod run off to Paris with Lenny Kravitz. And Mike Crudale.
   52. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:57 AM (#2842022)
Isn't an oseary a place you stick bones into?

No, that's known as Madonna.
   53. ghost of perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:06 PM (#2842032)
Think Arod hired Oseary just to get a shot at Madonna?
   54. The Good Face Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:13 PM (#2842037)
Think Arod hired Oseary just to get a shot at Madonna?


Dear god why? That would be like forming a sophisticated international criminal conspiracy to steal used condoms from a sewer treatment plant.
   55. chick-a-DOOM chick-a-DOOM Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:14 PM (#2842038)
well madonna looks pretty damm good for 50. and even if she does not look like the she-male that arod is supposed to prefer, she still looks tough.

AND she is smart too and i think arod likes smart women even if other ballplayers prefer playmate/hooters/stripper chicks. i mean the wife he got now has a phd.

and i don't guess i mind some of yall, um, disapproving of madonna being a playa - as long as you, um, disapprove of male playas just as much.
   56. Shooty: Now rated AAA by Moody's and S&P! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:15 PM (#2842039)
Dear god why? That would be like forming a sophisticated international criminal conspiracy to steal used condoms from a sewer treatment plant.

What if Madonna is a virgin? Wouldn't that be cool?

(Sorry. I saw The Prestige last night.)
   57. ghost of perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:17 PM (#2842040)
I saw The Prestige last night.


Great movie.
   58. Shooty: Now rated AAA by Moody's and S&P! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:24 PM (#2842045)
Great movie.

Yep.
   59. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:31 PM (#2842047)
I know I saw it but I remember almost nothing of The Prestige. Maybe it's because I watched that Ed Norton magician movie right afterwards because I remember a lot of that, except for the title.
   60. Shooty: Now rated AAA by Moody's and S&P! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:37 PM (#2842051)
I know I saw it but I remember almost nothing of The Prestige. Maybe it's because I watched that Ed Norton magician movie right afterwards because I remember a lot of that, except for the title.

Yeah, it was weird that 2 19th century-ish magician movies came out at the same time. The Prestige has Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman and it's actually good. Who knew that David Bowie was born to play Nikola Tesla?
   61. Harmon Microbrew Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:38 PM (#2842054)
except for the title


The Illusionist
   62. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:41 PM (#2842058)
Weird. I had to consult my Netflix account to see what I thought of it and I gave that two stars, and The Illusionist three.

I wonder what my problem was with it.
   63. MM1f Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:42 PM (#2842059)
I saw The Prestige last night.

Weeeird. Two of my friends, who don't know each other, also saw that last night. Was it on TV or something or was last night just the big night to go out and rent that specific movie.

Also.. Good movie.
   64. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:45 PM (#2842061)
btw, that was Bowie as Telsa? Huh. And all this time I thought he was born to play Andy Warhol.
   65. Shooty: Now rated AAA by Moody's and S&P! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:49 PM (#2842067)
Weeeird. Two of my friends, who don't know each other, also saw that last night. Was it on TV or something or was last night just the big night to go out and rent that specific movie.

It was on Encore, I think. I'm getting all the Pay movie channels for free right now. I also watched Miss Potter (girlfriend. had to.) and it was beyond awful. Stay away, gentlemen, stay away.
   66. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:52 PM (#2842070)
and i don't guess i mind some of yall, um, disapproving of madonna being a playa - as long as you, um, disapprove of male playas just as much.

I don't disapprove. Sluts are funny is all, and regardless of sex; I've had plenty of fun at Shawn Kemp's expense (not that either he or Madonna care what I think).
   67. AJM Misses Brodeur Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:53 PM (#2842071)
It was on Encore, I think.

Yup. I watched it last night too. I even mentioned in the lounge that it was on.

The Illusionist was also good.
   68. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:55 PM (#2842072)
I wonder what my problem was with it.

What's weird is that Dock Ellis on Acid would find that weird.
   69. ghost of perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:58 PM (#2842080)
I wouldn't kick Madonna to the curb.

Like I'd get the chance.
   70. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:59 PM (#2842082)
What's weird is that Dock Ellis on Acid would find that weird.

Give me a break. I thought it was my day off.

Shooty, how are you getting free movie channels? Sometimes my roommate and I mysteriously find Cinemax or Comedy Central for, like, a month before it suddenly disappears again.
   71. Shooty: Now rated AAA by Moody's and S&P! Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:02 PM (#2842083)
Shooty, how are you getting free movie channels? Sometimes my roommate and I mysteriously find Cinemax or Comedy Central for, like, a month before it suddenly disappears again.

I ahve no idea. I just switched my regular cable box for an HD box and now I can't get C-Span, Logo or the Food channel, but I'm getting all the pay channels except for Encore Action for some reason. All the otehr Encore channels come in fine. Needless to say, I'm not calling to complain until the Pay channels stop coming in, as much as I miss Rosie's Big Gay Sketch Show.
   72. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:26 PM (#2842100)
Hmm. We don't really have cable so much as we plug in our internet cable into our television and viola, more channels. Not much in the way of basic cable (just stuff like the Food Channel and C-Span) but we're always on the lookout for the temporarily free premium stuff we get from time to time.
   73. chick-a-DOOM chick-a-DOOM Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:40 PM (#2842112)
Alex Perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 12:58 PM (#2842080)

I wouldn't kick Madonna to the curb.

Like I'd get the chance.


- alex,
truth is that most guys here (and everywhere for that matter) would not kick her to the curb neither - unless they are the kind of guys who are in a relationship and are monogamous because aren't real too many guys who turn down - um, offers from females and especially females who have great bodies
   74. villageidiom Posted: July 03, 2008 at 01:54 PM (#2842125)
I wouldn't kick Madonna to the curb.

Neither would I... Because my shoes deserve better.
   75. The Good Face Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:12 PM (#2842147)
truth is that most guys here (and everywhere for that matter) would not kick her to the curb neither - unless they are the kind of guys who are in a relationship and are monogamous because aren't real too many guys who turn down - um, offers from females and especially females who have great bodies


Thing is, most guys here ain't A-Rod. A-Rod's incredibly rich and famous, as well as handsome, buff and young. It's probably no exaggeration to say he could get most any woman he wanted. So why go for a washed up pop star old enough to be his mom? Yeah, she looks great for her age. But A-Rod could land plenty of 21 year old supermodels who'd look great for THEIR age. :)
   76. simon bedford Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:19 PM (#2842157)
strange thing is Lenny didn't write the words his ex Ingrid Chavez ( remeber her "elephant box" song?) sued Lenny for stealing the lyrics from love letters she wrote him and the "bomb squad" ( P.E.s production team) sued him from stealing their sample from "security of the third world" from the "It takes a nation of millions" lp/cd. Lenny pulled off the rare double of being sued by two different parties for the same song.
   77. chick-a-DOOM chick-a-DOOM Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:22 PM (#2842161)
face

i would guess that he doesn't like the anorexic look. or females who expect the man to be the one doing all the adoring in the relation. OR stupid women. i mean there actually are some men who prefer smart women and whatever else you can say about madonna, she is definitely a smart woman.

oh yeah

and she SURE as heck is not after arod for his money. which you can't say about real too many other females of ANY age
   78. Aspiring One-Armed Economist (6 - 4 - 3) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:22 PM (#2842162)
So why go for a washed up pop star old enough to be his mom?

The spiritual insights?

/snark
   79. ghost of perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:34 PM (#2842171)
Young models are better to look at, middle-aged women are better in every other way. At least the ones who aren't still trying to be 21 to please some little-headed male.

Admit it, she'd be too much woman for you.

(Here I go again...)
   80. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:40 PM (#2842176)
the "bomb squad" ( P.E.s production team) sued him from stealing their sample from "security of the third world" from the "It takes a nation of millions" lp/cd.

I didn't remember that. Hip-hop artists suing people for sampling is pathetic.

madonna, she is definitely a smart woman.

Right, marketing acumen really turns me on.
   81. The Good Face Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:45 PM (#2842179)
Admit it, she'd be too much woman for you.

(Here I go again...)


Har, I probably wouldn't turn Madonna down if I was single, but like I said, I ain't A-Rod. It'd be worth it just to tell my friends about it, but A-Rod is roughly as famous as she is, and far more relevant. In the US anyway.

i mean there actually are some men who prefer smart women and whatever else you can say about madonna, she is definitely a smart woman.


I don't buy this. She's good at her chosen career, but so's Evander Holyfield and Johnny Damon. Don't necessarily make her smart.
   82. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 02:55 PM (#2842185)
and i don't guess i mind some of yall, um, disapproving of madonna being a playa - as long as you, um, disapprove of male playas just as much.


It's not that she screws around, it's that she voluntarily let Jose Canseco put something in her. You can be sure any guy who does that gets like treatment on this board.

Right, marketing acumen really turns me on.


I hear you. What is it, exactly, about Madonna that a man who isn't completely indiscriminate would go for? She's not bad looking, but she's certainly not great looking. She's in shape, but that's true of a lot of women. The chance that she's capable of interesting conversation is pretty small, so other than churning out endless, uninventive, tame pop, what would make her stand out at an Albany Speed Dating get together?
   83. Aspiring One-Armed Economist (6 - 4 - 3) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:02 PM (#2842190)
voluntarily let Jose Canseco put something in her. You can be sure any guy who does that gets like treatment on this board.

Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez, and Juan Gonzalez
   84. Dock Ellis on Acid Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:05 PM (#2842192)
Right, marketing acumen really turns me on.

Hey, maybe it DOES turn A-Rod on. Didn't he consult Warren Buffet before signing his last contract? Has he not made over $170 million dollars in his career so far, not counting endorsements? A-Rod is a smart enough guy to know that he's about rich enough to be a corporation unto himself. I actually think he and Madonna would have a lot to talk about in this regard.

Also, maybe there's a Katie Holmes factor in play here. She talks about having Tom Cruise posters on her wall as a kid and I'm sure a lot of the initial excitement on her end was the fact that she was basically living out a childhood fantasy. Maybe A-Rod's literally living out a fantasy he's had since he saw the video for "Material Girl" as a lad.

I'm agreeing with a lot of what baseball chick says. While it's probably true that A-Rod could have just as easily tapped the asses of Jessicas Alba and Biel like his shortstop, he's got a million reasons of his own to be attracted to Madonna. Maybe it's because I have a thing for confident sexy older women but I personally admire A-Rod's present choice in extracurricular affairs.
   85. Baseballing powerhouse Crispix Attacks Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:09 PM (#2842196)
Whoa, Ingrid Chavez. She's not even as old as Pinky Lee, and I still have no idea who she is.

Surprisingly enough, this is the first time Ingrid Chavez has ever been mentioned on BTF, according to Google.
   86. Zachary Zambrano Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:19 PM (#2842204)
Ingrid Chavez played Prince's love interest in "Graffiti Bridge," a movie I saw twice in the theater. Not as good as "The Prestige" or the "The Illusionist."
   87. Mike Emeigh Posted: July 03, 2008 at 03:44 PM (#2842221)
The chance that she's capable of interesting conversation is pretty small


Why do you think this? Madonna's no blonde airhead.

-- MWE
   88. Aspiring One-Armed Economist (6 - 4 - 3) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 04:00 PM (#2842236)
Why do you think this? Madonna's no blonde airhead.

Of course not. She's a brunette.
   89. jmurph Posted: July 03, 2008 at 04:14 PM (#2842246)
Didn't he consult Warren Buffet before signing his last contract?


Clearly the media got that one wrong. He consulted Warren Beatty in the offseason, which explains the whole Madonna thing. Now it all makes sense.
   90. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 04:47 PM (#2842275)
Also, maybe there's a Katie Holmes factor in play here. She talks about having Tom Cruise posters on her wall as a kid and I'm sure a lot of the initial excitement on her end was the fact that she was basically living out a childhood fantasy. Maybe A-Rod's literally living out a fantasy he's had since he saw the video for "Material Girl" as a lad.


Except... that it reminds me of some SNL skit when the character says, "...and I slept with Morgan Fairchild... back when that meant something!"

Why do you think this? Madonna's no blonde airhead.

Of course not. She's a brunette.


Asked and answered.
Semi-seriously, and having to admit I pay her no particular attention, from anything I've heard I can't consider it likely she has a passing acquaintance with philosophy, or can stand in front of a painting and speak intelligently about it, or discuss mise-en-scene, plot, framing, narrative choices and voice, and so on, in a film, or would be great to chat with about Adrienne Rich, or could define modernism, or design and build a house, or argue syllogistically, or... well, you pick it. 'Course, most people can't, so it's not a real knock on her. It's just there's no reason to think she'd be interesting to talk with.
   91. dlf Posted: July 03, 2008 at 05:44 PM (#2842318)
OR stupid women. i mean there actually are some men who prefer smart women and whatever else you can say about madonna, she is definitely a smart woman.


Bimbo limbo is where I've been
I know you know that its wearin' me thin
Times are changin' and its about time
To rearrange all the guilt in my mind
I'm looking for a smart woman
In a real short skirt
Smart woman
Who knows how to flirt
Smart woman
Gotta mind of her own
Smart woman
That'll take me home.
   92. Aspiring One-Armed Economist (6 - 4 - 3) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 06:03 PM (#2842339)
The only serious topic that I can recall hearing Madonna talk at length about was the Kabbalah, and she sounded like a blithering idiot. I asked a friend from high school (rabbi with a PhD in Linguistics) about some of her insights into the nature of God, and he shared my assessment that she had a very superficial understanding of the basics.
   93. chick-a-DOOM chick-a-DOOM Posted: July 03, 2008 at 06:03 PM (#2842340)
"What is it, exactly, about Madonna that a man who isn't completely indiscriminate would go for?"

- as my brother the playa would say - a currently non-occupied *****

or if u want poetry,

I guess I should've closed my eyes
when U drove me 2 the place
Where your horses run free
Cuz I felt a little ill
when I saw all the pictures
Of the jockeys that were there before me

A body like yours oughta be in jail
Cuz it's on the verge of bein' obscene
Move over, baby, gimme the keys
I'm gonna try 2 tame your little red love machine
   94. Bicycle RepairMan Posted: July 03, 2008 at 06:06 PM (#2842343)
The Letterman-Madonna "interview" from about 15 yrs ago is about my fav piece of late night TV.
   95. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: July 03, 2008 at 08:02 PM (#2842511)
- as my brother the playa would say - a currently non-occupied *****


I grant you this is hilarious, but I have to point out I wrote "isn't completely indiscriminate"! Besides, if he's a real playa, occupancy wouldn't enter into it.

congratulations, btw, on getting quoted.
   96. Paul DepoProvera Posted: July 03, 2008 at 08:56 PM (#2842670)
This is weird, I was just at a send-off for a co-worker last night, and we were talking about how good "The Prestige" was.
   97. ghost of perros Posted: July 03, 2008 at 10:41 PM (#2842964)
So far, with one exception, we all agree on The Prestige.

Probably should leave it at that, but...


She's good at her chosen career...


Her net worth's likely close to $1 billion, and she made that on no great talent or looks. I'd say she's made the most of what she's got, and that's a pretty good sign she's got a little something going for her above the waist.

...a passing acquaintance with philosophy, or can stand in front of a painting and speak intelligently about it, or discuss mise-en-scene, plot, framing, narrative choices and voice, and so on, in a film, or would be great to chat with about Adrienne Rich, or could define modernism, or design and build a house, or argue syllogistically, or...

Have you always been attracted to lesbians?
   98. kevin Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:25 PM (#2842987)
Lenny Kravitz reminds of that ####### dude Meadow Soprano met at college.
   99. kevin Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:28 PM (#2842988)
Her net worth's likely close to $1 billion, and she made that on no great talent or looks. I'd say she's made the most of what she's got, and that's a pretty good sign she's got a little something going for her above the waist.


Let's not confuse the ability to make money with having intelligence. Pablo Escobar made a lot of money too.
   100. Repoz Posted: July 03, 2008 at 11:30 PM (#2842991)
I wouldn't kick Madonna to the curb.

Ahem...when I used to dance/hang with Madonna at Club 57/Irving Plaza...there was no kicking her anywhere.

Quite the rasclette.
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