Monday, December 17, 2007

I know I said it before, but he is the man!

Okay a little bit for ya to read. Kim has done a wonderful job with the wedding postings so I don't want to do an injustice with trying to keep up with her. Read and enjoy the latest in KJ's Arod review.
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez's desire to go it alone in contract talks with the Yankees drove a wedge between him and his longtime agent, Scott Boras.
The player revealed the depth of the hard feelings in a "60 Minutes" interview that aired Sunday, telling the CBS news magazine that he and Boras are not speaking to each other.

When I realized things were going haywire, at that point I said, 'Wait a minute, I've got to be accountable for my own life. This is not going the way I wanted it to go.' So I got behind the wheel.
-- Alex Rodriguez, on Scott Boras' handling of his decision to opt out
Rodriguez worked as his own agent in netting another record contract for himself -- $275 million over 10 years -- which was finalized Thursday. The three-time AL Most Valuable Player removed Boras from the negotiations after Boras announced Oct. 28 that his client would be opting out of his current deal.
When asked by CBS' Katie Couric to expound on his relationship with Boras, Rodriguez took his time before finally replying, "The whole situation saddens me a little bit. There hasn't been much back-and-forth talking."
When asked if he and Boras are speaking, Rodriguez said, "Not right now." Asked if that could change, he told Couric, "We'll see." Rodriguez said he had no contact with Boras during negotiations with the Yankees.
"60 Minutes" said Boras declined to be interviewed.
Rodriguez's quotes ran in Monday's editions of the New York Post. The "60 Minutes" interview began with questions about the Mitchell report and steroids; Rodriguez said he's never used performance-enhancing drugs.
Boras has advised Rodriguez since before the player broke into the majors with Seattle, 19 days before his 19th birthday.
The 32-year-old Rodriguez won his third AL MVP award last month after hitting .314 with 54 homers and 156 RBIs. He said the way the opt out was handled -- during the Game 4 broadcast of the World Series -- was unsettling, and he understood why baseball fans and officials were upset with how it was handled.
"I was angered, upset, shocked, in disbelief," Rodriguez told "60 Minutes." "It was like a bad nightmare."
He said he and Boras agreed the slugger would opt out, but Rodriguez thought the move would be revealed after the World Series.
"When I realized things were going haywire, at that point I said, 'Wait a minute, I've got to be accountable for my own life. This is not going the way I wanted it to go.' So I got behind the wheel," he told "60 Minutes," according to the Post.
After opting out, Yankees senior vice president Hank Steinbrenner said New York would not negotiate further with Rodriguez because his decision eliminated the $21.3 million subsidy the Yankees were to receive from Texas from 2008-10, a figure negotiated at the time of the trade.
Rodriguez said once he did get in touch with Steinbrenner and his brother Hal, an executive vice president with the Yankees, it didn't take long to reach an accord. But the Yankees made it clear from the start of talks they would negotiate only if Boras wasn't part of them.
"I have a lot to prove in New York," said Rodriguez, who has never reached the World Series.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

Monday, December 3, 2007


So Sunday we got a "little" scare, One that almost made me say something that sounds like a dirty word when you hold your tongue and say "ship". Any of you who don't know this must not have lived in the 80's, and if you did and still don't know try it and see what happens. Just don't do it in certain company, like your favorite pastor. Anyways on to the story. I got a call from the Tux Shop telling me that Jay had not gotten his measurements, even though he actually had. I left Jay a message and got no call back so I had to wait until today to find out that indeed everything was just fine after all. We are so close and Kim has worked so hard on everything I was so scared that something on my end got screwed up! I can't have that! See some of you on Saturday when my life ends, and ours begins.

Thursday, November 29, 2007



My future father in law. I think he looks scared to drive with the big boys on the bachelor night out! I wish I had one with him in the wall but that might be to cruel. Well life's not to bad when you can lick the shake off the glass and still pull it of with some class! According to Kim I will be just like him so I guess I'll be lucky because he can teach me all the ways to annoy her.
This my little girl. Notice the shirt that says "IDIOT!". This is so funny to me, because she used to tell me when I would say a bad word, Ahem,(like idiot, nothing else I promise). Now I just get a Daddy!, that's a bad word. What can a do? I love that little girl so much.
Here is one of myself and my LOML. She had just said yes to my proposal, and that night was the beginning of our family. The sign Mikayla is holding says "Will you Marry us?" Right now I know what she is thinking(Jesus is watching). Something her soon to be Aunt Niki taught her to say whenever she saw us kiss. Here's to our family, which is a official December 8, 2007.

Ok I can't stand the Yankees, but anyone who knows me knows that I beleive Arod is the man!
I mean, one look at that swing is all you need to know that noone is better. Mr. MVP he is, and damn it if he went back to the Yanks. Oh well, can't deny him the money right Mariner fans? It's time for all the Arod haters in Seattle to quit the crying and just accept that his greatness was to much for Seattle! Appreciate, try not to hate or regulate, accept your fate. You will never ever have greatness like Arod or the Kid again! He will get his ring and all critics will have to check theyself before they wreck theyself! That's all for now but I am sure I will have more when the season begins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!